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  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For seminal contributions to materials theory as well as to the discovery and understanding of fundamental phenomena in solids and nanostructures.
  • 2015 - Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society For his seminal contributions to the development of ab initio methods for and the elucidation of many-electron effects in electronic excitations and optical properties of solids and nanostructures.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of the electronic and structural properties of condensed matter through innovative quantum mechanical calculations on bulk solids, surfaces, chemisorption systems, solidsolid interfaces, and defects in solids
  • 1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven G. Louie is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Within these broader categories, their work has concentrated on subfields including materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, condensed matter physics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research covers key topics such as 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, quantum and electron transport phenomena, topological materials and phenomena, perovskite materials and applications, molecular junctions and nanostructures, and semiconductor quantum structures and devices.

Steven G. Louie has contributed extensively to academic literature, with a significant number of publications in frequent venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nano Letters.

Among their recent papers are works addressing a range of topics:

  • "Strong correlations and orbital texture in single-layer 1T-TaSe2," 2020, Nature Physics
  • "Inducing metallicity in graphene nanoribbons via zero-mode superlattices," 2020, Science
  • "Spin splitting of dopant edge state in magnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons," 2021, Nature
  • "Evidence for quantum spin liquid behaviour in single-layer 1T-TaSe2 from scanning tunnelling microscopy," 2021, Nature Physics
  • "Discovering and understanding materials through computation," 2021, Nature Materials

Throughout their career, Steven G. Louie has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Zhenglu Li, Michael F. Crommie, Yang-Hao Chan, Mit H. Naik, and Felipe H. da Jornada.

They have received multiple recognitions and honors, including being named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2019 for contributions to materials theory and discovery, and receiving the Materials Theory Award from the same society in 2015. Other distinctions include Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellow of the American Physical Society, and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These awards note contributions in electronic and structural properties of condensed matter and the development of ab initio methods for many-electron effects in solids and nanostructures.

Best Publications

  • Energy Gaps in Graphene Nanoribbons

    Young-Woo Son;Young-Woo Son;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen;Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie

  • Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals

    Cheng Gong;Lin Li;Zhenglu Li;Huiwen Ji

  • Half-metallic graphene nanoribbons

    Young-Woo Son;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen;Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie

  • Electron correlation in semiconductors and insulators: Band gaps and quasiparticle energies.

    Mark S. Hybertsen;Steven G. Louie

  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    Nasreen G. Chopra;R. J. Luyken;K. Cherrey;Vincent Henry Crespi

  • Relaxation of Crystals with the Quasi-Newton Method

    Bernd G. Pfrommer;Michel Côté;Steven G. Louie;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

    Ganesh R. Bhimanapati;Zhenqiu Lin;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier;Yeonwoong Jung

  • Nonlinear ionic pseudopotentials in spin-density-functional calculations

    Steven G. Louie;Sverre Froyen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Electron-hole excitations and optical spectra from first principles

    Michael Rohlfing;Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie

  • Giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

    Miguel M. Ugeda;Aaron J. Bradley;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

  • Stability and Band Gap Constancy of Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    X. Blase;A. Rubio;S. G. Louie;M. L. Cohen

  • Optical Spectrum of MoS 2 : Many-Body Effects and Diversity of Exciton States

    Diana Y. Qiu;Felipe H. da Jornada;Steven G. Louie

  • First-principles theory of quasiparticles: Calculation of band gaps in semiconductors and insulators.

    Mark S. Hybertsen;Steven G. Louie

  • Crossed Nanotube Junctions

    M. S. Fuhrer;J. Nygård;L. Shih;M. Forero

  • Observation of giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

    Miguel M. Ugeda;Aaron J. Bradley;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

  • Quasiparticle energies and band gaps in graphene nanoribbons.

    Li Yang;Li Yang;Cheol-Hwan Park;Cheol-Hwan Park;Young-Woo Son;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Graphene at the edge: stability and dynamics.

    Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Çağlar Ö. Girit;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Rolf Erni;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell;Marta D. Rossell

  • The origin of the anomalous superconducting properties of MgB 2

    Hyoung Joon Choi;David Roundy;David Roundy;Hong Sun;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Hybridization effects and metallicity in small radius carbon nanotubes.

    X. Blase;Lorin X. Benedict;Eric L. Shirley;Steven G. Louie

  • Giant bandgap renormalization and excitonic effects in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductor

    Aaron Bradley;Miguel M. Ugeda;Su-Fei Shi;Felipe H. da Jornada

Frequent Co-Authors

Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Michael F. Crommie
Michael F. Crommie University of California, Berkeley
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey B. Neaton
Jeffrey B. Neaton University of California, Berkeley
Hyoung Joon Choi
Hyoung Joon Choi Yonsei University
James R. Chelikowsky
James R. Chelikowsky The University of Texas at Austin
Rodrigo B. Capaz
Rodrigo B. Capaz Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Mark S. Hybertsen
Mark S. Hybertsen Brookhaven National Laboratory
Oleg V. Yazyev
Oleg V. Yazyev École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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