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Principle Investigator:
Prof. Barry L. Zink (Full CV)
Professor of Physics
Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, UC San Diego, 2002
M.S. in Physics, UC San Diego, 2002
B.S. in Physics, UC Santa Cruz, 1996
Member of APS (GMAG, DMP, DCMP, GIMS), MRS, IEEE Magnetics Society (Senior
Member)
Outstanding Referee (Physical Review Journals, Review of Scientific
Instruments)
George T. Piercy Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
DU Natural Sciences and Mathematics Excellence in Research Award,
2013
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-04
Google
Scholar and ResearchGate
and ORCID
Graduate Student Researchers:
Ian Ellis
Eric Morris
Undergraduate Student Researchers:
(coming soon...)
Alex Hojem, Beverly (dog), BLZ, Sarah Mason, and Devin Wesenberg, Summer
2014.
Group Alumni (PhD and Post-doc):
Leo Hernandez, PhD 2024, Spin and Charge Transport In Metallic
Ferrimagnets and Disordered Magnetic Oxides, Currently postdoc at
UT Austin (with Prof. Jean-Anne Incorvia)
Matt Natale, PhD 2024, Heat, Charge, and Spin Transport: From
Ferromagnetic Thin Films to Antiferromagnetic/Ferromagnetic
Heterostructures, Currently postdoc at NIST/CU Boulder
Sam Bleser, PhD 2024, The Interplay of Spin, Charge, and Heat: From
Metal/Insulator Heterostructures to Perovskite Oxide Bilayers,
Currently postdoc at U. of Utah (with Prof. Eric Montoya)
Mike Roos, PhD 2023, Thermal, Magnetic, and Electrical Properties of
Thin Films and Nanostructures: From Magnetic Insulators to Organic
Thermoelectrics, Currently Honeywell, Inc. Broomfield, CO
Rachel Bennet, PhD 2020, 2D Confinement of Thermal Gradients in
Metallic Non-local Spin Valves, Currently Raytheon Technologies,
Aurora, CO
Devin Wesenberg, PhD 2018, Heat, Charge, and Spin Transport of Thin
Film Nanostructures. Currently Process Engineer, Lam Research,
Portland, OR.
Alex Hojem, PhD 2016, Thermal Effects on Spin Currents in Non-local
Metallic Spin Valves. Currently Intel, after Postdoctoral
Scholarship, UC San Diego with Prof. Ivan Schuller.
James Hays-Wehle, Post-doc (jointly with NIST Boulder), 2013-2015, Currently
Physicist, NIST Boulder Quantum Sensors Project.
Sarah J. Mason, PhD May 2014, Nanoscale
Thermoelectrics: A Study of the Absolute Seebeck Coefficient of Thin
Films. Currently Process Engineer, Broadcom Technologies,
Fort Collins, CO
Dain Bassett, PhD Jan 2014, Measurement
of Low Temperature Thermal Properties of Microcalorimeters using Johnson
Noise Thermometry. Currently Process Engineer, Intel
Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Jason Underwood, Post-doc 2012-2013, Currently Physicist, NIST
Gaithersburg Quantum Voltage/Quantum Electronics
Robert
Horansky, Post-doc (jointly with NIST Boulder), 2009-13. Currently NIST
Boulder Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division
Azure D. Avery, PhD 2013, Thermal and
Electrical Transport in Ferromagnetic Metal Thin Films.
Currently Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Formerly Post-doc, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Rubina Sultan, PhD 2010, Measurement
of Thermoelectric Properties of Amorphous Silicon Based Thin Films.
Currently Senior Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Nikhil Jethava, Post-doc 2009, Currently Sr. Business Strategy Manager,
Microsoft
Farhana Baset, MS 2007, Defect and
Magnetic States in Amorphous Magnetic Semiconductors. Currently PhD
candidate, University of Ottawa.
Group
Alumni (Undergraduate Researchers and Other Visitors):
Gail Cotteril, 2011-2013, B.S. 2013
Di Wei, 2010-2012, B. S. 2012, Thesis: Measurements
of Thin Film and Nano Hybrid Thermoelectric Materials.
Currently PhD student, Harvard University, Yacoby
Group
Joseph Rauch, 2010-2012, B.S. 2012. Currently PhD student, Brandeis
University
Jessica Olson, 2010, Visiting Researcher, Cherry Creek High School Physics
Teacher
Greg Stiehl, 2008-2010, B.S. 2010, Thesis: Measurement
and Reduction of Sensitivity to External Magnetic Fields for NIST SQUID
amplifiers. Currently PhD student, Cornell University, Dan
Ralph Group
Erik Partridge, 2009-2010, B. S. 2010, Thesis: Exploring
Temperature Dependent Resistance of Semiconducting Thin Film
Thermometers.
Andrew Bacino, 2009
Abby Johnson, 2008-2009. Currently Adjunct Faculty, Colorado School
of Mines, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.