Tessa Cookmeyer

Research Interests:

Dr. Cookmeyer is a condensed matter theorist studying strongly interacting electrons, the underlying physics of which continues to reveal new phases of matter and new platforms for future technological applications. She uses numerous semi-analytic and numeric many-body techniques to study a wide range of many-body phenomena: quantum spin liquids and magnets, quantum criticality, strange metals, moiré materials, and open quantum systems. Her work is grounded in cutting-edge material systems leading her to collaborate closely with experiments as well as advancing understanding of simplified theoretical models. 

Career History

• B.S. in Physics and Math, Haverford College, 2017
• M.A in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2018
• Ph.D, in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2023
• University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023-2026
• Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Davis, 2026-Present

Honors

• University of California, President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2023
• Graduate Student Services Award, Physics Department, 2023
• Frontiers of Science Award, 2023
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2019
• Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award, 2019
• Berkeley Connect Fellowship, 2018