1990-1994RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (RUG)

Laboratory of Solid State Physics, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
RUG was founded in 1614, which makes it the second oldest university in the Netherlands . It has 22,000 students and 5,000 employees.
Degree: Doctor (Dr. is equivalent to Ph.D.)

• The thesis work was done in the group of Prof. Sawatzky and involved the study of transition metal oxides, high-T c materials, and C 60 by means of photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption.
• Wrote significant papers on the extension of the Anderson impurity model, which strongly changed the concepts of core-level spectroscopy in strongly correlated materials.
• Gave lectures to undergraduate students.

1986-1990DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Applied Physics, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
Delft is the leading University of Technology in the Netherlands with 13,000 students
Degree: Ingenieur (Ir. equivalent to M.Sc.).

• My graduation work involved the study of the temperature dependence of the chemical potential of high-T c superconductors under the supervision of Dr. Van der Marel. This work was done in the group of Prof. Mooij.
• Taught summer courses to first year students.

2005-present ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY

9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439
Argonne is one of the Department of Energy's largest research centers
Title: Physicist

• Physicist at the Advanced Photon Source.
• 2009-2015: Group leader of the Theory and Software Group
• 2004-2009: Technical group leader of the Synchrotron-Related Theory Group
• 2001-5: Resident Associate in the Theory Group of the Materials Science Division led by Dr. Mike Norman.

2001-present NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (NIU)

Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
NIU is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of over 23,000.
Title: Distinguished Research Professor

• 2013-present: Distinguished Research Professor.
• 2009-2013: Presidential Research Professor.
• 2008-present: Professor in condensed-matter theory.
• 2001-2008 Associate professor in Condensed matter theory.
• Vice Chair of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the Institute for Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology (INSET).
• Scientific Advisor and Co-founder of start-up company Northern Illinois Nanotech

9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439
Title: Resident Associate

• Resident Associate at the Advanced Photon Source.
• Resident Associate in the Theory Group of the Materials Science Division led by Dr. Mike Norman.

1998-2001 PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES EINDHOVEN (PRLE)

• Research project on aberration correction in (scanning) transmission electron microscopes.
• Project leader for the development of a new focused ion beam column. Research subjects included Monte-Carlo studies of the interactions between particles in a beam and lens optimizations.
• Project leader on methodologies in X-ray diffraction.

Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
Title: Research Associate

• Collaborated with Prof. Fedro in the theoretical effort as part of a grant on colossal-magneto-resistance (CMR) materials, funded by the Office of Naval Research. This work included collaborations with researchers from NIU and Argonne National Laboratory.
• Published two Physical Review papers on magnetic structure and charge-order of the manganites.

1994-1997 EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY (ESRF)

• Arranged financial support for position from the European Union.
• Interpreted results of state-of-the-art X-ray spectroscopy experiments.
• The research involved the study of the interactions of X-rays with a broad range of materials, such as graphite, strongly correlated compounds with transition-metal and rare-earth ions. Techniques included X-ray scattering and absorption and Magnetic X-ray dichroism.
• The work was done in the group of Dr. Altarelli (direct supervisor Dr. Carra) and involved many collaborations with experimentalists working at the synchrotron.
• Wrote a substantial number of important papers in the field of X-ray spectroscopy, including several Physical Review Letters.
• Supervised and directed Ph.D. and undergraduate students.

COURSES TAUGHT

2015 Spring: Quantum mechanics-II (661)
2014 Fall: Quantum mechanics-I (660)
2014 Spring: Electrodynamics (670)
2013 Fall: General Physics (150)
2013 Spring: General Physics (150)
2012 Fall: Solid-state physics I (666)
2012 Spring: Quantum mechanics-II (661)
2011 Fall: Quantum mechanics-I (660)
2010 Fall: Solid-state physics II (666)
2009 Fall: Solid-state physics II (666)
2008 Fall: General Intermediate Physics (252)
2008 Fall: Solid-state physics II (667)
2008 Spring: Statistical thermodynamics (563)
2007 Fall: General Intermediate Physics (252)
2006 Fall: General Intermediate Physics (252)
2005 Fall: General Intermediate Physics (252)
2005 Spring: Quantum mechanics-II (561)
2004 Fall: Quantum mechanics-I (560)
2004 Spring: Quantum mechanics-II (561)
2003 Fall: Quantum mechanics-I (560)
2003 Spring: Quantum mechanics-II (561)
2002 Fall: Quantum mechanics-I (560)
2002 Spring: Mathematical Methods for Physicists (485)

ADVISING ACTIVITIES

Postdoctoral supervision:

• Tsezar Seman (2013-present)
• Cheng-Chien Chen (2013-present, Aneesur Rahman Fellow, APS, Argonne)
• Brian Moritz (2012-2013, Joint with Stanford, Staff Scientist at SLAC)
• Myung-Joon Han (2011-2012, Assistant Professor, KAIST, South Korea)
• Javier Fernández-Rodríguez (2010-2013)
• Karoly Nemeth (2009-2010, Adjunct Professor Illinois Institute of Technology)
• Jun Chang (2008-2011, postdoctoral associate, Dresden)
• Eiji Kaneshita (2006-2008)
• Serkan Erdin (2004-2006)
• Ken Ahn (2004-2006)
• Haruhiko Ogasawara (2003-2005)

• Voltaire Teodorescu, (M.S. 2005)
• Usha Gururajarao (M.S., 2004, Assistant Professor, Palo Alto College) 

• Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Nature, Nature Comm., Nature Scientific Reports, Applied Physics Letters, J. of Applied Physics, J. American Chemical Society, New J. Phys., Europhysics Letters, Physica B, Physica C, J. Phys. C, Angewandte Chemie, Supercond. Sc. Technol., J. Physics and Chemistry of Solids, New J. of Phys., IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MMM Conference Proceedings, Central Europ. J. Phys.
• Reviewer of proposals for Basic Energy Sciences (Department of Energy), National Science Foundation, Condensed Matter Physics (Department of Defense), Agence National de Recherche, and the Research Corporation.
• Member of the International Advisory Board for the 2004 International Conference on Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• I am one of the founders of the start-up nanotechnology company Northern Illinois Nanotech, together with Michael Haji-Sheikh (EE), Kazimierz Gofron (APS/ANL), and Clyde Kimball (Physics).
• I am member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Inelastic X-ray Scattering Collaborative Access Team (IXS-CAT) at the Advanced Photon Source.
• Organizer of the X-ray Spectroscopy section of the Argonne Theory Institute (2003-5)
• I developed a program to calculate spectral line shapes obtained with high-energy spectroscopy in the strongly correlated limit. This program is currently used at several universities and laboratories.
• I developed a code to calculate the effects of statistical Coulomb blurring on the spot size of electron microscopes and focused ion beams. This code involved the development of new techniques to improve the accuracy of a numerical evaluation of the Coulomb interactions between the charged particles. This program is currently in use at Philips Research and FEI.