M. Michel Gingras
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Waterloo
Election Year
2019
Academy
Academy of Science
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Keywords
theoretical condensed matter physics, spin liquids, geometrical frustration, phases of matter
GINGRAS, Michel – Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo
Michel Gingras has made internationally acclaimed contributions to the field of condensed matter physics, in particular in the area of magnetic materials subject to strongly competing, or frustrated, interactions as well as condensed matter systems subject to frozen random disorder. Using analytical and numerical methods, he has explained a number of long-standing experimental paradoxes, provided an impetus for new experimental studies and motivated the synthesis of new magnetic compounds.
Michel Gingras has made internationally acclaimed contributions to the field of condensed matter physics, in particular in the area of magnetic materials subject to strongly competing, or frustrated, interactions as well as condensed matter systems subject to frozen random disorder. Using analytical and numerical methods, he has explained a number of long-standing experimental paradoxes, provided an impetus for new experimental studies and motivated the synthesis of new magnetic compounds.
Michel Gingras est reconnu internationalement pour ses recherches en physique de la matière condensée. Il s’est illustré dans le domaine des systèmes désordonnés et dans celui des matériaux magnétiques frustrés, ceux-ci ayant des interactions en forte compétition. À l’aide de méthodes analytiques et numériques, il a résolu des paradoxes expérimentaux restés longtemps sans explication, fourni des idées pour de nouvelles expériences et proposé la synthèse de nouveaux composés magnétiques.