Physics professor receives federal grant

Cutting-edge quantum research funded by U.S. Department of Defense

An $800,000 United States Department of Defense grant will be funding research conducted at Texas State University on the potential of exotic materials used for cutting-edge technologies. Associate Professor of Physics Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, PH.D., is studying the addition of transition metal oxides—perovskite oxides—to silicon and the electrical and magnetic properties that could create.

Theodoropoulou is a native of Greece, where she received her bachelor’s degree in physics, later coming to the United States to get her Ph.D. at the University of Florida.