CV

Professional Appointments

• Aug. 2026 – Present
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
• 2023 – 2026
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers University
  • Abrahams Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

• Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2023
  • Advisor: Prof. Binghai Yan
  • Thesis: Nonlinear response of magnetic topological materials
• M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2018
  • Advisor: Prof. Shahal Ilani
  • Thesis: Improving the properties of the carbon nanotube single-electron transistor
• B.Sc. in Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2016
  • Cum Laude
• B.Sc. in Materials Science Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2016
  • Summa Cum Laude

Research Interests

Quantum geometry and nonlinear response · topological and strongly correlated electron systems · unconventional superconductivity · non-equilibrium and light-driven order · first-principles electronic structure · machine learning for materials discovery

Publications

See my Google Scholar page for an up-to-date list. Preprints are on arXiv.

Work published in Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and PNAS.

Awards and Fellowships

• Abrahams Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers University (2023–2026)
• Zuckerman Foundation STEM Fellowship (2023–2025)
• Dean of Faculty Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2016)
• Department of Physics Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2016)

Invited Talks

• Condensed Matter Seminar, University of Notre Dame, 2025
• [additional]

Teaching

Coming soon!

Contact

daniel.kaplan@ucf.edu Department of Physics, University of Central Florida 4111 Libra Drive, Orlando, FL 32816