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CURRICULUM VITAE
Paul A. Crowell
Academic Rank
Professor in School of Physics and Astronomy
Graduate Faculty Appointment in Physics
Education
B.A. Physics & Mathematics Swarthmore College May 1986
Ph.D Physics Cornell University January 1994
Advisor: John Reppy
Positions/Employment
Professor
Physics
University of Minnesota 08/2008 – present
Associate Professor
Physics
University of Minnesota 09/2003 – 08/2008
Assistant Professor
Physics
University of Minnesota 12/1997 – 09/2003
Postdoctoral Researcher
Advisor: David Awschalom
Department of Physics
Center for Quantized Electronic
Structures,
University of California at Santa
Barbara
10/1995 – 10/1997
Postdoctoral Associate
Advisor: Laurent Lévy
High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Grenoble
10/1993 – 10/1995
Graduate research assistant
Advisor: John Reppy
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State
Physics, Cornell University
09/1988 – 09/1993
Teaching assistant Department of Physics,
Cornell University
09/1986 – 08/1988
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Physical Society
Materials Research Society
Optical Society of America
IEEE Magnetics Society
HONORS & AWARDS
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008)
McKnight Presidential Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2004 – 2007)
National Science Foundation Career Award (2000 – 2004)
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, University of Minnesota (1999 – 2001)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1999 - 2001)
AT&T Bell Laboratories PhD Scholarship (1989-1993)
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PUBLICATIONS
92. W. Amamou, G. Stecklein, S. J. Koester, P. A. Crowell, and R. K. Kawakami, “Spin
absorption by in situ deposited nanoscale magnets on graphene spin valves,” to be submitted
to Phys. Rev. Applied (2018).
91. J. Hu, G. Stecklein, Y. Anugrah, P. A. Crowell, and S.J. Koester, “Using programmable
graphene channels as weights in spin-diffusive neuromorphic computing,” submitted to
IEEE Journal of Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits (2018).
90. A.Rath, C. Sivakumar, C. Sun, S. J. Patel, J. S. Jeong, J. Feng, G. Stecklein, P. A. Crowell,
C. J. Palmstrøm, William H. Butler, Paul M. Voyles, “Reduced interface spin polarization
by antiferromagnetically coupled Mn segregated to the Co2MnSi/GaAs (001) interface,”
Phys. Rev. B 97, 045304 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.045304
89. Y. Anugrah, J. Hu, G. Stecklein, P. A. Crowell, and S. J. Koester, “Independent gate control
of injected and detected spin currents in CVD graphene nonlocal spin valves,” AIP
Advances 8, 015129 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008761
88. T. A. Peterson, A. P. McFadden, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P.A. Crowell, “Influence of the
magnetic proximity effect on spin-orbit torque efficiencies in ferromagnet/platinum
bilayers,” Phys. Rev. B 97, 020403(R) (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.020403
87. J.D. Watts, J.S. Jeong, L. O’Brien, K.A. Mkhoyan, P.A. Crowell, and C. Leighton,
“Room
Temperature Spin Kondo Effect and Intermixing in Co/Cu Non-Local Spin Valves,” Appl.
Phys. Lett. 110, 222407 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4984896
86. K.-W. Kim, L. O’Brien, P. A. Crowell, C. Leighton, and M. D. Stiles, “Theory of Kondo
suppression of spin polarization in nonlocal spin valves,” Phys. Rev. B 95, 104404 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104404
85. T. A. Peterson, S. J. Patel, C. C. Geppert, K. D. Christie, A. Rath, D. Pennachio,
M. E. Flatté, P. M. Voyles, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Spin injection and
detection up to room temperature in Heusler alloy/n-GaAs spin valves,” Phys. Rev. B 94,
235309 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.235309
84. G. Stecklein, P. A. Crowell, Jing Li, Y. Anugrah, Q. Su, and S. Koester, “Contact-induced
relaxation in graphene non-local spin valves,” Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 054015 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.054015
83. L. O’Brien, D. Spivak, N. Krueger, T. A. Peterson, M. J. Erickson, B. Bolon, C. C. Geppert,
C. Leighton, and P. A. Crowell, “Observation and modelling of ferromagnetic contact-
induced spin relaxation in Hanle spin precession measurements,” Phys. Rev. B 94 094431
(2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.094431
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82. Iori Tanabe, Michael Gomez, William C. Coley, Duy Le, Elena M. Echeverria, Gordon
Stecklein, Viktor Kandyba, Santosh K. Balijepalli, Velveth Klee, Ariana E. Nguyen, Edwin
Preciado, I-Hsi Lu, Sarah Bobek, David Barroso, Dominic Martinez-Ta,
Alexei Barinov,
Talat S. Rahman, P. A. Dowben, Paul Crowell and Ludwig Bartels, “Chemical vapor
deposition WS2 Brillouin zone-ddge and -center band structure characteristics,” Appl. Phys.
Lett. 108, 252103 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4954278
81. A. K. Smith, M. Jamali, G. Stecklein, P. A. Crowell, and J. P. Wang, “Demonstration of
nonlocal lateral spin valve devices fabricated with a versatile top-down fabrication process,”
IEEE Magnetics Letters 7, 3103604 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2016.2555290
80. L. O’Brien, D. Spivak, J. S. Jeong, K. A. Mkhoyan, P. A. Crowell, and C. Leighton,
“Interdiffusion-controlled Kondo suppression of injection efficiency in metallic non-local
spin valves,” Phys. Rev. B 93, 014413 (2016).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.014413
79. C. Liu, S. J. Patel, T. A. Peterson, C. C. Geppert, K. D. Christie, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A.
Crowell, “Dynamic detection of electron spin accumulation in ferromagnet-semiconductor
devices by ferromagnetic resonance,” Nature Communications 7, 10296 (2016).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10296
78. K. D. Christie, C. C. Geppert, S. J. Patel, Q. O. Hu, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell,
“Knight shift and nuclear spin relaxation in Fe/n-GaAs heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. B 92,
155204 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.155204
77. N. J. Harmon, T. A. Peterson, C. C. Geppert, S. J. Patel, C. J. Palmstrøm, P. A. Crowell, and
M. E. Flatté, “Anisotropic spin relaxation in n-GaAs from strong inhomogeneous hyperfine
fields produced by the dynamical polarization of nuclei,” Phys. Rev. B 92, 140201(R)
(2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.140201
76. Y. Anugrah, M. C. Robbins, P. A. Crowell, and S.J. Koester, “Determination of the
Schottky barrier height of ferromagnetic contacts to few-layer phosphorene,” Appl. Phys.
Lett. 106, 103108 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914978
75. J. Kim, A. Paul, P. A. Crowell, S. J. Koester, S. Sapatnekar, J.-P. Wang, and C.H. Kim,
“Spin-Based Computing: Device Concepts, Current Status, and a Case Study on a High-
Performance Microprocessor,” Proceedings of the IEEE 103, 106 (2015).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2014.2361767
74. C. Liu, Y. Boyko, C.C. Geppert, K.D. Christie, G. Stecklein, S.J. Patel, C.J. Palmstrøm, and
P.A. Crowell, “Electrical detection of ferromagnetic resonance in ferromagnet/n-GaAs
heterostructures by tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 212401
(2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4902088
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73. A. T. Galkiewicz, L. O’Brien, P. S. Keatley, R. P. Cowburn, and P. A. Crowell, “Resonance
in magnetostatically coupled transverse domain walls,” Phys. Rev. B 90, 024420 (2014).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.024420
72. L. O’Brien, M. J. Erickson, D. Spivak, H. Ambaye, R. J. Goyette, V. Lauter, P. A. Crowell,
and C. Leighton “Kondo physics in non-local metallic spin transport devices,” Nature
Communications 5, 3927 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1038/ncomms4927
71. T. Y. Chen, M. J. Erickson, P. A. Crowell, and C. Leighton, “Surface roughness dominated
pinning mechanism of magnetic vortices in soft ferromagnetic films,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109,
097202 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.097202
70. T. Y. Chen, A. Galkiewicz, and P. A. Crowell, “Phase diagram of magnetic vortex
dynamics,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 180406(R) (2012).
69. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, A. Lyle, P.A. Crowell, and J.P. Wang, “High power and low critical
current spin torque oscillation from a magnetic tunnel junction with a built-in hard axis
polarizer,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 032405 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3679082
68. P. A. Crowell and S. A. Crooker, “Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor
Heterostructures,” in Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism, edited by E. Tsymbal
and I. Zutic (CRC Press, 2011).
67. Q. O. Hu, E. S. Garlid, P.A. Crowell, and C. J. Palmstrøm, “Spin accumulation near
Fe/GaAs interfaces: the role of semiconductor band structure,” Phys. Rev. B 84, 085306
(2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085306
66. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A. Lyle, P. A. Crowell, and J. P. Wang, “Spin torque oscillation modes
of a dual magnetic tunneling junction,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07D307 (2011).
65. E. S. Garlid, Q. O. Hu, M. K. Chan, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Electrical
Measurement of the Direct Spin Hall Effect in Fe/InxGa1-xAs Heterostructures,” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 105, 156602 (2010).
64. T. Y. Chen and P. A. Crowell, “Non-linear dynamics of a magnetic vortex,” in press, IEEE
Trans. Mag. (2010).
63. R. L. Compton, T. Y. Chen, and P. A. Crowell, “Magnetic vortex dynamics in the presence
of pinning,” Phys. Rev. B 81, 144412 (2010).
62. B.D. Schultz, N. Marom, D. Naveh, X. Lou, C. Adelmann, J. Strand, P. A. Crowell, and L.
Kronik, and C. J. Palmstrøm, “Spin injection across the Fe/GaAs interface: Role of
interfacial ordering," Phys. Rev. B 80 201309(R) (2009).
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61. M. K. Chan, Q. O. Hu, J. Zhang, T. Kondo, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Hyperfine
interactions and spin transport in ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructures,” Phys. Rev.
B 80 161206(R) (2009).
60. S. A. Crooker, E. Garlid, A. N. Chantis, D. L. Smith, K. S. M. Reddy, Q. Hu, T. Kondo,
C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Bias-controlled sensitivity of ferromagnet-
semiconductor electrical spin detectors,” Phys. Rev. B 80, 041305(R) (2009).
59. M. K. Chan, J. S. Parker, P. A. Crowell, and C. Leighton, “Identification and Separation of
Two Distinct Contributions to the Training Effect in Polycrystalline Exchange Biased
Co/FeMn Bilayers,” Phys. Rev. B 77, 014420 (2008).
58. M.R. Fitzsimmons, B.J. Kirby, N.W. Hengartner, F. Trouw, M.J. Erickson, S.D. Flexner, T.
Kondo, C. Adelmann, C.J. Palmstrøm, P.A. Crowell, W.C. Chen, T.R. Gentile, J.A.
Borchers, C.F. Majkrzak, and R. Pynn, “Suppression of Nuclear Polarization near the
Surface of Optically Pumped GaAs,” Phys. Rev. B. 76, 245301 (2007).
57. M. Furis, D. L. Smith, S. Kos, E. S. Garlid, K. S. M. Reddy, C. J. Palmstrøm, P. A. Crowell,
and S. A. Crooker, “Local Hanle Effect Studies of Spin Drift and Diffusion in n:GaAs
Epilayers and Spin Transport Devices,” New Journal of Physics 9, 347 (2007).
56. S. A. Crooker, M. Furis, X. Lou, P. A. Crowell, D. L. Smith, C. Adelmann, and C. J.
Palmstrøm, “Optical and Electrical Spin Injection and Spin Transport in Hybrid Fe/GaAs
Devices,” J. Appl. Phys. 101, 081716 (2007).
55. X. Lou, C. Adelmann, S. A. Crooker, E. S. Garlid, J. Zhang, S. M. Reddy, S. D. Flexner, C.
J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Electrical Detection of Spin Transport in Lateral
Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Devices,” Nature Physics 3, 197 (2007).
54. J. S. Parker, L. Wang, K. A. Steiner, P. A. Crowell, and C. Leighton, “Exchange Bias as a
Probe of the Incommensurate Spin-Density Wave in Fe/Cr (001),” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97,
227206 (2006).
53. R. L. Compton and P. A. Crowell, “Dynamics of a Pinned Magnetic Vortex,” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 97, 137202 (2006).
52. C. Adelmann, J. L. Hilton, B. D. Schultz, S. McKernan, C. J. Palmstrøm, X. Lou, H.-S.
Chiang, and P. A. Crowell, “Spin Injection from Perpendicular Magnetized Ferromagnetic
δ-MnGa into (Al,Ga)As Heterostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 112511 (2006).
51. X. Lou, C. Adelmann, M. Furis, S. A. Crooker, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell,
“Electrical Detection of Spin Accumulation at a Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Interface,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 176603 (2006).
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50. M. Yan, H. Wang, P. A. Crowell, C. E. Campbell, and C. Bayer, “Spin Wave Modes In
Thin-Film Ferromagnetic Stripes,” Condensed Matter Theories Vol 20, edited by John W.
Clark, Robert M. Panoff, and Haochen Li (Nova, New York, 2006), p. 251.
49. J. Strand, X. Lou, C. Adelmann, B. D. Schultz, A. F. Isakovic, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A.
Crowell, “Electron Spin Dynamics and Hyperfine Interactions in Fe/Al0.1Ga0.9As/GaAs Spin
Injection Heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. B 72, 155308 (2005).
48. J. P. Park and P. A. Crowell, “Interactions of Spin Waves with a Magnetic Vortex,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 95, 167201 (2005).
47. S. A. Crooker, M. Furis, X. Lou, C. Adelmann, D. L. Smith, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A.
Crowell, “Imaging Spin Transport in Lateral Ferromagnet/semiconductor Structures,”
Science 309, 2191(2005).
46. C. Adelmann, J.Q. Xie, C. J. Palmstrøm, J. Strand, X. Lou, J. Wang, and P. A. Crowell,
“Effects of Doping Profile and Post-growth Annealing on Spin Injection from Fe into
(Al,Ga)As Heterostructures,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 23, 1747
(2005).
45. C. Zaspel, B. A. Ivanov, J. P. Park, and P. A. Crowell, “Excitations in Vortex-State
Permalloy Dots,” Phys. Rev. B 72, 024427 (2005).
44. D. Engebretson, W.A.A. Macedo, Ivan K. Schuller, P. A. Crowell, and C. Leighton, “Time
Domain Dynamics of the Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal in Exchange Biased
Bilayers,” Phys. Rev. B. 71 184412 (2005).
43. M. J. Pechan, C. Yu, R. L. Compton, J. P. Park, and P. A. Crowell, “Direct Measurement of
Spatially Localized FMR Modes in an Antidot Lattice (Invited)” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J903
(2005).
42. X. Y. Dong, C. Adelmann, J. Q. Xie, C. J. Palmstrøm, X. Lou, J. Strand, P. A. Crowell, J.-P.
Barnes, and A.K. Petford-Long, “Spin Injection from the Heusler Alloy Co2MnGe into
Al0.1Ga0.9As/GaAs Heterostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 102107 (2005).
41. C. Adelmann, X. Lou, J. Strand, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Spin Injection and
Relaxation in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. B 71 121301(R)
(2005).
40. C. Adelmann, B. D. Schultz, X. Y. Dong, C. J. Palmstrøm, X. Lou, J. Strand, J. Q. Xie, S.
Park, M. Fitzsimmons, and P. A. Crowell, “Spin injection into semiconductors: the role of
the Fe/Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As interface,” 2004 International Conference on Indium
Phosphide and Related Materials. 16th IPRM (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37589), 505 (2004).
39. C. Bayer, J. P. Park, H. Wang, M. Yan, C. E. Campbell, and P. A. Crowell, “Spin Waves in
an Inhomogeneously Magnetized Stripe,” Phys. Rev. B 69, 134401 (2004).
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38. J. Strand, A. F. Isakovic, X. Lou, P. A. Crowell, B. D. Schultz, and C. J. Palmstrøm,
“Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in a Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructure,” Appl.
Phys. Lett. 83, 3335 (2003).
37. J. Strand, B. D. Schultz, A. F. Isakovic, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell, “Dynamic
Nuclear Polarization by Electrical Spin Injection in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor
Heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 036602 (2003).
36. J. A. Wolf, K. K. Anderson, E. D. Dahlberg, P. A. Crowell, L. C. Chen, and C. J.
Palmstrøm, “Tunable Magnetization Reversal in Epitaxial bcc Fe1-xCox Films on Vicinal
Surfaces,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8256 (2003).
35. M. Yan, J. Berezovsky, P. A. Crowell, and C. E. Campbell, “Simulations of Magnetic
Dynamics in Iron-Cobalt Films,” Condensed Matter Theories Vol 17, edited by M. P. Das
and F. Green (Nova, New York, 2003), p. 295.
34. J. P. Park, P. Eames, D. M. Engebretson, J. Berezovsky, and P. A. Crowell, “Imaging of
Spin Dynamics in Closure Domain and Vortex Structures,” Phys. Rev. B 67, 020403R
(2003).
33. J. P. Park, P. Eames, D. M. Engebretson, J. Berezovsky, and P. A. Crowell, “Spatially
Resolved Dynamics of Localized Spin-Wave Modes in Ferromagnetic Wires,” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 89, 277201 (2002).
32. J. N. Heyman, H. Wrage, C. Lind, D. Hebert, P. Neocleous, P.A. Crowell, T. Müller, K.
Unterrainer."Terahertz Emission From Magneto-plasma Oscillations in Semiconductors",
Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors VI, Kong-Thon F. Sen, Jin-Joo Song, Hongxing
Jiang, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4643, 12-18 (2002)
31. A. F. Isakovic, D. M. Carr, J. Strand, B. D Schultz, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A. Crowell,
“Optically Pumped Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Schottky Diodes,” J. Appl.
Phys. 91, 7261 (2002).
30. D. M. Engebretson, J. Berezovsky, J. P. Park, L. C. Chen, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P. A.
Crowell, “Time-Domain Ferromagnetic Resonance in Epitaxial Thin Films,” J. Appl. Phys.
91, 8040 (2002).
29. A. F. Isakovic, D. M. Carr, J. Strand, B. D. Schultz, C. J. Palmstrøm, and P.A. Crowell,
“Optical Pumping in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures: Magneto-optics and
Spin Transport,” Phys. Rev. B 64, 161304R (2001).
28. J. N. Heyman, P. Neocleous, D. Hebert, P. A. Crowell, T. Müller, and K. Unterrainer,
“Terahertz Emission from GaAs and InAs in a Magnetic Field,” Phys. Rev. B 64, 085202
(2001).
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27. A. F. Isakovic, J. Berezovsky, P. A. Crowell, L. C. Chen, D. M. Carr, B. D. Schultz, and C.
J. Palmstrøm, “Control of Magnetic Anisotropy in Fe1-xCox Films on Vicinal GaAs and Sc1-
yEryAs Surfaces,” Journal of Applied Physics 89, 6674 (2001).
26. L. C. Chen, J. W. Dong, B. D. Schultz, C. J. Palmstrøm, J. Berezovsky, A. Isakovic, P. A.
Crowell, and N. Tabat, “Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Metal/GaAs (001) Heterostructures,” J.
Vac. Sci. Tech. B 18, 2057 (2000).
25. M. Veum, C. Pettersen, P. Mach, P. A. Crowell, and C. C. Huang, “Temperature Variation
of Film Tension Measured by a Vibrating Membrame Tensiometer,” Phys. Rev. E. 61,
R2192 (2000).
24. B. Beschoten, P. A. Crowell, I. Malajovich, D. D. Awschalom, F. Matsukura, A. Shen, and
H. Ohno, “Magnetic Circular Dichroism Studies of Carrier-Induced Ferromagnetism in (Ga-
1-xMnx)As,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3073 (1999).
23. P. A. Crowell, V. Nikitin, J. A. Gupta, D. D. Awschalom, F. Flack and N. Samarth,
“Optical Spectroscopy of II-VI (Magnetic) Semiconductor Quantum Dots,” Proceedings of
the Eighth International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures, Physica E 2,
854 (1998).
22. P. A. Crowell, D. K. Young, S. Keller, E. L. Hu, and D. D. Awschalom, “Near-Field
Scanning Optical Microscopy of an InGaN Quantum Well,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 927
(1998).
21. V. Nikitin, P. A. Crowell, J. A. Gupta, D. D. Awschalom, F. Flack, and N. Samarth, “Zero-
dimensional Excitonic Confinement in Locally Strained Zn1-x CdxSe Quantum Wells,”
Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 1213 (1997).
20. P. A. Crowell, F. W. Van Keuls, and J. D. Reppy, “Onset of Superfluidity in 4He Films
Adsorbed on Disordered Substrates,” Phys. Rev. B 55, 12620 (1997).
19. P. A. Crowell, V. Nikitin, D. D. Awschalom, F. Flack, N. Samarth, and G. Prinz, “Magneto-
optical Spin Spectroscopy in Hybrid Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, J. Appl.
Phys. 81, 5441 (1997).
18. G. Chaboussant, P. A. Crowell, L. P. Lévy, O. Piovesana, A. Madouri, and D. Mailly,
“Experimental Phase Diagram of Cu2 (C5H12N2 ) 2Cl4, a Quasi-1D Antiferromagnetic Spin-
1/2 Heisenberg Ladder,” Phys. Rev. B 55, 3046 (1997).
17. F. Flack, V. Nikitin, P. A. Crowell, J. Shi, J. Levy, N. Samarth, and D. D. Awschalom,
“Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Localized Excitons in Strained CdSe Quantum
Structures,” Phys. Rev. B 54, 17312R (1996).
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16. P. A. Crowell, A. Madouri, M. Specht, G. Chaboussant, D. Mailly, and L. P. Lévy,
“Torsional Oscillator Magnetometer for High Magnetic Fields," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 4161
(1996).
15. P. A. Crowell, V. Nikitin, J. Levy, D. D. Awschalom, F. Flack, and N. Samarth,
“Spatiotemporal Near-Field Spin Spectroscopy in Digital Magnetic Heterostructures,” 23rd
International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, edited by M. Scheffler and R.
Zimmerman (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996), p. 2023.
14. V. Nikitin, P. A. Crowell, J. Levy, J. Shi, D. D. Awschalom, F. Flack, and N. Samarth,
“Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Dots," ibid., p.
1941.
13. P. A. Crowell and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluidity and Film Structure in 4He Adsorbed on
Graphite,” Phys. Rev. B 53, 2701 (1996).
12. P. A. Crowell, F. W. Van Keuls, and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluid-Insulator Transition in 4He
Films Adsorbed in Vycor Glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1106 (1995).
11. P. A. Crowell, J. D. Reppy, S. Mukherjee, J. Ma, M. H. W. Chan, and D. W. Schaefer,
“Critical Behavior of Superfluid 4He Films Adsorbed in Aerogel Glass,” Phys. Rev. B 51,
12721 (1995).
10. G. T. Zimanyi, P. A. Crowell, R. T. Scalettar, and G. G. Batrouni, “Bose-Hubbard Model
and Superfluid Staircases in 4He Films,” Phys. Rev. B 50, 6515 (1994).
9. F. W. Van Keuls, P. A. Crowell, and J. D. Reppy, “Heat Capacity of Thin Films of 4He in
Vycor Near the Critical Coverage,” Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on
Low Temperature Physics , Physica 194-196B, 623 (1994).
8. P. A. Crowell and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluid Dissipation in Thin Films of 4He Adsorbed on
Graphite,” ibid., p. 621.
7. P. A. Crowell and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluidity in Thin 4He Films Adsorbed on Graphite,”
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics , Physica
197B, 269 (1994).
6. G. K. S. Wong, P. A. Crowell, H. A. Cho and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluid Critical Behavior in
the Presence of a Dilute Correlated Impurity,” Phys. Rev. B 48, 3858 (1993).
5. P. A. Crowell and J. D. Reppy, “Reentrant Superfluidity in 4He Films Adsorbed on
Graphite,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3291 (1993).
4. P. A. Crowell, M. Y. Lanzerotti and J. D. Reppy, “The Onset of Superfluidity in 4He Films
Adsorbed in Aerogel Glass,” Proceedings of the Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids,
Journal of Low Temperature Physics 89, 629 (1992).
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3. G. K. S. Wong, P. A. Crowell, H. A. Cho and J. D. Reppy, “Superfluid Critical Behavior in 4He-Filled Porous Media,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2410 (1990).
2. G. K. S. Wong, P. A. Crowell, H. A. Cho and J. D. Reppy, “High Resolution Calorimetry in
Liquid Helium,” Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Low Temperature
Physics , Physica 165&166B, 133 (1990).
1. P. A. Crowell, G. K. S. Wong and J. D. Reppy, “Measurement of the Superfluid Density in
Silica Aerogels,” Physica 165&166B, 549 (1990).
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Heusler alloy/III-V semiconductor lateral spin valves,” invited talk to be presented at the
International Conference n Magnetism, San Franscio, CA, July, 2018.
“Spin transport and dynamics in semiconductors,” colloquium presented at the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, February 22, 2018,
“Heusler alloys for spin transport, progress and prospects,” seminar presented at the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln NE, February 21, 2018
“Spin absorption in graphene-based spin valves,” to be presented at the Workshop on Spins,
Valleys, and Topological States in 2D and Layered Materials, Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH, June 5-8, 2017.
“Dynamic detection of spin accumulation in ferromagnet-semiconductor devices by
ferromagnetic resonance,” invited talk presented at Spintronics IX, SPIE NanoScience +
Engineering, San Diego, CA, August 28, 2016.
“Ferromagnet/III-V Semiconductor Heterostructures: Progress and Prospects,” plenary talk
presented at the 9th
International Conference on the Physics and Applications of Spin-Related
Phenomena in Solids, Kobe, Japan, August 10, 2016.
“Some aspects of the physics of lateral spin valves,” seminar presented at the National
Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, June 23, 2015.
“Spin accumulation in Heusler alloy/III-V heterostructures” invited talk presented at the first
IMPACT International Symposium on Spintronic Memory, Circuit, and Storage, Tokyo, Japan,
June 22, 2015.
“Detection of spin accumulation by ferromagnetic resonance,” seminar presented at the Ohio
State University, June 4, 2015.
“Spin accumulation and its detection in Ferromagnet/III-V Semiconductor Devices,” invited
talk presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 6, 2015.
“Honors physics instruction at a large state university,” invited talk presented at the Winter
Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, January 6, 2015.
“Spin Transport in Semiconductors far from Equilibrium,” seminar presented at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 7, 2014.
“Spin-dependent electromotive force in ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructures,” invited
talk presented at Nanomaterials 2014, Nancy, France, September 11, 2014.
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“Dynamics of Pinned Magnetic Vortices and Domain Walls,” invited talk presented at
Magnetic North IV, Victoria, British Columbia, May 23 – 25, 2014.
“Spin Transport in Semiconductors,” Colloquium presented at Florida State University,
December 5, 2013.
“Absolute measurement of current spin polarization in ferromagnet-semiconductor lateral spin
valves,” invited talk presented at the 58th
Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic
Materials, Denver, CO, November 4-8, 2013.
“Spin Transport in Semiconductors, an Experimental Survey,” Colloquium presented at the
University of Iowa, April 22, 2013.
“Semiconductor Spintronics,” invited tutorial presented at the March Meeting of the
American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 18, 2013.
“Device Physics of Ferromagnet/III-V Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at Spintronics
V, SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, San Diego, CA, August 12, 2012.
“Spin Hall effects in n-GaAs near the metal-insulator transition,” invited talk presented at the
19th
International Conference on Magnetism, Busan, South Korea, July 9-13, 2012.
“Spin Hall Effects in Fe/GaAs Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at the Workshop on
Spin Transport in Solids, Beijing, China, August 8-10, 2011.
“Electrical measurement of the spin Hall effects in Fe/InxGa1-xAs heterostructures,” invited talk
presented at the Device Research Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 21, 2011.
“Spin Transport and Dynamics in Ferromagnet-semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk
presented at the APS Workshop on “Opportunities in Magnetic, Atomic, and Molecular
Dynamics with a Short Pulse Soft X-Ray Source,” Argonne National Laboratory, May 4, 2011.
“Spin Transport in III-V Semiconductors”, invited talk presented at the IBM MRC Workshop
on III-V Semiconductors, Zurich, Switzerland, September 21, 2010.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” colloquium presented at
SUNY Buffalo, April 22, 2010.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at
the 11th
Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Washington D.C., January 20, 2010.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at the
Midwest Solid State Conference, Iowa City, IA, April 19, 2009.
“Time-Resolved Measurements of Spin Dynamics,” tutorial presented at the March Meeting of
the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 15, 2009.
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“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” colloquium presented at the
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, December 11, 2008.
“Magnetic Vortex Dynamics,” invited talk presented at the International Colloquium on
Ultrafast Magnetization Processes, Irsee, Bavaria, September 15-19, 2008.
“Dynamics of Magnetic Vortices,” invited talk presented at the International Conference on
Microwave Magnetics, Fort Collins, CO, September 12-14, 2008.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” colloquium presented at the
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, March 19, 2008.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at
the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 10, 2008.
"Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures," seminar presented at the
Center for Nanoscale Systems, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 29, 2007.
“Electrical Detection of Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Structures,” invited
talk presented at the 1st WUN International Conference on Spintronic Materials and
Technology, York, England, August 7-10, 2007.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Devices,” invited talk presented at the 1st
NIMS Conference, National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, July 11-13, 2007.
“Spin Injection and Detection in Semiconductors,” invited tutorial lectures presented at the 4th
International School and Conference on Spintronics and Quantum Information Technology,
Maui, Hawaii, June 17-22, 2007.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at
the 36th
International School on the Physics of Semiconducting Compounds, Ustron-Jaszowiec,
Poland, June 11, 2007.
“Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
seminar presented at the University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, March 29, 2007.
“Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Semiconductors,” invited talk presented at the
Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Regensburg, Germany, March 26, 2007.
“Recent Progress in Semiconductor Spintronics: Ferromagnet-Semiconductor
Heterostructures,” invited tutorial at the APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 4, 2007.
“Electrical Spin Detection in Semiconductors,” invited talk presented at the 10th
Joint
MMM/Intermag Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, January 7 – 11, 2007.
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“Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
seminar presented at Tulane University, November 28, 2006 and Lousiana State University,
November 29, 2006.
“Optical and Electrical Detection of Spin-Polarized Transport,” invited talk presented at Laser
Science XXII, Rochester, NY, October 8 – 12, 2006.
“Electrical spin injection and accumulation in ferromagnet-semiconductor devices,” invited
talk presented at the 4th
International Conference on the Physics and Applications of Spin-
Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors, Sendai, Japan, August 15-18, 2006.
“Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Vortices,” invited talk presented at the Spring Meeting of the
Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2006.
“Electrical Spin Injection, Accumulation and Detection in Semiconductors,” invited talk
presented at the Conference on Spintronics, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University
of California, Santa Barbara, March 20-24, 2006.
“Spin Injection and Accumulation in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Devices,” invited talk
presented at the Spin Currents Workshop, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose CA,
March 17-19, 2006.
“Imaging Spin Injection and Accumulation in Lateral Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Devices,”
invited talk presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD,
March 13-17, 2006.
“Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Vortices,” seminar presented at Michigan State University,
February 20, 2006.
“Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Vortices,” invited talk presented at the Gordon Research
Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems,” Buellton, California, February
6-10, 2006.
“Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Lateral Devices,” invited talk presented at the
33rd
Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces, Cocoa Beach,
Florida, January 16, 2006.
“Electrical Spin Injection and Accumulation in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
seminar presented at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 13, 2006.
“Electrical Spin Injection and Accumulation in Semiconductors,” seminar presented at Ohio
State University, October 27, 2005.
“Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Nanoparticles,” invited talk presented at the US-Spain Workshop
on Nanomaterials, Segovia, Spain, September 20-23, 2005.
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“Spin Transport and Dynamics in Semiconductors,” colloquium presented at West Virginia
University, February 24, 2005.
“Electron and Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
seminar presented at the University of Utah, November 30, 2004.
“Spin Injection and Detection in III-V Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented
at the 49th
Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Jacksonville, FL, November 7-
11, 2004.
“Electron and Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,”
seminar presented at Yale University, September 29, 2004.
“Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnetic Microstructures,” invited talk presented at the Workshop on
Nanomagnetism Using X-ray Techniques, Lake Geneva, WI, August 29 – September 1, 2004.
“Dynamic Nuclear Polarization by Electrical Spin Injection,” invited talk presented at the MRS
Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 12 – 16, 2004.
“Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Vortices,” seminar presented at the University of Alberta, April
2, 2004.
“Spin Injection into Semiconductors,” colloquium presented at the University of Alberta, April
2, 2004.
“Dynamic Nuclear Polarization by Electrical Spin Injection,” invited talk presented at the 9th
Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Anaheim CA, January 5 – 9, 2004.
“Dynamic Nuclear Polarization by Electrical Spin Injection,” seminar presented at the
University of Pittsburgh, October 30, 2003.
“Imaging Spin Dynamics in Patterned Ferromagnetic Films,” seminar presented at Argonne
National Laboratory, October 9, 2003.
“Spin Dynamics in Closure Domain and Vortex Structures,” invited talk presented at the
International Conference on Magnetism, Rome, Italy, July 27 – August 1, 2003.
"Electrical Spin Injection and Hyperfine Effects in Quantum Wells,” seminar presented at
RWTH, Aachen, Germany, July 24, 2003.
“Imaging Spin Dynamics in Patterned Ferromagnetic Films,” invited talk presented at the 4th
International Symposium on Ultrafast Surface Dynamics, Telluride, CO, June 23 – 27, 2003.
“Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at the
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2003.
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“Spin Dynamics in Patterned Ferromagnetic Films,” seminar presented at Seagate Technology,
Pittsburgh, PA, March 27, 2003.
“Spin Transport and Detection in Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk presented at
the American Vacuum Society, 49th
International Symposium, Denver, November, 2002.
“Imaging Spin Dynamics in Patterned Ferromagnetic Films,” invited talk presented at the
Workshop on Scientific Opportunities in Polarization-Dependent X-Ray Spectroscopy and
Microscopy for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Research, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Oct. 11 – 12, 2002.
“Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnetic Microstructures,” seminar presented at the University of
Pennsylvania, September 26, 2002.
“Spatially Resolved Spin Dynamics in Patterned Ferromagnetic Films,” seminar presented at
University of Kaiserslautern, Kaislerslautern, Germany, July 22, 2002.
“Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Schottky Diodes,” seminar at the National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, January 11, 2002.
“Ferromagnetic-Semiconductor Schottky Diodes,” invited talk presented at 29th
conference on
the Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces, Santa Fe, NM, January, 2002.
“Optically Pumped Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures,” invited talk
presented at the Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Seattle, WA, November,
2001.
“Spin-Dependent Transport in Semiconductors,” invited talk presented at the 49th Midwest
Solid State Conference, Rapid City, SD, October 16-18, 2001.
“Spin-Dependent Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Schottky Diodes,” invited talk
presented at Spintronics 2001, Washington DC, August 9 – 11, 2001.
Invited lectures: 1) “Introduction to Spintronics,” 2) “Ferromagnet-Semiconductor
Heterostructures and Spin Transport,” and 3) “Ferromagnetic Semiconductors”; at the Pan-
American Study Institute: Physics and Technology at the Nanometer Scale, Costa Rica, June
25 – July 3, 2001.
“Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Systems: Magnetism and Spin Transport,” Seminar at Texas
A&M University, February 21, 2001.
“Diluted Ferromagnetic Semiconductors,” Seminar at the University of Maryland, College
Park, April 27, 2000.
“Magnetic Semiconductors and their Heterostructures,” Seminar at the Optical Science and
Technology Center, University of Iowa, May 7, 1999.
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“Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures,” Colloquium at the
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, April 23, 1998.
“Near-Field Spectroscopy of II-VI Semiconductor Quantum Dots,” 1st Marburg SNOM
Workshop, Marburg, Germany, April 14-16, 1997.
“Spatiotemporal Near-Field Spin Microscopy in Digital Magnetic Heterostructures,” 1996
Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society, November 18-21, 1996.
“Onset of Superfluidity: Order and Disorder,” Colloquia at the University of Amsterdam and
University of Leiden, the Netherlands, April 7-8, 1994; Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France,
October 27, 1994.
“The Onset of Superfluidity in Thin Films of 4He Films Adsorbed on Ordered and Disordered
Substrates,” 1993 April Meeting of the American Physical Society, April 12-15, 1993.
RESEARCH ADVISING
Undergraduate Students (Since 2010):
Jonah Schiestle
Chris McDonough
Aaron Breidenbach
Mackenzie Lach
Noah Bitterman
Yijia Liu
David Bosch
Ryan Schmitz
Kendra Bergstedt
Nick Krueger
Eric Kamp
Jon Kooistra
Teresa Brecht
REU Students since 2010:
Phillip Dang (Physics REU, 2015)
Michelle Bundy (MRSEC REU, 2015)
John Valentin (MRSEC REU, 2014)
Alexandra Boldin (Physics REU, 2014)
Iakov Boyko (Physics REU, 2013)
Jeremy Tuttle (MRSEC REU, 2013)
James Delles (Physics REU 2012)
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Garrison Adams (MRSEC REU, 2011)
Kwame Sefah (MRSEC REU, 2010)
Honors Theses (Cumulative):
Jesse Berezovsky (2002)
Ben Pearson (2006)
David Toyli (2008)
David Christle (2009)
Teresa Brecht (2010)
Graduate Students (Current):
Tim Peterson – 6th year: Spin transport in semiconductors
Justin Watts (co-advised with Chris Leighton) – 4th year: Lateral metallic spin valves
Zhen Jiang – 3rd
year: Spin transport in semiconductors
Bill Peria – 1st year:
Postdoctoral Associates
Lee Wienkes (Honeywell)
Jeffrey Parker (deceased)
Jonathan Strand (Micron Semiconductor)
MS and PhD Graduates (16 total since 2001):
Gordon Stecklein (PhD, 2018) – University of California, Riverside
Generation and Absorption of Pure Spin Currents Using Graphene Non-Local Spin Valves
Changjiang Liu (PhD, 2016) – Argonne National Laboratory, IL
Dynamic Detection of Spin Accumulation by Ferromagnetic Resonance
Andrew Galkiewicz (PhD, 2015) – Intel (Porltand, OR)
Magnetic Domain Wall Dynamics in Patterned Nanowires
Kevin Christie (PhD, 2014) – Polar Semiconductor (Bloomington, MN)
Non-Equilibrium Spin Accumulation in Co2FexMn1-xSi/n-GaAs Heterostructures
Chad Geppert (PhD, 2014) - Intel (Portland, OR)
Spin-Dependent Transport Phenomena in Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Heterostructures
Mike Erickson (PhD, 2013) – Intel (Santa Clara, CA)
Surface and Interface Effects in Nanoscopic Metallic Spin Transport Devices
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Te-Yu Chen (PhD, 2012) – Intel (Portland, OR)
Magnetic Vortex Dynamics: Non-linear Dynamics, Pinning Mechanisms, and Dimensionality
Crossover
Eric Garlid (PhD, 2010) – Intel (Chandler, AZ)
Electrical Detection of the Spin Hall Effect in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures
Mun Chan (PhD, 2010) – Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM)
Hyperfine Effects in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures
Robert Compton (PhD, 2007) –Honeywell, Plymouth, MN
Vortex Pinning and Dynamics
Xiaohua Lou (PhD, 2007) – Headway Technology, Milpitas, CA
Electrical Detection of Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures
Jooho Park (PhD, 2005) – Intel (Portland, OR)
Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Vortex Structures
Jonathan Strand (PhD, 2004) – Micron Semiconductor (Boise, ID)
Electron Spin Dynamics and Hyperfine Interactions in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor
Heterostructures
Abdel Isakovic (PhD, 2003) – Khalifa University (Abu Dhabi)
Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures
David Engebretson (PhD, 2003) – Citigroup Derivatives
Time-Resolved Magnetization Dynamics in Crystalline Ferromagnets and Exchange-Biased
Systems
Brian Caliva (MS, 2001) – Lasertel
Electronic Properties of Ferromagnetic Semiconductors
Current Funding
Title: Spin Pumping in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures
Source: National Science Foundation
Amount: $432,753
Period: 8/15/17 – 08/14/20
Title: Nanoscopic Lateral Non-Local Spin Valves for Advanced Reader Applications (with C.
Leighton)
Sponsor: Seagate Technology
Amount: $56,987
Period: 8/1/16 – 7/31/17
Pending
Title: Center for Advanced Spintronic Materials, Devices and Characterization Technologies
(A-SPIN)
Sponsor: Semiconductor Research Corporation
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Amount: 100K per year for PC
SERVICE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
Service To The Discipline/Profession/Interdisciplinary Area(s)
Refereeing
Physical Review Journals (approx. 12 times per year)
Science
Nature Communications
Applied Physics Letters
National Science Foundation
Department of Energy
NSERC (Canada)
Committee memberships
Member of the Program Committee, 10th
International Conference on the Physics and
Applications of Spins in Solids, Linz, Austria, August 5-9, 2018.
Member of the Oliver Buckley Prize Committee, American Physical Society (2017).
Member of the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference Advisory Committee (2007 –
2017, Chair in 2013)
Member of the Advisory Committee, 8th
International Conference on the Physics and
Applications of Spins in Solids (Washington, July 28-31, 2014).
Member of Advisory Committee, Spintech VII, Chicago, July 29 – August 2, 2013.
General Chair, 12th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Chicago, January 14- 18, 2013.
Chair of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications (2012
– 2013). Served as Chair-Elect in 2011 – 2012, Vice-Chair in 2010 – 2011.
Chair of the American Physical Society Frank Isakson Prize Committee (2011).
Chair, Program Committee of the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference (Austin, TX,
2008)
Member, Program Committee of the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference (2005 –
2007, 2010)
Review panels for external funding agencies, foundations, etc.
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National Science Foundation, PREM Panel, California State University, Los Angeles/Penn State
University, May 1 – 2, 2017.
National Science Foundation, Harvard STC Site Review Panel, April 2-3, 2015
National Science Foundation, Harvard STC Site Review Panel, May 5-6, 2014
National Science Foundation, DMR Panel, April 3-4, 2014
National Science Foundation, DMR Condensed Matter Physics Panel, February 12, 2013
National Science Foundation, MRI Panel, April 21 – 22, 2011
National Science Foundation, MRI Panel, October 22 – 23, 2009
National Science Foundation, NIRT Panel, March 13 – 14, 2007
National Science Foundation, DMR CAREER program panel, October 23 – 24, 2006
Program review
Pennsylvania State University, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center External
Review, April 2009
Organization of conferences, workshops, panels, symposia
Focus Topic Organizer, Spin-Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors, American Physical
Society March Meeting, 2017
Local Treasurer, IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, June 14 – 19, 2015.
General Chair, 12th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials-Intermag Conference, Chicago,
January 14- 18, 2013
Focus Topic Organizer, Spin-Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors, American Physical
Society March Meeting, 2010
Organizer, Fine Theoretical Institute Workshop on Superconductivity: from Collective Modes to
Quantum Phase Transitions, May 1 – May 3, 2009
Organizer, Fine Theoretical Institute Workshop on Spin Transport and Dynamics in
Nanostructures, May 6-8, 2005
Focus Topic Organizer, Spin-Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors, American Physical
Society March Meeting, 2005
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Service To The University/College/Department
University-wide service
Grant-in-Aid Evaluation Committee, Fall, 2010
Task Force on Research Infrastructure, 2005 – 2006
Collegiate Service and Intercollegiate Service
College of Science and Engineering, Promotion and Tenure Committee (2017 – 2020)
College of Science and Engineering, Shop Committee (2016 – 2018)
College of Science and Engineering, Strategic Planning Committee (2010 – 2011)
College of Science and Engineering, Faculty Consultative Committee (2011 – 2013)
Department/Unit Service
Chair, Technical Services Committee (2017 – 2018, 2015 – 2016)
Chair, Undergraduate Education Committee (2010 – 2012)
Chair, Condensed Matter Search Committee (2012 – 2013)
Chair, Physics and Nanotechnology Building Committee (2010 – 2014)
Chair, School of Physics and Astronomy Head Search Committee (2009)
Public And Other Service
Organizer, Electronic Materials for Technology, CSE Discover STEM program, 2015.
Organizer, Magnetism and Technology Day, CSE Exploring Careers in Engineering and the
Physical Sciences Program, 2008 – 2014. Professor Crowell developed the activities for this
longstanding program.
Minnesota Science Museum, Nanodays, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses Taught at the University of Minnesota
Fall 1998: Methods of Experimental Physics
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Spring 1999: PHYS 1252, Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II
Fall 1999: PHYS 4051, Methods of Experimental Physics I
Spring 2000: PHYS 4052W, Methods of Experimental Physics II
Fall 2001: PHYS 4051, Methods of Experimental Physics I
Fall 2001: PHYS 1905, Freshman Seminar, Optics and Everyday Life
Spring 2002: PHYS 4052W, Methods of Experimental Physics II
Fall 2002: PHYS 4051, Methods of Experimental Physics I
Spring 2003: PHYS 4052W, Methods of Experimental Physics II
Spring 2004: PHYS 2605, Modern Physics Laboratory
Spring 2005: PHYS 2605, Modern Physics Laboratory
Spring 2006: PHYS 2605, Modern Physics Laboratory
Fall 2007: PHYS 1401V, Honors Physics I
Spring 2008: PHYS 1402V, Honors Physics II
Fall 2008: PHYS 2403H, Honors Physics III
Spring 2009: PHYS 4052W, Methods of Experimental Physics II
Fall 2010: PHYS 1401V, Honors Physics I
Spring 2011: PHYS 1402V, Honors Physics II
Fall 2011, PHYS 1402V, Honors Physics III
Spring 2013, PHYS 4960H, Honors Seminar
Fall 2013, PHYS 1501V, Honors Introduction to Mechanics
Spring 2014, PHYS 1502V, Honors Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
Fall 2014, PHYS 1501V, Honors Introduction to Mechanics
Spring 2015, PHYS 1502V, Honors Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
Spring 2016, PHYS 1502V, Honors Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
Spring 2016, PHYS 4960H, Honors Seminar
Fall, 2016, PHYS 2201, Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Spring 2017, PHYS 4960H, Honors Seminar
Fall, 2017, PHYS 2201, Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Spring 2018, PHYS 4960H, Honors Seminar
Graduate/Professional Courses Taught at the University of Minnesota
Fall 2003: PHYS 8711, Solid State Physics I
Fall 2005: PHYS 8711, Solid State Physics I
Fall 2006: PHYS 8711, Solid State Physics I
Spring 2017: PHYS 5701, Solid State Physics for Engineers and Scientists
Spring 2018: PHYS 5701, Solid State Physics for Engineers and Scientists
Program and Curricular Development
Developed the original writing-intensive version of PHYS 4052, Methods of Experimental
Physics II, 2000 – 2003.
Developed new projects for Methods of Experimental Physics Laboratory (MXP), 2001 –
present. Work between 2001 and 2003 focused on optics, including projects on external cavity
diode lasers, saturated absorption spectroscopy, Kerr rotation, semiconductor spectroscopy,
and optogalvanic spectroscopy. The goal of this effort was to develop apparatus components
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that could be used for multiple projects designed and built by students. Professor Crowell has
mentored projects in MXP almost every year since 2000.
Developed new laboratories for PHYS 2605, Modern Physics Laboratory (2004, 2005, 2013).
This is the flagship laboratory class taken by all prospective physics majors as sophomores.
Professor Crowell designed, built and wrote manuals for Millikan oil drop experiment, Hall
effect, and experiments on the normal and anomalous Zeeman effect. Professor Crowell took
the lead in converting this class to a writing intensive class (PHYS 3605W) in 2017.
Developed a formal laboratory for Honors Introductory Physics. Before 2007, the honors class
did not have its own laboratory. Instructors either improvised or simply adopted the regular
(non-honors) laboratories. A new set of more challenging laboratories was developed, with
additions by Professor Crowell in subsequent years. Highlights include a precision
measurement of the gravitational constant g accounting for Newtonian drag, a gyroscope lab,
numerical simulations of orbital mechanics using Python, magnetic materials, and construction
of an AM radio. Professsor Crowell developed a new driven-resonance lab in 2017.
Developed a new mathematically enriched version of the first-year honors introductory physics
sequence. These courses are PHYS 1501V (Honors Introduction to Mechanics) and PHYS
1502V (Honors Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism). These courses were designed to
capture and retain the interest of the very best students who matriculate in the College of
Science and Engineering. Lectures and discussion sections were created. The class shares a
laboratory (see previous item) with the regular honors sequence PHYS 1401V and 1402V. This
work was reported on in the invited talk “Honors physics instruction at a large state
university,” presented at the Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers,
January 6, 2015.
Initiated discussion sections in PHYS 2201, Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical
Physics, in Fall, 2017.