Education:

• Ph.D. (Physics), State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1992.
  Title of dissertation: “Infrared Transmission and Break-Junction Tunneling Studies of the High Temperature Superconductor Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈.”  Advisor: L. Mihaly.

Employment:

• Group Leader, Correlated Electron Materials Group, Oct. 2001-present. 
• Adjunct Professor, The University of Tennessee, Dept. of Physics.  Oct. 2003-present.  Stopped teaching at U.T. due to increased responsibilities of being a group leader.   Continue to supervise graduate students.
• Associate Professor, The University of Tennessee, Dept. Physics, Jan. 2000-Sept. 2003.  This position involved teaching 1 course per year, running a lab at UT, and supervising graduate students.
• Staff Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1995-present.
• Post-doctoral Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1992-1995.  Advisor: Z. Fisk.

Principle Research Interests:

Philosophy: use experimental tools of materials synthesis and crystal growth to address cutting-edge issues in condensed matter physics. Recent interests include:

1. Discovery and characterization of new collective phenomena in transition metal oxides, especially involving slow dynamics.
2. Coupling of magnetism and ferroelectricity in transition metal oxides.
3. Neutron scattering investigations of exotic magnets.
4. New materials for thermoelectric refrigeration and power generation.

Service and Leadership Activities

• Co-organizer, “International Workshop on Synthesis of Functional Oxide Materials,” University of California at Santa Barbara, August 2007.
• Co-organizer, “Correlated Electron Crystals” session at the International Conference on Crystal Growth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August, 2007.
• Co-organizer, “International Conference on Thermoelectrics,” Clemson University, June 2005.
• Co-organizer, “Workshop on Novel and Complex Oxides,” University of Kentucky, April 2005.
• DMP Focused Topic Organizer: “Novel & Complex Oxides,” 2004 APS March Meeting.
• Co-organizer, DOE/BES Workshop: “Future Directions of Design, Discovery, and Growth of Single Crystals for Basic Research,” Ames Laboratory, October 2003.
• Symposium Co-organizer, Thermoelectric Materials 2001: Research and Applications, MRS Fall 2001 Meeting.
• Symposium Co-organizer, Thermoelectric Materials 2000: The Next Generation Materials for Small Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications, MRS Spring 2000 Meeting. 

Awards:

• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2006.
• ORNL Publication Award, 2000.
• ORNL Technical Achievement Award, 1997.
• President’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students, Commencement 1992.
• Outstanding Teaching Award, 1990.

Professional Societies:

• American Physical Society
• Materials Research Society
• International Thermoelectric Society
• American Chemical Society

References:

• Available upon request

Refereed Publications