Biography
Education
2006
Ph.D., Physics
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France.
Thesis : "Carrier LO-Phonon Interaction in InAs/GaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots"
2003
Master of Science, Solid State Physics
Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI), France
2002
Bachelor of Science, Physics
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Recipient of the John Holmes Malmberg Prize, 2002
Teaching Experience
2011-present
Associate Professor of Physics
Division of Natural Sciences, University of La Verne
1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750
2007-2011
Assistant Professor of Physics
Division of Natural Sciences, University of La Verne
1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750
2003-2006
Teaching Assistant
Department of Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris, France
2000-2002
Volunteer Teaching Assistant
Preuss School, University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
Courses Taught
- PHYS 105 Introduction to Physics
- PHYS 201 General Physics I
- PHYS 202 General Physics II
- PHYS 203 Physics I: Mechanics
- PHYS 204 Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 322 Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 368 Quantum Mechanics
- PHYS 370 Statistical and Thermal Physics
- PHYS 380 Solid State Physics
Research Experience
2006-2007
Postdoctoral Fellow
Device Research Laboratory (DRL), Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles
- Study of spintronic devices and diluted magnetic semiconductors
- Magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures
2003-2006
Graduate Research Assistant
Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
- Study the interaction between carriers (holes, electrons or excitons) trapped in InAs/GaAs quantum dots and the surrounding lattice.
- Perform FIR (50-700cm-1) magneto-spectroscopy experiments in magnetic fields up to 15T (Paris).
- Perform magneto-PLE, RPL and PL experiments in magnetic fields up to 30T (High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Grenoble).
- Developed an algorithm to calculate the coupling of the mixed carrier-LO phonon states using the Frohlich Hamiltonian.
2002-2003
Graduate Research Assistant
Groupe de Physique des Solides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
- Magneto-optical study of semi-magnetic quantum wells
- Absorption and PL measurements in magnetic fields at low temperatures
2001-2002
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of California San Diego
- Study of the magnetic properties and spin glass behavior of amorphous thin film semiconductors
- SQUID measurements