[phas-grad] FW: Looking for MS students to begin PhD research in Physics at the University of Cincinnati

[Kent Montgomery]

From: Smith, Leigh (smithlm) <smithlm at ucmail.uc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2022 4:04 PM
To: Kent Montgomery <Kent.Montgomery at tamuc.edu>
Cc: Dayla Burgin <Dayla.Burgin at tamuc.edu>
Subject: Looking for MS students to begin PhD research in Physics at the University of Cincinnati

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Dear Kent,

My name is Leigh Smith and I am Head and a Condensed Matter Experimentalist in the Department of Physics at the University of Cincinnati.

I am writing to let you know that we are specifically looking for students who have or will be finishing their MS degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering or Materials Science and who would like to pursue a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics or Physics Education Research.  We are looking for students who could begin their research in Spring, Summer or Fall 2023.  Our stipends in Fall 2023 will be $26k/12 months, and we anticipate further increases subject to funding.  Please forward this email to any students who you think may be interested and post the attached flyer someplace where it can be seen.  Students can express interest by emailing a cover letter and their CV to CMPSearch2022 at ucmail.uc.edu<mailto:CMPSearch2022 at ucmail.uc.edu>.  Our department uses holistic admissions criteria for graduate students and test scores are optional: we interview all students we consider for admission.

Best Regards,

Leigh Smith

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Faculty in Condensed Matter Physics and Physics Education Research are:

Carlos Bolech (CMP Theory):  Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems (SCQS): many-body and quantum-field theories, quantum fluids, integrable systems, quantum information and tensor networks, non-equilibrium transport, mesoscopic systems, ultracold atomic gases and optical lattices, unconventional superconductivity, strongly correlated electrons (e.g., quantum impurities and heavy fermions).

Andrei Kogan (CMP Experiment):  His group studies quantum effects in low-dimensional solid-state structures due to collective behavior of carriers. Currently, the group focuses on effects that emerge in 2D conductors at low carrier densities when the Coulomb interactions of the carriers becomes a dominant factor. We are interested in unusual ground states induced by the carriers' interactions, the impact of the interactions on the current flow in such conductors, identifying and controlling hydrodynamic current modes, the energy relaxation between the interacting 2D carriers and the host lattice, and mesoscopic effects in such systems.  In these studies, we employ millikelvin-temperature, low-noise transport  measurements, microwave response measurements at frequencies up to tens of GHz, and advanced semiconductor fabrication techniques including nm-scale lithography.

Kathy Koenig (PER):   The PER group focuses on research regarding the implementation and evaluation of teaching pedagogies and curriculum, both in-person and web-based, that support student success and retention in introductory college-level STEM courses. In addition, they engage in the development and evaluation of lab activities that promote students' abilities in scientific reasoning.

Yashar Komijani (CMP Theory):  His research interests are (1) Quantum criticality, high-Tc superconductivity in heavy- fermions and spin-liquids. (2) Entanglement and quantum chaos (3) Quantum impurities and quantum transport in mesoscopic systems, and (4) Realizations of topological quantum computation.

Evgeny Mikheev (CMP Experiment):  Low-temperature behavior of nanoscale devices fabricated from superconducting oxides such as SrTiO3 and KTaO3. His group aims to combine superconductivity with gate voltage tunability, reduced dimension geometries (quantum constrictions, wires, dots, rings), and microwave superconducting resonator structures. Two long-term goals are stabilization and detection of topological superconductivity in an oxide wire, and integration of oxide superconductor materials into superconducting qubits.

Leigh Smith (CMP Experiment):  Electronic, Magnetic and Spin dynamics in nanostructures and topological materials, including 2D Ferromagnetic Semiconductors, Weyl and Dirac Semimetals, and Semiconductor Nanowires.  We study the electronic topology using a combination of electronic and optical probes with high spatial, spectroscopic and temporal resolution.

Hans-Peter Wagner (CMP Experiment):  Lasing from single nanowires and from from photonic crystal nanowire arrays. Entanglement and strong coupling using open cavity semiconductor nanowire-metal nanoparticle or 2D semiconductor-metal nanotriangle systems in which excitons and plasmons can interact in regimes ranging from weak to strong coupling. Ultrafast optical spectroscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy are uniquely combined to study the energy transfer and many-emitter entanglement in these systems.

The Department of Physics at the University of Cincinnati is an equal opportunity, open access, and APS Bridge Partnership Institution.


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Prof. Leigh M. Smith
Department of Physics, ML-0011
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0011

e-mail: leigh.smith at uc.edu<mailto:leigh.smith at uc.edu>
web:  www.physics.uc.edu/~smithl<http://www.physics.uc.edu/~smithl>

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