Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate David Ruiz-Tijerina ’13Ph.D. did his dissertation on “Kondo physics and many-body effects in quantum dots and molecular junctions.”
David Ruiz-Tijerina ’13Ph.D.
His adviser was Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University.
“As a graduate student at Ohio University, I did fundamental research on the electronic properties of nanostructures known as quantum dots, as well as of molecular magnets. In particular, I studied how the transport of charge through these systems changes as we apply voltages and magnetic fields to it, and in the case of molecules as we stretch them in certain ways. These systems present a great variety of interesting phenomena because within them electrons interact very strongly with each other; these highly-correlated electronic effects have enormous potential for future applications in spintronics and quantum computing,” says xxxx, who is now a postdoc at the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
“After a few more years as a postdoctoral researcher, my plan is to pursue an academic position at a major university or research center in order to continue my studies of highly correlated electronic phenomena in condensed matter systems. Two things that I would also love to do are teaching and getting involved in the popularization of science.
“My years in the Department of Physics and Astronomy were some of the most challenging, most gratifying and happiest of my life so far. The close relationships that I had with my professors and my fellow students could only be possible in such a friendly, cohesive community, and surely the transcendental friendships I built could only have happened in a town as diverse (and awesome!) as Athens, Ohio. It was a life-changing experience. I’d do it again, if I could!”
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