Paul Canfield

Chemistry, physics faculty honored by AAAS

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five Iowa State University researchers for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science."

April 18, 2024

Paul Canfield elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Canfield designs and discovers new materials and properties in the Department of Physics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory.

April 23, 2020

Quantum materials measurement gets a boost

Paul Canfield, Ames Lab physicist, Distinguished Professor and the Robert Allen Wright Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is conducting innovative research with collaborators in the field.

January 15, 2020

Missing link to novel superconductivity revealed

Paul Canfield, Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy, is among scientists at Ames Laboratory who have discovered a state of magnetism that may be the missing link to understanding the relationship between magnetism and unconventional superconductivity.

February 15, 2018

Bazinga! ‘Big Bang Theory’ catchphrase inspires new compound from LAS physicists

Canfield, Jo create new novel compound inspired by popular TV show.

August 23, 2017