Ph.D. Alumni 2000-2009
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Top ⇑2009
Tomasz Kreft, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Predictive Control of Free Radical Polymerization Reactions Including Copolymeric Polyelectrolytes
Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed
Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Rhett D. McNorton, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Theoretical Investigation of the II-IV and IV-VI Families of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren
Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics
Carroll Trull, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor: Fred Wietfeldt
Field of Research: Experimental Nuclear Physics
Top ⇑2008
Lucinda Pringle, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Direct Detection of Quantized Neutral Cl, H, and D Atoms Resulting From the Photodissociation of Cl2, H2 and D2
Faculty Advisor: Brent Koplitz (Chemistry)
Field of Research: Experimental Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics
Top ⇑2007
Pascal Enohnyaket, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Determination of Molecular Weight and Other Characteristics of Co- and Ter-Polymers using Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP)
Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed
Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Espen Sagvolden, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The Density-Functional Theory Of Systems With Non-integer Particle Numbers And The Relevance Of The Gradient Expansion To Atoms And Molecules
Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
Top ⇑2006
Joseph P. Hooper, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Studies of the Itinerant Metamagnet Sr3Ru2O7
Faculty Advisor: Zhiqiang Mao
Field of Research: Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics
Lucian Constantin, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
Top ⇑2004
Timothy Michael Schuler, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Electronic Structure And Hybridization Of Strongly Correlated Transition Metal Systems
Faculty Advisor: David L. Ederer
Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics
Alina Alb, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Automatic, Continuous Online Monitoring Of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP) - Progress In Characterization Of Polymers And Polymerization Reactions
Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed
Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Khazhgery "Jerry" Shakov, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Population Control In Nearly Degenerate N-State Atoms
Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire
Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Quantum Control
Top ⇑2003
Nancy J. Ruzycki, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Structure and Properties of the Anatase Polymorph of Titanium Dioxide
Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold
Field of Research: Surface Science
Jessica L. Graber, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Algebraic Mean Field Theory of SP(3,R)
Faculty Advisor: George Rosensteel
Field of Research: Mathematical Physics
Shannon D. Willoughby, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Theoretical Investigations Of Co/Pt Alloys And Supercells
Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren
Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics
Azida Hosein-Sooklal, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Model Selection And Optimization Of The Sodium Ion Channel Through The Use Of Single And Ensemble Pulse Protocols
Faculty Advisor: Armin Kargol
Field of Research: Cellular Biophysics
Top ⇑2002
Olga V. Dulub, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study Of Clean And Copper Covered Zinc Oxide Systems
Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold
Field of Research: Surface Science
Gina A. Sorci, Ph.D.
Dissertation: A Technique for Studying Polymer Interactions With Concentration Gradients Using Light Scattering and Viscometry
Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed
Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Alim B. Alchagirov, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Equations Of State Motivated By The Stabilized Jellium Model
Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
Jianmin Tao, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Density Functional Theory Of Atoms, Molecules And Solids: Construction Of Accurate Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximations For Exchange And Correlation
Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
Top ⇑2000
Albert H. "Kip" Davis, Jr., Ph.D.
Dissertation: Spin Dependent Tunneling in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren
Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics
Tstetsa N. Dankova, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Algebraic Mean Field Theory
Faculty Advisor: George Rosensteel
Field of Research: Mathematical Physics
Min Li, Ph.D.
Dissertation: A Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Induced Restructuring of Rutile TiO2(110) Surfaces
Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold
Field of Research: Surface Science
Federico E. Zahariev, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Approaches to Excited-State Density Functional Theory
Faculty Advisor: Mel Levy (Chemistry)
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
Salomon Francisco Itza-Ortiz, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Ionization-Excitation Of The Negative Hydrogen Ion And The Helium Atom By Compton Scattering
Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire
Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Quantum Control
Thomas Draeger, Ph.D.
Dissertation: A Macsyma Program for Computing Analytic Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients for U(3) É SO(3)
Faculty Advisor: George Rosensteel
Field of Research: Mathematical Physics
Catalina Gonzalez Huizar, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The Shake Effect in Electron Capture
Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire
Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Quantum Control
Sergei G. Tolmanov, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Thomas Peak of the Second Kind in Proton-Helium Collisions
Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire
Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Quantum Control
Zidan Yan, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Exchange-Correlation Energies for Jellium Surfaces: Consistent Results from Advanced Density Functionals
Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew
Field of Research: Solid State/Density Functional Theory
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