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Marcelo A. Kuroda
Physics
Associate Professor

Research Areas: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Office: Leach Science Center 2113

Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849

Phone: (334) 844-4617
E-Mail: mkuroda@auburn.edu

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Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2009
Licenciado Degree, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2002


Professional Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2020-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2014-2020
Post-doctoral Research Associate, IBM Research - TJ Watson Research Center
2011 - 2013
Post-doctoral Research Associate, IBM Research - TJ Watson Research Center
2009 - 2011
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
2003 - 2009
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Buenos, Argentina
1999 - 2003


Honors and Awards

Thomas and Jean Walter Endowed Professorship
2020
NSF CAREER Award
2019
Most Outstanding Professor (M.O.P.) Award, Society of Physics Students - Auburn University
2015
John Bardeen Award (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois)
2009
Mavis Memorial Fund Scholarship (Univ. of Illinois)
2008


Research and Teaching Interests

Condensed Matter Physics: Solid state physics. Materials Physics. Electronic and Thermal Transport: Classical and quantum transport descriptions. Device Physics: Post CMOS devices. Optoelectronics. Spintronics. Energy conversion. Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Systems: Physics emerging at the nanoscale. Computational Physics


Selected Publications

  1. J.J. Heath, M. Costa, M. Buongiorno-Nardelli, and M.A. Kuroda, "Role of quantum confinement and interlayer coupling in CrI3-graphene magnetic tunnel junctions", Phys. Rev. B 101, 195439 (2020).
  2. A.M. Pfeifle, M.A. Kuroda, "Tunable contact resistance in transition metal dichalcogenide lateral heterojunctions", Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 024002 (2020).
  3. J. Kumar, M. A. Kuroda, M. Z. Bellus, S.-J. Han, and H.-Y. Chiu, “Full-range electrical characteristics of WS2 transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 123508 (2015).
  4. P. M. Solomon, B. A. Bryce, M. A. Kuroda, R. Keech, S. Shetty, T. M. Shaw, M. Copel, L.-W. Hung, A. G. Schrott, C. Armstrong, M. S. Gordon, K. B. Reuter, T. N. Theis, W. Haensch, S. M. Rossnagel, H. Miyazoe, B. G. Elmegreen, X.-H. Liu, S. Trolier-McKinstry, G. J. Martyna, and D. M. Newns, “Pathway to the piezoelectronic transduction logic device”, Nano Letters 15, 2391–2395 (2015).
  5. M.A. Kuroda, J. Tersoff, D.M. Newns, G.J. Martyna, “Conductance through Multilayer Graphene Films”, Nano Lett. 11, 3629 (2011). 
  6. M.A. Kuroda, J. Tersoff, G.J. Martyna, “Nonlinear Screening in Multilayer Graphene Systems”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 116804 (2011). 
  7. M.A. Kuroda, A. Cangellaris, J.P. Leburton, “Nonlinear transport and heat dissipation in metallic carbon nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 266803 (2005).

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Last updated: 11/27/2023