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David Goldhaber-Gordon
TG Wijaya Professor of Physics and Professor, by courtesy, of Applied Physics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHow do electrons organize themselves on the nanoscale?
We know that electrons are charged particles, and hence repel each other; yet in common metals like copper billions of electrons have plenty of room to maneuver and seem to move independently, taking no notice of each other. Professor Goldhaber-Gordon studies how electrons behave when they are instead confined to tiny structures, such as wires only tens of atoms wide. When constrained this way, electrons cannot easily avoid each other, and interactions strongly affect their organization and flow. The Goldhaber-Gordon group uses advanced fabrication techniques to confine electrons to semiconductor nanostructures, to extend our understanding of quantum mechanics to interacting particles, and to provide the basic science that will shape possible designs for future transistors and energy conversion technologies. The Goldhaber-Gordon group makes measurements using cryogenics, precision electrical measurements, and novel scanning probe techniques that allow direct spatial mapping of electron organization and flow. For some of their measurements of exotic quantum states, they cool electrons to a fiftieth of a degree above absolute zero, the world record for electrons in semiconductor nanostructures. -
Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon
Associate Dean for Religious and Spiritual Life, Office for Religious & Spiritual Life
BioRabbi Ilana is an Associate Dean in the Office for Religious and Spiritual Life. She previously served for ten years as a rabbi for Congregation Beth Jacob in Redwood City. Her rabbinate is defined by an ability to listen compassionately and create space for a multiplicity of views. She engages deeply with Jewish tradition, using creativity sharpened by knowledge to help people draw the past into their lives today.
Rabbi Ilana's religious education began in a modern Orthodox community, including 13 years of dayschool education and a year at Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem. She earned a PhD in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelors in Biology from Harvard University. Her rabbinic ordination is from the Academy of Jewish Religion California, and she also spent a year studying in the Kolel of the Conservative Yeshiva. She is Chair of the board of Complete Picture, a non-profit working on more humane criminal sentencing, and co-chair of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of Shalom Bayit, the Bay Area's center for domestic violence prevention in Jewish homes.
