Michel Van Veenendaal
Group Leader and Physicist
Theory and Software
X-ray Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave
Building 401-B4208
(630) 252-4533 • email
Biography
He is currently the Group Leader of the Theory and Software Group and a Presidential Research Professor in condensed-matter theory at Northern Illinois University. His major research focus is strongly correlated materials and systems away from equilibrium, in particular, the study thereof with X-rays.
He has written 64 publications that are published in highly-cited journals, such as Physical Review Letters (19), Review of Modern Physics (1) and Science (1). The total number of citations exceeds fifteen hundred.
He has obtained grants from the Department of Energy, the University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory, and the Research Corporation totalling more than 2 million dollar.
Selected Publications
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies of elementary excitations
L. J. P. Ament, M. van Veenendaal, T. P. Devereaux, J. P. Hill, and J. van den Brink
Accepted for publication in Rev. Mod. Phys.
Orbital magnetism and spin-orbit effects in the electronic structure of BaIrO3
M. A. Laguna-Marco, D. Haskel, N. Souza-Neto, V. V. Krishnamurthy, S. Chikara, G. Cao, and M. van Veenendaal
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 216407 (2010).
Fast intersystem crossing in transition-metal compounds
M. van Veenendaal, J. Chang, and A. J. Fedro
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 067401 (2010).
Orbital reconstruction and covalent bonding at an oxide interface
J. Chakhalian, J. W. Freeland, H.-U. Habermeier, G. Cristiani, G. Khaliullin, M. van Veenendaal, and B. Keimer
Science 318, 114 (2007).
Prediction of strong dichroism induced by x-rays carrying orbital momentum
M. van Veenendaal and I. McNulty
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 157401 (2007)
Photoinduced magnetism caused by charge-transfer excitations in teracyanoethylene-based organic magnets
S. Erdin and M. van Veenendaal
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 247202 (2006).
Polarization dependence of L- and M-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering on transition-metal compounds
M. van Veenendaal
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 117404 (2006).
Theory of indirect resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
J. van den Brink and M. van Veenendaal,
J. Phys. Chem. Solids 66, 2145 (2005)
Research Interests
Condensed-matter theory
Transition-metal compounds
X-ray spectroscopy
Nonequilibrium phenomena
Education
Ph.D. (Dr.), Physics, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 1994
M.Sc. (Ir.), Physics, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 1990
Experience
2005-present: Physicist, APS, Argonne National Laboratory
2001-present: Presidential Research Professor, Northern Illinois University
1998-2001: Senior Scientists, Philips Research Laboratories
1997-1998: Postdoctoral Associate, Northern Illinois University
1994-1997: Postdoctoral Associate, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
Awards and Honors
2009-2013: Presidential Research Professor, NIU
2005 Outstanding Grant Acquisition Award from NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
2002-7 Research Innovation Award of the Research Corporation.
1994-6 Human Capital and Mobility fellow of the European Union.
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