Research Interests

Condensed matter theory, electronic structure theory. Magnetism, superconductivity, unconventional electron pairing mechanisms including coupling by phonons and magnons. Nanoparticles, especially spontaneous magnetic and eletronic polarization in nanophases. Lattice vibrations and transport in solids. Correlated electron behavior and its description at the microscopic level.

Career History

• Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1975
• Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol, 1975-1976
• IBM Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1977
• Research Associate, Northwestern University, 1978-1979
• Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, 1979-1988
• Senior Visiting Fellow, Daresbury Laboratory, 1983-1984
• Supervisory Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, 1988-1992
• Senior Visiting Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, 1990-1991
• Senior Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, 1992-1997
• Professor, University of California, Davis, 1996-Present

Honors

• Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, 2005
• Centennial Speakers Program, American Physical Society, 1999-2000
• Centennial Symposium Lecturer at the American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, 1999
• Sigma Xi Technical Achievement Award in Pure Science, Naval Research Laboratory, 1993
• E. O. Hulbert Award, Naval Research Laboratory, 1990
• Second Prize, IBM Supercomputing Competition (w/ R. E. Cohen and H. Krakauer), 1990
• Named to Top 10 Technology Talents of 1989 by Washington Technology, 1989
• Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1989
• Scientific Achievement Award, Washington Academy of Sciences, 1985
• Alan Berman Research Publication Awards, NRL, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992