Biography

Aaron Winn (CLAS, 2019) graduated with a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Mathematics. At U.Va. Aaron worked on a research project under Howard Epstein in the Department of Environmental Science that analyzed carbon and nitrogen content of soil and foliage from regions with historical fire activity. He also studied bilayer graphene under Jeffrey Teo in the Department of Physics. With Teo, Aaron helped calculated the electronic band structure of bilayer graphene in the presence of a nonuniform electric field, confirming the existence of one-dimensional topologically protected chiral modes where the electric field changes sign. After graduation, Aaron will pursue a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania where he will continue studying theoretical condensed matter physics.