Michael Fogler

Brief Bio

Prof. Michael Fogler obtained his M. Sc. degree from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1991 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1997. He was a postdoctoral member at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton (1997-2000) and a Pappalardo Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000-2002). Michael joined UCSD faculty in 2002 as an Assistant Professor and is currently a tenured Associate Professor. Michael is an author of 57 publications on a variety of topics in the condensed-matter theory. His most recognized scientific accomplishment is the prediction of a new class of electron states --- stripe and bubble phases --- in two-dimensional systems subject to weak magnetic fields, in a joint work with Koulakov and Shklovskii in 1996. Presently Michael's interests are centered on graphene but he also works on other topics such as disordered systems, exciton condensates, and near-field optics.