April 22, 2022

Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Binek is Paula and D.B. Varner Professor of Physics and director of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of Physics and Astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, Professor of Physics and Astronomy. August 26, 2025. Photo by Liz McCue / University Communication and Marketing.