News

2019

  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at the Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea. (June)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. (June)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon, Korea. (May)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at the State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Chanchun, China. (May)
  • Eric Teipel completed his M.S. degree. Congratulations, Eric! (May)
  • John Connell completed his Ph.D. defense. Congratulations, Dr. Connell! (April)
  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix. (April)
  • New Research Initiation Awards (RIA) funding ($40,000 for one year) from the NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium! (January)

2018

  • Maryam Souri completed her Ph.D. defense. Congratulations, Dr. Souri! (November)
  • Dr. Seo, Maryam Souri, and John Connell give an invited talk and oral presentations at the SESAPS Meeting, Knoxville, TN. (November)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at University of Kentucky. (October)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at Max-Planck-Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany. (October)
  • Dr. Seo gives a condensed matter physics seminar at Rutgers University, NJ. (August)

2017

  • Dr. Seo gives a physics seminar at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea. (December)
  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at the 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Devices (ICAMD 2017), Jeju, Korea. (December)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at the Institute for Solid State Research (IFF), IFW-Dresden, Germany. (November)
  • John Gruenewald completed his Ph.D. defense. Congratulations, Dr. Gruenewald! (November)
  • Justin Thompson completed his Ph.D. defense. Congratulations, Dr. Thompson! (September)
  • Matthew Coile joins as an undergrad researcher. (September)
  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at the XXVI International Materials Research Congress (IMRC 2017), Cancun, Mexico. (August)
  • New pilot research funding ($50,000 for one year) from the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation! (July)
  • Dr. Seo is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. (July)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at Max-Planck-Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany. (June)
  • John Gruenewald gives an oral presentation at E-MRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France. (May)
  • Dr. Seo is promoted to Associate Professor of Physics with Tenure. (May)
  • Dr. Seo gives an oral presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix. (April)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at University of Louisville. (March)
  • Dr. Seo gives an oral presentaion at APS March Meeting, New Orleans. (March)

2016

  • John Gruenewald gives an oral presentation at the 23rd International Workshop of Oxide Electronics, Nanjing, China. (October)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at University of Kentucky. (September)
  • Dr. Seo receives the Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. (July)
  • John Gruenewald is visiting the Institute for Basic Science at Seoul for one year as a graduate researcher. (April)

2015

  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at the 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Devices (ICAMD 2015), Jeju, Korea. (December)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at Western Kentucky University. (October)
  • Dr. Seo receives the NSF CAREER Award ($672,980 for five years)! (August) [*]
  • Maryam Souri gives an oral presentation at APS March meeting, San Antonio. (March)
  • Prof. Dong-Wook Kim (Ewha Womans University) and Prof. Clare Byeon (KNU) join us as visiting professors for one year.  Welcome! (February)

2014

  • Dr. Seo gives a condensed matter physics seminar at University of Kentucky. (October)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. (July)
  • Dr. Seo gives a seminar at the Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea. (June)
  • New pilot research funding ($30,000 for one year) from the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation! (June)
  • Dr. John Nichols moves to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for his new career. (June)
  • New collaborative funding ($50,000 for one year) from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Department of Energy)! (May)
  • Dr. Seo and John Gruenewald give an invited talk and a contributed talk at Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco. (April)
  • We (Seo, Nichols, Korneta, Thompson, Gruenewald) give five oral presentations at APS March Meeting, Denver. (March)

2013

  • John Connell gives an oral presentation at Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston. (December)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics seminar at University of Indiana - Bloomington. (November)
  • We (Seo, Nichols, Connell, Gruenewald) give one oral presentation and three poster presentations at International Workshop of Oxide Electronics, Singapore. (October)
  • Dr. Seo gives a physics colloquium at University of Louisville. (September)
  • Dr. Oleksandr Korneta moves to the Institute for Basic Sciences (Seoul, South Korea) for his new career. (July)
  • Our undergrad researcher, Brandon Isaac, moves to University of California at Santa Barbara for his graduate study in materials science. (May)
  • Dr. Seo gives physics seminars and colloquia at Seoul National University, Choong-Ang University, Cheon Nam National University, and Ewha Womans University, Korea. (April)
  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting, Daejon, Korea. (April)
  • Dr. Oleksandr Korneta joins as a postdoc. (February)

2012

  • Dr. John Nichols joins as a postdoctoral researcher. (October)
  • Our 2nd PLD system (J-J) starts working! (September)
  • Maryam Souri joins as a graduate student. (August)
  • New pilot research funding ($50,000 for one year) from the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation! (June)
  • John Gruenewald joins as a graduate student. (May)
  • Dr. Seo gives physics seminars at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Konkuk University, and Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Korea. (March)
  • John Connell gives an oral presentation at APS March Meeting, Boston. (February)

2011

  • Brandon Isaac joins as an undergrad researcher. (September)
  • Dr. Seo gives an invited talk at 3rd Workshop of Novel Electronic Materials, Wuhan, China. (June)
  • Our 1st PLD system (Rocky) starts working! (February)

2010

  • Justin Thompson, John Connell, Gemunu Ekanayake join as graduate students. (August)
  • Our lab space : CP-51A and CP-63A (August)