Alannah Hallas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, UBC. She heads the Quantum Materials Design Lab, part of the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. Before coming to UBC, Hallas completed her PhD in physics as a Vanier Scholar at McMaster University and was the Smalley Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University. Having worked in both physics and chemistry departments, Hallas is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of quantum materials.