Valentin Crépel
2025 Regional Award Winner — Post-Doc
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Institution:
University of Toronto (previously, Flatiron Institute)
Discipline:
Condensed Matter Physics
Recognized for: Advancing theories describing stacked, single-atom thick materials, enabling easier control of their behaviors for applications in quantum technology and materials development.
Areas of Research Interest and Expertise:
Condensed Matter, Correlated Quantum Systems, Topological and Anyonic Phases, Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures
Previous Positions:
Bachelor’s, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Vladan Vuletić)
Master’s, École Normale Supérieure de Paris, France (Advisor: Nicolas Regnault)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Liang Fu)
Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute at the Simons Foundation (Advisor: Andrew Millis)
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
Research Summary:
Condensed matter physics serves as one of many gateways to advance our technological capabilities. Pioneering breakthroughs in our understanding of moiré structures – materials made from stacking single-atom thick layers together – led by condensed matter theorist Valentin Crépel, PhD, are helping to break down barriers that make the creation of these materials difficult. Crépel’s work has made waves in furthering our ability to predict which kinds of these structures will have unique properties like superconductivity, or host exotic states that could pave the way forward for major advances in quantum computing technology.
“I am honored to be recognized by the Blavatnik family for research that explores how exotic quantum phenomena with transformative potential can be turned into tangible discoveries through material prediction, interaction engineering, and sample design.”
Key Publications:
- V. Crépel, J. Cano. Efficient prediction of superlattice and anomalous miniband topology from quantum geometry. Physical Review X, 2025.
- S. Zhao*, J. Huang*, V. Crépel*, Z. Xiong, X. Wu, … Z. Han. Fractional quantum Hall phases in high-mobility n-type molybdenum disulfide transistors. Nature Electronics, 2024.
- B. Estienne, N. Regnault, V. Crépel. Ideal Chern bands as Landau levels in curved space. Physical Review Research, 2023.
- V. Crépel, D. Guerci, J. Cano, J. Pixley, A. Millis. Topological superconductivity in doped magnetic moiré semiconductors. Physical Review Letters, 2023.
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