Assistant professor


Education & Employment


University of California, Berkeley

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Berkeley, CA, 2016 - present

Columbia University

Undergraduate Research Assistant

New York, NY, 2012 - 2016

Columbia University

PhD in Physics

New York, NY, 2011 - 2016

Publications

  1. Benjamin A. Frandsen, Parker K. Hamilton, Jacob A. Christensen, Eric Stubbena, and Simon J. L. Billinge. "DIFFPY.MPDF: Open-source software for magnetic pair distribution function analysis". J. Appl. Crystallography . Sep 2022 download doi
  2. Simon J. L. Billinge, Sandra H. Skjaervoe, Maxwell W. Terban, Songsheng Tao, Long Yang, Yevgeny Rakita, and Benjamin A. Frandsen. "Local structure determination using total scattering data". Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III. Oct 2021 download doi
  3. Henrik L. Andersen, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Haraldur P. Gunnlaugsson, Mads R. V. Jørgensen, Simon J. L. Billinge, Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, and Mogens Christensen. "Local and long-range atomic/magnetic structure of non-stoichiometric spinel iron oxide nanocrystallites". IUCrJ . 8 p. 2052-2525 Jan 2021 download doi
  4. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Ross, Kathryn A., Krizan, Jason W., Nilsen, G{\o}ran J., Wildes, Andrew R., Cava, Robert J., Birgeneau, Robert J., and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Real-space investigation of short-range magnetic correlations in fluoride pyrochlores {NaCaCo$_2$F$_7$} and {NaSrCo$_2$F$_7$} with magnetic pair distribution function analysis". Phys. Rev. Materials . 1 p. 074412 Dec 2017 download doi
  5. Guguchia, Z., Adachi, T., Shermadini, Z., Ohgi, T., Chang, J., Bozin, E., Rohr, F. von, Santos, A. M. dos, Molaison, J. J., Koike, Y., Wieteska, A. R., Frandsen, B. A., Morenzoni, E., Amato, A., Billinge, S. J. L., Uemura, Y. J., and Khasanov, R.. "Pressure tuning of structure, superconductivity and novel magnetic order in the {Ce}-underdoped electron-doped cuprate {T$^{'}$-Pr$_{1.3-x}$La$_{0.7}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ ($x = 0.1$)}". Phys. Rev. B . 96 p. 094515 Sep 2017 download doi
  6. Guguchia, Z., Rohr, F. von, Shermadini, Z., Lee, A. T., Banerjee, S., Wieteska, A. R., Marianetti, C. A., Frandsen, B. A., Luetkens, H., Gong, Z., Cheung, S. C., Baines, C., Shengelaya, A., Taniashvili, G., Pasupathy, A. N., Morenzoni, E., Billinge, S. J. L., Amato, A., Cava, R. J., Khasanov, R., and Uemura, Y. J.. "Signatures of the topological {s$^{+-}$} superconducting order parameter in the type-II Weyl semimetal {T$_d$-MoTe$_2$}". Nat. Commun. . 8 p. 1082 Jan 2017 download doi
  7. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Gong, Zizhou, Terban, Maxwell W., Banerjee, Soham, Chen, Bijuan, Jin, Changqing, Feygenson, Mikhail, Uemura, Yasutomo J., and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Local atomic and magnetic structure of dilute magnetic semiconductor {(Ba,K)(Zn,Mn)$_2$As$_2$}". Phys. Rev. B . 94 p. 094102 Sep 2016 download doi
  8. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Liu, Lian, Cheung, Sky C., Guguchia, Zurab, Khasanov, Rustem, Morenzoni, Elvezio, Munsie, Timothy J. S., Hallas, Alannah M., Wilson, Murray N., Cai, Yipeng, Luke, Graeme M., Chen, Bijuan, Li, Wenmin, Jin, Changqing, Ding, Cui, Guo, Shengli, Ning, Fanlong, Ito, Takashi, Higemoto, Wataru, Billinge, Simon J. L., Sakamoto, Shoya, Fujimori, Atsushi, Murakami, Taito, Kageyama, Hiroshi, Alonso, Jose Antonio, Kotliar, Gabriel, Imada, Masatoshi, and Uemura, Yasuotomo J.. "Volume-wise destruction of the antiferromagnetic {Mott} insulating state through quantum tuning". Nat. Commun. . 7 p. 12519 Aug 2016 download doi
  9. Frandsen, Benjamin A., and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Investigating short-range magnetic correlations in real space with the magnetic pair distribution function (m{PDF})". Neutron News . 27 p. 14--16 Jul 2016 download doi
  10. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Brunelli, Michela, Page, Katharine, Uemura, Yasutomo J., Staunton, Julie B., and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Verification of Anderson Superexchange in MnO via Magnetic Pair Distribution Function Analysis and \textit{ab initio} Theory". Phys. Rev. Lett. . 116 p. 197204 May 2016 download doi
  11. Frandsen, Benjamin A., and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Magnetic structure determination from the magnetic pair distribution function {(mPDF)}: ground state of {MnO}". Acta Crystallogr. A . 71 p. 325--334 (2015) download doi
  12. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Cheung, Sky C., Goko, Tatsuo, Liu, Lian, Medina, Teresa, Munsie, Timothy S. J., Luke, Graeme M., Baker, Peter J., Jimenez, Marco P., Eguchi, Gaku, Yonezawa, Shingo, Maeno, Yoshiteru, and Uemura, Yasutomo J.. "Superconducting properties of noncentrosymmetric superconductor ${\mathbf{CaIrSi}}_{3}$ investigated by muon spin relaxation and rotation". Phys. Rev. B . 91 p. 014511 Jan 2015 download doi
  13. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Yang, Xiaohao, and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Magnetic pair distribution function analysis of local magnetic correlations". Acta Crystallogr. A . 70 p. 3--11 (2014) download doi
  14. Frandsen, Benjamin A., Bozin, Emil S., Hu, Hefei, Zhu, Yimei, Nozaki, Yasumasa, Kageyama, Hiroshi, Uemura, Yasutomo J., Yin, Wei-Guo, and Billinge, Simon J. L.. "Intra-unit-cell nematic charge order in the titanium-oxypnictide family of superconductors". Nat. Commun. . 5 p. 5761 (2014) download doi