Alannah Hallas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia and a Principal Investigator at the Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. Alannah completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Winnipeg, followed by a PhD in Physics at McMaster University, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Rice University. Alannah’s research centers on the design and discovery of new quantum materials. Her team establishes structure-function relationships in quantum materials via characterization of their magnetic and electronic properties using neutron, muon, and x-ray based methods. One of her overarching interests is understanding the complex ways that disorder can modify the properties of quantum materials. Alannah is a Sloan Research Fellow and the co-Director of CIFAR's Quantum Materials Program.
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