Welcome to the Balandin Group at UCLA! We conduct basic science and engineering research aimed at understanding the properties of novel materials and developing new electronic and energy conversion devices utilizing these materials. We use state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities to investigate low-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials and employ advanced instrumentation to study their properties, including cryogenic electron transport measurement systems, Brillouin–Mandelstam and Raman spectrometers, thermal characterization equipment, electronic noise measurement setups, and various types of microscopes. The Balandin Group is recognized for the discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene and few-layer graphene, pioneering graphene thermal applications, developing the phonon engineering field, demonstrating room-temperature charge-density-wave devices, investigating electronic noise in wide-band-gap materials, and more.