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Nicholas Butch (Fed)
Team Lead, Condensed Matter Physics
Nicholas P. Butch
At the NCNR, I lead the Condensed Matter Physics Team, part of the Neutron Condensed Matter Science Group. We currently operate three neutron spectrometers: the BT-7 thermal neutron triple axis, and the cold neutron spectrometers MACS (part of CHRNS) and DCS. These instruments participate in the user program and are used to study the properties of materials, looking at magnetic order and excitations, as well as structural order and excitations.
My personal research interests center on novel electronic order in quantum materials. This includes topological phases and exotic magnetism and superconductivity. For more information about my personal research, please visit the NPB homepage.
NRC Postdoc Positions
If you are a recent or soon-to-be PhD graduate and are interested in postdoctoral research focusing on novel superconductivity, magnetism, and/or quantum phase transitions, using neutron scattering and other tools, you may be interested in applying for a NRC postdocdoral fellowship. Application is limited to US citizens. For more details, please contact nicholas.butch [at] nist.gov (Dr. Butch).
NIST contact info
Dr. Nicholas Butch
NIST Center for Neutron Research
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6102
(301) 975 - 4863
nicholas.butch [at] nist.gov (nicholas[dot]butch[at]nist[dot]gov)
Awards
Arthur S. Flemming Award (2026)
American Physical Society Fellow, DCMP (2023)
APS Outstanding Referee (2023)
NIST Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (2020)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2017)
NIST Sigma Xi Katharine B. Gebbie Young Scientist Award (2016)