Academic Appointments

  • Sept.2019-present: Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
  • July 2017-July 2023: Associate Chair for the Physics Graduate Program, University of Michigan
  • Sept.2014-Aug. 2019: Associate Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
  • Sept.2008-Aug. 2014: Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
  • Feb.2007-Aug.2008: Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University
  • Jan.2008-Mar.2008: Lecturer, Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University

Other Experience

  • Jul.2006-Jan.2007: Graduate Intern Technical, Photonics Technology Lab, Intel
  • Jul.2001-Dec.2006: Graduate Student Research with Prof. David D. Awschalom, UCSB
  • Sept.2000-Jun.2001: Senior Thesis Research with Prof. Harry A. Atwater, Caltech
  • Jun.2000-Aug.2000: Summer Undergraduate Research with Prof. Harry A. Atwater, Caltech
  • Sept.1999-May2000: Academic Part Time, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Jun.1999-Sept.1999: Summer Intern, Applied Materials
  • Jun.1998-Oct.1998: Summer Undergraduate Research with Prof. William A. Goddard, Caltech

Education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara: Ph.D., Physics, 2006
  • University of California, Santa Barbara: M.A., Physics, 2004
  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA: B.S., Applied Physics, 2001

Awards

  • 2019 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
  • 2011 AFOSR Young Investigator Award
  • 2010 Rackham Faculty Research Grant (University of Michigan)
  • 2009 Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Award (ADVANCE, University of Michigan)
  • 2009 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
  • 2008 Harold C. Early Award (Physics Department, University of Michigan)
  • 2007 GMAG Student Dissertation Award (GMAG Topical Group, American Physical Society)

Invited Talks

  • 18th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics (August 2017, Maresias, Sao Paulo, Brazil): "Electrical generation and manipulation of electron and nuclear spin polarization in semiconductors"
  • Workshop on Spins, Valleys, and Topological States in 2D and Layered Materials (June 2017, Columbus, OH): "Long-lived hole spin/valley polarization probed by Kerr rotation in monolayer WSe2"
  • 2016 Fall MRS symposium on Spin Dynamics in Nonmagnetic Materials and Devices (November 2016, Boston, MA) [talk given by M. Luengo-Kovac due to scheduling conflict]
  • Research workshop on Interfacial spintronics and spin waves (July 2016, San Sebastian, Donostia) [talk given by M. Luengo-Kovac due to scheduling conflict]
  • Spintronics VIII at SPIE Nanoscience+Engineering (August 2015, San Diego, CA): "Electrical generation and manipulation of spin polarization in semiconductors"
  • APS March Meeting (March 2015, San Antonio, TX): "Current-induced spin polarization in anisotropic spin-orbit fields"
  • 8th International Conference on the Physics and Applications of Spin Phenomena in Solids (PASPS-VIII, July 2014, Washington DC): "Electrical orientation of electron and nuclear spins in semiconductors"
  • Fundamental optical processes in semiconductors (FOPS) - 2013 (August 2013, Kodiak, Alaska): "Time-resolved nonlinear dynamics of a quantum dot in an optical cavity"
  • 2nd Advanced Workshop on Spin and Charge Properties of Low Dimensional Systems (July 2011, Brasov, Romania): "Mapping spin-orbit splitting in strained semiconductors"
  • 55th Midwest Solid State Conference (April 2009, Iowa City, IA): "Semiconductor photonics"
  • New Laser Scientists Conference (October 2008, Rochester, NY): "Manipulating spins and photons in semiconductors"
  • APS March Meeting (March 2007, Denver, CO): "Electrical manipulation of spin-orbit coupling in semiconductor heterostructures"
  • MMM/Intermag (January 2007, Baltimore, MD): "Generating spin currents in semiconductors with the spin Hall effect"
  • 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (July 2006, Vienna, Austria): "Imaging the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Correlated Electron Systems (June 2006, Mount Holyoke College): "Imaging the spin Hall effect in semiconductors"
  • Spintronics Conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (March 2006, Santa Barbara, CA): "Imaging the spin Hall effect and current-induced spin polarization in a two-dimensional electron gas"
  • APS March Meeting (March 2006, Baltimore, MD): "Spatial imaging of the spin Hall effect and current-induced polarization in two-dimensional electron gases"