Eva Andrei

{{short description|American condensed matter physicist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Eva Andrei | image =  | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | workplaces = | education = Tel Aviv University Rutgers University | alma_mater = Rutgers University | thesis_title = Investigation of fourth sound propagation in He II in the presence of superflow | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15387408 | thesis_year = 1981 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | awards = | website =  }}

'''Eva Yocheved Andrei''' is an American condensed matter physicist, a Distinguished Professor, and a Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei, Eva Y. |url=https://physics.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-list/faculty-profile/andrei-eva-y |website=Rutgers University}}</ref> Her research focuses on emergent properties of matter arising from the collective behavior of many particles, especially low-dimensional phenomena under low temperatures and high magnetic fields.

==Education and training== Andrei was born in Bucharest, Romania.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-03|title=Oral-History:Eva Andrei - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|url=https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Eva_Andrei|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103080132/https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Eva_Andrei|archive-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> She received her bachelor's degree in physics from Tel Aviv University in Israel and her Ph.D. in physics from Rutgers University in the United States. After receiving her education, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Labs,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Andrei Research Group |url=http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~eandrei/ |website=Rutgers University}}</ref> Murray Hill NJ, and CEA Paris-Saclay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eva Y. Andrei |url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20026368.html |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>

==Career== Andrei began her independent career in 1987 as an assistant professor at Rutgers.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Andrei Research Group |url=http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~eandrei/ |website=Rutgers University}}</ref> One of her first major contributions was establishing the existence of a Wigner solid in a 2D electron plasma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eva Y. Andrei American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/eva-y-andrei |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=23 September 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Andrei |first1=EY |last2=Deville |first2=G |last3=Glattli |first3=DC |last4=Williams |first4=FIB |last5=Paris |first5=E |last6=Etienne |first6=B |title=Observation of a Magnetically Induced Wigner Solid |journal=Physical Review Letters |date=1988 |volume=60 |issue=26 |pages=2765–2768 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2765 |pmid=10038446 |bibcode=1988PhRvL..60.2765A }}</ref> More recently she has made major contributions to the study of graphene, including the detection of ballistic transport of charge carriers<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Du |first1=X |last2=Skachko |first2=I |last3=Barker |first3=A |last4=Andrei |first4=EY |title=Approaching ballistic transport in suspended graphene |journal=Nature Biotechnology |date=2008 |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=491–495 |doi=10.1038/nnano.2008.199 |pmid=18685637 |arxiv=0802.2933 |bibcode=2008NatNa...3..491D |s2cid=118441080 }}</ref> and the observation of Van Hove singularity in twisted bilayer graphene.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Guohong|last2=Luican|first2=A.|last3=Lopes dos Santos|first3=J. M. B.|last4=Castro Neto|first4=A. H.|last5=Reina|first5=A.|last6=Kong|first6=J.|last7=Andrei|first7=E. Y.|date=2010|title=Observation of Van Hove singularities in twisted graphene layers|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1463|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=6|issue=2|pages=109–113|doi=10.1038/nphys1463|arxiv=0912.2102|bibcode=2010NatPh...6..109L|s2cid=8626222|issn=1745-2481}}</ref> Andrei's discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene<ref>{{cite web |title=Eva Y. Andrei American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/eva-y-andrei |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=23 September 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Du |first1=X |last2=Skachko |first2=I |last3=Duerr |first3=F |last4=Luican |first4=A |last5=Andrei |first5=EY |title=Fractional quantum Hall effect and insulating phase of Dirac electrons in graphene |journal=Nature |date=2009 |volume=462 |issue=7270 |pages=192–195 |doi=10.1038/nature08522 |pmid=19829294 |arxiv=0910.2532 |bibcode=2009Natur.462..192D |s2cid=2927627 }}</ref> was one of ''Science'' magazine's top ten discoveries for the year 2009.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=The News Staff|date=2009-12-18|title=The Runners-Up|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.326.5960.1600|journal=Science|volume=326|issue=5960|pages=1600–1607|doi=10.1126/science.326.5960.1600|pmid=20019253|bibcode=2009Sci...326.1600.|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Through studying moiré patterns in twisted sheets of graphene, Andrei observed the alignment of electrons which could facilitate the use of graphene in supercomputers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jiang|first1=Yuhang|last2=Lai|first2=Xinyuan|last3=Watanabe|first3=Kenji|last4=Taniguchi|first4=Takashi|last5=Haule|first5=Kristjan|last6=Mao|first6=Jinhai|last7=Andrei|first7=Eva Y.|date=2019|title=Charge order and broken rotational symmetry in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1460-4|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=573|issue=7772|pages=91–95|doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1460-4|pmid=31365921|arxiv=1904.10153|bibcode=2019Natur.573...91J|s2cid=198147548|issn=0028-0836}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hays|first=Brooks|date=August 1, 2019|title=Graphene discovery could make room-temperature superconductors possible|url=https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/08/01/Graphene-discovery-could-make-room-temperature-superconductors-possible/4241564683360/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> Andrei's research has also presented the possibility that graphene could be used to cool supercomputers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Duan|first1=Junxi|last2=Wang|first2=Xiaoming|last3=Lai|first3=Xinyuan|last4=Li|first4=Guohong|last5=Watanabe|first5=Kenji|last6=Taniguchi|first6=Takashi|last7=Zebarjadi|first7=Mona|last8=Andrei|first8=Eva Y.|date=2016-12-13|title=High thermoelectricpower factor in graphene/hBN devices|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=113|issue=50|pages=14272–14276|doi=10.1073/pnas.1615913113|issn=0027-8424|pmc=5167211|pmid=27911824|arxiv=1607.00583|bibcode=2016PNAS..11314272D|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-28|title=Graphene tested as tiny 'coolers' for computer chips|url=https://www.futurity.org/graphene-cooling-electronics-chips-1387222-2/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Futurity|language=en-US}}</ref> It has revealed new ways of making flat bands within twisted graphene<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mao|first1=Jinhai|last2=Milovanović|first2=Slaviša P.|last3=Anđelković|first3=Miša|last4=Lai|first4=Xinyuan|last5=Cao|first5=Yang|last6=Watanabe|first6=Kenji|last7=Taniguchi|first7=Takashi|last8=Covaci|first8=Lucian|last9=Peeters|first9=Francois M.|last10=Geim|first10=Andre K.|last11=Jiang|first11=Yuhang|last12=Andrei|first12=Eva Y.|date=2020-08-13|title=Evidence of flat bands and correlated states in buckled graphene superlattices|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2567-3|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=584|issue=7820|pages=215–220|doi=10.1038/s41586-020-2567-3|pmid=32788735|arxiv=2006.01660|bibcode=2020Natur.584..215M|s2cid=219179760|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> which may be used to make superlattice structures.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dumé|first=Isabelle|date=2020-09-07|title=Flat bands appear in buckled graphene superlattices|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/flat-bands-appear-in-buckled-graphene-superlattices/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Physics World|language=en-GB}}</ref> Eva Andrei received the Society of Physics Students Outstanding Teaching Award in 2014. As of January 2024, Andrei still facilitates research through Rutgers and as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Labs. This includes experimental research<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Andrei Research Group |url=https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~eandrei/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.physics.rutgers.edu}}</ref> on the systems of reduced dimensionality at high magnetic fields and low temperatures. This research has led to many discoveries in the field of superconductivity, charge density waves, and magnetism.

== Selected publications == *{{Cite journal|last1=Du|first1=Xu|last2=Skachko|first2=Ivan|last3=Barker|first3=Anthony|last4=Andrei|first4=Eva Y.|date=2008|title=Approaching ballistic transport in suspended graphene|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2008.199|journal=Nature Nanotechnology|language=en|volume=3|issue=8|pages=491–495|doi=10.1038/nnano.2008.199|pmid=18685637|arxiv=0802.2933|bibcode=2008NatNa...3..491D|s2cid=118441080 |issn=1748-3387}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Guohong|last2=Luican|first2=Adina|last3=Andrei|first3=Eva Y.|date=2009-04-29|title=Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Graphene on Graphite|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.176804|journal=Physical Review Letters|language=en|volume=102|issue=17|article-number=176804|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.176804|pmid=19518809|arxiv=0803.4016|bibcode=2009PhRvL.102q6804L|s2cid=9212261|issn=0031-9007}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Du|first1=Xu|last2=Skachko|first2=Ivan|last3=Duerr|first3=Fabian|last4=Luican|first4=Adina|last5=Andrei|first5=Eva Y.|date=2009|title=Fractional quantum Hall effect and insulating phase of Dirac electrons in graphene|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08522|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=462|issue=7270|pages=192–195|doi=10.1038/nature08522|pmid=19829294|arxiv=0910.2532|bibcode=2009Natur.462..192D|s2cid=2927627|issn=1476-4687}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Guohong|last2=Luican|first2=A.|last3=Lopes dos Santos|first3=J. M. B.|last4=Castro Neto|first4=A. H.|last5=Reina|first5=A.|last6=Kong|first6=J.|last7=Andrei|first7=E. Y.|date=2010|title=Observation of Van Hove singularities in twisted graphene layers|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1463|journal=Nature Physics|language=en|volume=6|issue=2|pages=109–113|doi=10.1038/nphys1463|arxiv=0912.2102|bibcode=2010NatPh...6..109L|s2cid=8626222|issn=1745-2481}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Luican|first1=A.|last2=Li|first2=Guohong|last3=Reina|first3=A.|last4=Kong|first4=J.|last5=Nair|first5=R. R.|last6=Novoselov|first6=K. S.|last7=Geim|first7=A. K.|last8=Andrei|first8=E. Y.|date=2011-03-21|title=Single-Layer Behavior and Its Breakdown in Twisted Graphene Layers|url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.126802|journal=Physical Review Letters|language=en|volume=106|issue=12|article-number=126802|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.126802|pmid=21517338|arxiv=1010.4032|bibcode=2011PhRvL.106l6802L|s2cid=12429041|issn=0031-9007}}

==Awards and honors== *Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected |url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2013_04_30_NAS_Election.html |website=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eva Y. Andrei|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20026368.html|access-date=2021-11-02|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> *Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-3 |website=American Association for the Advancement of Science}}</ref> *Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eva Y. Andrei American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/eva-y-andrei |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=23 September 2025 }}</ref> *Fellow of the American Physical Society<ref>{{cite web |title=APS Physics DCMP APS Fellowship |url=https://www.aps.org/units/dcmp/fellowship/index.cfm |website=American Physical Society |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> *Rutgers University Trustees Award for Excellence in Research *French CEA medal of physics<ref name=":0" /> *Mildred Dresselhaus Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomaterials (2023)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prize Recipient |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref> *Society of Physics Students Outstanding Teaching Award (2014)

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== External links == *{{google scholar id|dnn1uZcAAAAJ&hl}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200103080132/https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Eva_Andrei Oral history interview, conducted December 27, 2016]

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