Dr. Edoardo Baldini of the University of Texas physics department and the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials was recently named as one of six UT Austin faculty members to receive the prestigious Sloan Research fellowship. The fellowship, from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, selects fellows based on their creativity, independent research, and potential to become future leaders in their respective fields. 
Dr. Baldini investigates quantum materials and their ultrafast dynamics using advanced laser spectroscopy techniques. His research lies at the intersection of quantum condensed matter physics and optical science and is driven by the aim to understand and manipulate complex materials and their emergent quantum phases. To tackle these challenges, Dr. Baldini is developing sensitive nanoimaging tools and nonequilibrium control schemes based on engineered laser pulses. Dr. Baldini specialized in this field during his years as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he pioneered the construction of novel laser techniques for ultrafast spectroscopy and coherent control. Dr. Baldini’s discoveries have received broad coverage by international media and led him to receive numerous prizes, such as the 2019 IBM Prize in Condensed Matter Physics, the American Physical Society – 2019 Carl E. Anderson Prize in Laser Science, and the American Chemical Society – 2020 Young Investigator Award. He was recently awarded NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant for his proposal on the Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Spin-Correlated Excitons in van der Waals Magnets.
Dr. Baldini has been an active member of the CDCM since 2023 and has participated in our outreach and REU programs. We are so proud of him and his dedication to his students and his research.