Curriculum Vitae

Ken (Keun Hyuk) Ahn

Professional Experience

2007- New Jersey Institute of Technology

Department of Physics

Assistant Professor

2006 Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Department of Physics

Assistant Professor

2004-2006 Argonne National Laboratory

Advanced Photon Source

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Collaborators: M. van Veenendaal, A. J. Fedro

2001-2004 Los Alamos National Laboratory

Theoretical Division

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Collaborators: A. R. Bishop, P. B. Littlewood, T. Lookman, A. Saxena, S. A. Trugman, D. Smith, A. J. Taylor, J. L. Sarrao

Education

1994-2000 The Johns Hopkins University

Ph. D. in Physics

Thesis: Theory of colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

Advisor: Prof. A. J. Millis (now at Columbia University)

1992-1994 Seoul National University, South Korea

M. S. in Physics

Thesis: The three-flavor MSW effect and its application to the cosmologically decoupled neutrinos

Advisor: Prof. J. E. Kim

1988-1992 Seoul National University, South Korea

B. S. in Physics

Thesis: On the linearity of the transformation in special relativity

Teaching Experience

2007- New Jersey Institute of Technology

Department of Physics

Assistant Professor

Introductory Physics

2006 Konkuk University

Department of Physics

Assistant Professor

General Physics I, II, Graduate Condensed Matter Physics I, II

Community Outreach Program

July-August 2007 American Chemical Society Project SEED

Title: Studying materials with computers

Participants: High-school students

Site: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Purpose: Providing high school students with research experience

Honors

· Graduation with honors, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1992

· Honor prize, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1988

· Invited speaker at 2005 Magnetism and Magentic Materials Conference

· Invited speaker at 2005 American Physical Society March Meeting

Professional Service

Referee for Phys. Rev. Lett., Appl. Phys. Lett. and Phys. Rev. B (5 papers per year since 1999).

Reviewer of proposals for Department of Energy

Providing comments for Phys. Rev. Focus (http://focus.aps.org/story/v15/st15).

Invited Presentations

29. X-ray spectroscopy on transition metal oxides-- Probe for band structures and inhomogeneities

Workshop for Computational Materials Science Network, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, May 2007

28. Model for quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in normal metals and heavy fermion materials observed by ultra-fast optics

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Dae-Jeon, South Korea, December 2006

27. Model for strain-induced multiphase coexistence in colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

Korean Physical Society Meeting, Pyeong-Chang, South Korea, April 2006

26. Model for strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, April 2006

25. Model for strain-induced multiphase coexistence in colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, April 2006

24. An approach to interpret the spectral weight of transiton metal K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, April 2006

23. An approach to interpret the spectral weight of transiton metal K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Korean Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, South Korea, March 2006

22. Model for strain-induced multiphase coexistence in colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, February 2006

21. Model for strain-induced multiphase coexistence in colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

University of Florida, Gainesville, February 2006

20. Model for strain-induced multiphase coexistence in colossal magnetoresistive perovskite manganites

50^th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, San Jose, California, October 2005

19. Intrinsic metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, October 2005

18. Model for quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in normal metals and heavy fermion materials observed by ultra-fast optics

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, August 2005

17. Model for multiphase coexistence in perovskite manganites

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, August 2005

16. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, April 2005

15. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 2005

14. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, December 2004

13. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China, November 2004

12. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Shandong University, Jinan, China, November 2004

11. Theory of relaxation dynamics in normal metals and heavy fermion compounds

Sung-Kyun-Kwan University, Su-Won, South Korea, May 2004

10. Strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

2004 APCTP Focus Program of the Strongly Correlated Electron System, Asian Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Po-Hang, South Korea, May 2004

9. Model for strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, May 2004

8. Heterogeneities in CMR perovskite manganites

Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Dae-Jeon, South Korea, April 2004

7. Model for strain-induced metal-insulator phase coexistence in perovskite manganites

Korea Basic Science Research Institute, Dae-Jeon, South Korea, April 2004

6. Self-organized nano and micrometer scale heterogeneities in perovskite manganites

Dynamic Energy Landscapes and Functional Systems, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2004

5. Bond-bending constraints and electronic inhomogeneities in oxides (by A. R. Bishop)

2004 APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004

4. New language for nanoscale lattice distortions

Colloquium at Department of Physics in New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, August 2002

3. Effects of strains on magnetism in perovskite manganite thin films

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 2001

2. Magnetic, optical and elastic properties of perovskite manganites

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 2000

1. Charge and orbital ordering in perovskite manganites

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February 2000

Contributed Presentations

21. Theoretical study of thermal vs. non-thermal relaxation dynamics in normal metals

Gordon research Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy, February, 2008

20. Mode-based atomic-scale description of dynamic lattice properties

2007 APS March Meeting, Denver, Colorado, March 2007

19. Electronic properties of structural twin and antiphase boundaries in materials with strong electron-lattice couplings

2006 APS March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2006

18. Dynamics and spectral weights in transition-metal K-edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 2005

17. Model for multiphase coexistence in perovskite manganites

2004 APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004

16. Atomic scale description of structural domain walls and relevance to CMR manganites

2003 APS March Meeting, Austin, Texas, March 2003

15. From atomic scale distortions to continuum elasticity

Gordon Research Conference on Correlated Electron Systems, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, June 2002

14. Model of elastic energy connecting unit cell distortion and continuum elasticity

2002 APS March Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2002

13. Microscopic theory of elasticity and its application to the charge and orbital ordering in perovskite manganites

Local and Nanoscale Structure in Complex Systems, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 2002

12. Effects of microstructure on dielectric properties of Ba_0.6Sr_0.4TiO₃ films

2001 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2001.

11. Effects of in-plane strain on magnetism in LaMnO₃ thin films

46th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Seattle, Washington, November 2001

10. Effects of in-plane strain on magnetism in LaMnO₃ thin films

Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields – IV, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2001

9. Effects of in-plane strain on orbital ordering and magnetism in LaMnO₃ thin film

International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2001, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2001

8. Charge and orbital ordering in perovskite manganites

2001 APS March Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 2001

7. Effects of uniaxial strain in LaMnO₃

2000 APS March Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2000

6. Optical and magnetic property of LaMnO₃

44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, San Jose, California, November 1999

5. Anisotropy and temperature dependence of the optical conductivity in LaMnO₃ Centennial APS Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999

4. Effects of uniaxial strain in LaMnO₃

43rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Miami, Florida, November 1998

3. Anisotropy and temperature dependence of the optical conductivity in LaMnO₃

Physics of Manganites Workshop, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, July 1998

2. Interplay of charge and orbital ordering in manganese perovskites

1998 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 1998

1. Effects of Fe doping in the colossal magnetoresistive La_1-xCa_xMnO₃

41st Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1996