RESEACH INTERESTS:
• Electric control of magnetic structure
• Imaging of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic domains
• Exchange bias, coupling between antiferromagnets and ferromagnets
• Piezoelectric force microscopy for the study of ferroelectric domains
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray magnetic dichroism
• Modeling of expected dichroic contrast for different magnetic behaviors
• Second harmonic generation studies of carrier dynamics in dilute magnetic semiconductors
• Internal photoemission to study spin relaxation in GaAs
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley - Expected May 2009
“X-ray Studies of Magnetism in Multiferroics and Its Interactions with Ferromagnets”
Areas of Specialty: Material Science, Magnetic Imaging, Multifunctional Materials
B.S.: Vanderbilt University, 2004
Physics and Mathematics Major, Economics Minor
Course highlights:
Quantum Physics, Classical Physics, Electrodynamics
Theories of the Universe, Differential Equations, Topology
Henry County High School, 2000
Advanced Placement Courses:
Calculus, Statistics, Physics, French, History, English
EXPERIENCE:
2007-Present
Founder and President of Internet Startup
2004-Present
Fall 2002
TA of introductory physics labs
Summer 2002
Internship with IBM researching The Charactization of Spin Relaxation in GaAs
2000-2004
Work as a researcher under the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University (research issues include spintronics and second harmonic generation)
ACHIEVEMENTS:
2007
SRC NRI Hans J. Coufal Fellowship
Margaret Burbidge Award for Best Experimental Research
2006
MRS Graduate Student Award
2004
NDSEG Fellowship
Hertz Fellowship Finalist
Accepted in graduate school at Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, etc.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty at University of California, Berkeley (2008)
Minor: Developing Teaching Methods
CEO of WEBillions (social network designed to develop student goals)
Responsbilities: Management, Advertising, and Funding (2007-2008)
Physics Department Committee Involvement: Student-Faculty Mentor Liaison Committee, Condensed Matter Search Committee, Recruitment Committee
Undergraduate teaching assistant for laboratory of Physics 111A. Responsibilities: Grading Policy, Test Design, Grading of Assignments, Setting up Labs
PUBLICATIONS:
•M. B. Holcomb, L.W. Martin, A. Scholl, et al., “Probing the evolution of antiferromagnetism in multiferroics” near submission to PNAS
•L.W. Martin, Y.H. Chu, M.B Holcomb, et al., “Nanoscale control of exchange bias with BiFeO3 thin films” Nano Letters, Accepted 29 May 2008.
•Y. H. Chu, L.W. Martin, M.B. Holcomb, et al., “Electric Field Control of Ferromagnetism Using a Magnetoelectric Multiferroic,” Nat. Mat., 7 (6) 478-482 (June 2008).
•Y. H. Chu, L.W. Martin, M.B. Holcomb, et al., “Controlling magnetism with multiferroics,” Materials Today 10 16 (Oct 2007).
•Y.H. Chu, L.W. Martin, Q. Zhan, P.L. Yang, M.P. Cruz, K. Lee, M. Barry, “Epitaxial Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films: Progress and Future Directions,” Ferroelectrics 354 167 (2007).
•R. Ramesh, F. Zavaliche, Y.H. Chu, L.W. Martin, S.Y. Yang, M.P. Cruz, M. Barry, “Magnetoelectric complex-oxide heterostructures,” Phil. Mag. Lett. 87 (3-4): 155 (2007).
•T. Zhao, F. Zavaliche, M. Barry, et al., “Nanoscale x-ray magnetic circular dichroism probing of electric-field-induced magnetic switching in multiferroic nanostructures” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (12) 123104 (March 2007).
•T. Zhao, A. Scholl, F. Zavaliche, K. Lee, M. Barry, “Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO3 films at room temperature,” Nat. Mat. 5 823 (Oct 2006).
