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

• Updated Publications!
• Congratulations to Becky and Noah on graduating!
• Welcome to Sarah and Sarah!
• Welcome to new FiGURE students (Sarah, Sarah, and Elaine)!
• Welcome to new undergrads Julien, Becky, Josh, James, and Sydney!
• Updated Publications!
• Congratulations to Dr. Austin Ferrenti on succesfully defending his dissertation!
• Hundreds more references added to references section!
• Updated Publications!
• Congratulations to Dr. Brandon Wilfong on his new position!
• Congratulations to Izze Hedricks on winning an NSF-GRFP for her graduate studies at Princeton!
• Congratulations to Dr. Nick Ng on successfully defending his dissertation!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

208. K. Kingsbury, B. Feng, J. Thomas, G. Bassen, A.M. Ferrenti, D. Goldberg, T.M. McQueen, M.A. Siegler, T.J. Kempa
Manipulation of Valence Trapping through Local Order of Fe₃O Units in an Intrinsically Mixed-Valence Coordination Polymer
Inorg. Chem. (2025) [Full PDF]

207. F. Wang, A. Iwanicki, A.T. Sose, L.A. Pressley, T.M. McQueen, S.A. Deshmukh
Experimentally validated inverse design of FeNiCrCoCu MPEAs and unlocking key insights with explainable AI
npj Computational Materials 11, 124 (2025) [Full PDF]

206. G. Bassen, W. Bunstine, R. Han, R. Ebeid, E. Zoghlin, T.M. McQueen
Real-space orbital tiling approach for the design of novel superconductors
arXiv:2505.00771 (2025) [arXiv:2505.00771]

Shorts About Our Work

• 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)