McQueen Lab

Discovering new phenomena through the design and synthesis of new materials

Advancing Materials Synthesis

Open Positions

• Always looking for interested and talented graduate/undergraduate students

News and Awards

• Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Whoriskey on a successful defense!
• Updated Publications!
• Updated Publications!
• Congratulation to Dr. Peter Orban on a successful defense!
• Updated Publications!
• Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Bassen on a successful defense!
• Updated Publications!
• Welcome to new graduate student Kelly Chen!
• Welcome to new graduate student Han Xie!
• Welcome to new graduate student Sydney Reiser!
• New Lorentz Center Video on Breakthroughs in Superconductivity
• Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Redemann on a successful defense!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

227. X. Guo, A.N. Neill, C.M. Pasco, T.M. McQueen, N.P. Armitage
Hysteresis without coexistence: disorder-rounded first-order transitions in a van der Waals magnet
arXiv:2608.19352 (2026) [arXiv:2608.19352]

226. D.N. Rathnaweera, A. Iwanicki, B.R. Ortiz, S.K. Kushwaha, M. Mourigal, T.M. McQueen, T.T. Tran
From Scarcity to Quality: Tailored Laser-Diode Floating-Zone Growth of Small-Mass Isotope-Enriched ¹⁶⁰GdRu₂Ge₂ Skyrmion Crystals
Accepted Cryst. Grow. Des. (2026)

225. F. Wang, A. Iwanicki, A.T. Sose, L.A. Pressley, T.M. McQueen, S.A. Deshmukh
Data-driven design of Cantor-type FeNiCoCrMn alloys: integrating physics-based models, explainable AI, and experiment
Accepted Digital Discovery (2026)

Shorts About Our Work

• Three breakthoughs in superconductivity you should know about
• Materials, Quantum, AI: What's the buzz?
• Quantum Materials at the ACS Spring 2022 Opening Keynote (McQueen Starts at 52:00)
• Making Stuff: The PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility
• Researchers accidentally uncover new magnetic phenomenon (a story of materials discovery, see also phys.org)
• The Magic Shop (a story of materials creation)
• Beyond the Elements: Lighter, Cheaper, Tougher Stuff (Corresponding Feature)
• Extreme Materials Synthesis
• A Vision for the Future of Quantum Materials Synthesis
• The Potential Value and Frontiers of Quantum Materials
• The Promise of Quantum Materials (Lisa Pogue)
• Science: This is How We Do It (Lisa Pogue)
• Materials by Design for Dirac/Weyl Nanoelectronics (Technical Talk)
• Guided Materials Discovery and PARADIM Tour (Prof. McQueen, Lucas Pressley, Mekhola Sinha)
• Design of A New Freshman Chemistry Curriculum (Pedagogical Talk)