Gleb Finkelstein, Professor of Physics

Contact Info:

Office Location:	093 Physics
Office Phone:	(919) 660-2523, (919) 660-2458
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.phy.duke.edu/~gleb/

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• PHYSICS 465.01, QUANTUM MECHANICS II Synopsis

  Physics 047, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)	1998
PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	1999
B.S.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russia)	1991

Specialties:

Experimental condensed matter physics
Nanophysics
Biological physics

Research Interests: Nanophysics and Biophysics

Current projects: Electronic transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene;, Inorganic nanostructures based on self-assembled DNA scaffolds;, Low-temperature scanning microscopy (AFM);, New probes for intracellular neuronal recordings., Ultra-sharp probes for Intracellular Neuronal Recordings.

Gleb Finkelstein is an experimental physicist interested in inorganic and biologically inspired nanostructures: carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanocrystals and self-assembled DNA 'origami'. These objects reveal a variety of interesting electronic properties that may become a basis for future devices and sensors. His group's research is evenly divided between studies of electronic properties of nanostructures, and DNA self-assembly. Recently, he started a collaborative project on developing novel probes for intracellular neural recording.

Keywords:

Biotinylation • Crystallization • Dimerization • DNA • Electric Conductivity • Gold • Metal Nanoparticles • Microscopy, Atomic Force • Nanostructures • Nanotechnology • Nucleic Acid Conformation • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides • Protein Array Analysis • Silver • Streptavidin • Surface Properties • Templates, Genetic

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Ming-Tso Wei  
• Anne Draelos  
• Chung Ting Ke  

Postdocs Mentored

• Francois Amet (September 01, 2014 - present)  
• Sarah Goldberg (October 1, 2009 - August 01, 2011)  
• Ulas Coskun (February, 2007 - August, 2009)  
• Yurij Bomze (2006 - 2011)  
• Yuriy Bomze (July, 2006 - August 31, 2011)  
• Adriana Biasco (January 01, 2006 - December 31, 2006)  
• Alexey Zhukov (October 1, 2003 - February 28, 2006)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Shama; McCourt, JT; Baksi, M; Finkelstein, G; Kumah, DP, Superconductivity in spin-orbit coupled BaBi3 formed by in situ reduction of bismuthate films, Physical Review Materials, vol. 9 no. 12 (December, 2025) [doi]  [abs]
2. McCourt, JT; Arnault, EG; Baksi, M; Poage, SJ; Salmani-Rezaie, S; Ahadi, K; Kumah, D; Finkelstein, G, Electrostatic Control of Quantum Phases in KTaO₃-Based Planar Constrictions., Nano letters, vol. 25 no. 45 (November, 2025), pp. 16091-16096 [doi]  [abs]
3. Larson, TFQ; Zhao, L; Arnault, EG; Wei, MT; Seredinski, A; Li, H; Watanabe, K; Taniguchi, T; Amet, F; Finkelstein, G, Noise-induced stabilization of dynamical states with broken time-reversal symmetry, Physical Review B, vol. 112 no. 1 (July, 2025), American Physical Society (APS) [doi]
4. Sharma, A; Chen, C-C; McCourt, J; Kim, M; Watanabe, K; Taniguchi, T; Rokhinson, L; Finkelstein, G; Borzenets, I, Fermi Velocity Dependent Critical Current in Ballistic Bilayer Graphene Josephson Junctions., ACS nanoscience Au, vol. 5 no. 2 (April, 2025), pp. 65-69 [doi]  [abs]
5. Arnault, EG; Chiles, J; Larson, TFQ; Chen, C-C; Zhao, L; Watanabe, K; Taniguchi, T; Amet, F; Finkelstein, G, Multiplet Supercurrents in a Josephson Circuit., Physical review letters, vol. 134 no. 6 (February, 2025), pp. 067001 [doi]  [abs]