Joseph P. Heremans

Joseph P. Heremans studies how heat and electricity move through solid materials, with a focus on thermoelectric materials that convert temperature differences into electrical voltage (and vice versa). Much of the recent work examines exotic quantum materials—topological insulators, nodal-line semimetals, and magnetic compounds—to understand and enhance effects like the Nernst and thermal Hall effects, phonon-electron interactions, and how electric or magnetic fields can tune thermal conductivity. Students in this group would likely work on experimental measurements of electronic and thermal transport properties in crystals and thin films, often in collaboration with materials synthesis and imaging specialists.

Publication output has been fairly steady but somewhat lower in the past five years (averaging under 10 per year) compared to a higher output around 2017-2019, with a modest uptick again in 2023-2025.

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