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Scott Jensen

Asst Professor Term

A&S Natural Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6576-2204
  • Asst Professor Term
    A&S Natural Sciences

BIO

I am a condensed matter theorist specializing in strongly correlated many-body systems and the statistical mechanics of disordered systems. My research seeks to understand how collective behavior emerges from the interplay between interactions, disorder, and geometry. I earned my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Physics from Northeastern University in 2011, followed by a Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University in 2020, where I focused on theoretical aspects of superfluid Fermi gases. I then held a postdoctoral position at the Institute for Condensed Matter Theory (ICMT) at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. I joined the University of Louisville faculty in the spring of 2025.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor Term
    University of Louisville, Physics, Louisville, United StatesJan 2025

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Yale University, New Haven, United StatesSep 2013 - May 2020

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Physics, Urbana, United StatesAug 2020 - Aug 2024
    Supervised by Ceperley DMC