Hari Nair 915-747-7544 | Hnair@Utep.Edu | Web

Hari Nair 915-747-7544 | [email protected] | web |

Appointments The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Sep. 2018 – present The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Sep. 2017 – Sep. 2018 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics Feb 2016 – Aug 2017 University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics Oct 2014 – Dec 2015 JCNS-2 & Peter Grunberg Institute Jülich, Germany Scientific Staff, Forschungszentrum JülichGmbH Apr 2011 – Jul2014 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics Feb 2011 – Apr 2011 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India Researcher, Department of Physics Oct 2009 – Sep 2010 Visiting positions Universitat zu Köln Köln,Germany Researcher, II. Physikalisches Institut Oct 2010 – Jan 2011 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Jülich, Germany Visiting Researcher, Institut fur Festkörperforschung (IFF) Jun 2009 – Sep 2009 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Dresden, Germany Visiting Researcher May 2008 – Jul 2008 Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany Visiting Researcher Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 Education Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India PhD in experimental condensed matter physics Jun. 2002 – Dec. 2009 Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala, India MSc in Physics from C. M. S. College 2000 – 2002 Kerala University Kerala, India BSc in Physics from T. K. M. College 1997 – 2000 Grants/ Awards/ Honours 2020: (1) coPI in National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation program award to UTEP to acquire an MPMS. 2019: (1) Nominated for Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. (2) The Eppley Foundation Award for advanced scientific research. (3) University Research Initiative award, UTEP. 2018: (1) Rising Stars award, Univ. Texas 1 2004: (1) Senior Research Fellowship for PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2002: (1) Junior Research Fellowship for PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (2) Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, with 97 percentile. (3) Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India

Books/ book chapters Magnetocaloric effect in frustrated magnetic systems: from bulk to nano, Chapter 8 in ”Magnetic Nanostructured Materials”, Ed. J. M. Barandaran, A. A. El-Gendy, Elsevier, 2018

Publications Number of publications: 68; G Scholar h-index = 15; Citations: 864 2020 (68) Magnetocaloric effect in a frustrated Gd-garnet with no long-range magnetic order. C. M. Naveen Kumar, R. Baral, Y. Tian, R. Li, N. Poudel, K. Gofryk, N. Barisic, B. Kiefer, J. Ross, Jr, H. S. Nair, Inorg. Chem. 59, 15144, 2020 [url] (67) Unravelling competing microscopic interactions at a phase boundary: A single-crystal study of the metastable antiferromagnetic pyrochlore Yb2Ge2O7. C. L. Sarkis, J. G. Rau, L. D. Sanjeewa, M. Powell, J. Kolis, J. Marbey, S. Hill, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, H. S. Nair, D. R. Yahne, S. Saubert, M. J. P. Gingras, and K. A. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 102, 134418, 2020 [url]

(66) Spin reorientation in antiferromagnetic Dy2FeCoO6 double perovskite. Haripriya G. R., T. Heitmann, D. K. Yadav, G. C. Kaphle, M. P. Ghimire, R. Pradheesh, J. Joshi, P. Vora, K. Sethupathi,V. Sankaranarayanan, H. S. Nair, J. Phys. Condensed Matter, 33, 025802, 2020 [url]

(65) Reentrant spin reorientation transition and Griffiths-like phase in antiferromagnetic TbFe0.5Cr0.5O3. B. Mali, H. S. Nair, T. W. Heitmann, H. Nhalil, D. Antonio, K. Gofryk, S. R. Bhandari, M. P. Ghimire, and S. Elizabeth, Phys. Rev. B 102, 014418, 2020 [url] (64) Magnetic phase transitions and magnetocaloric effect in ternary rhombohedral Laves phases of Gd2Rh3Ge and Er2Rh3Ge. B. Sahu, J. Y. Law, A. M. Strydom, V. Franco, H. S. Nair, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 514, 166988, 2020 [url]

(63) Superzone gap formation and possible Kondo-like features in the quasi-skutterudite PrFe2Ga8 compound. M. O. Ogunbunmi, H. S. Nair, A. M. Strydom, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 30, 011114, 2020 (conference proceedings) [url] 2019 (62) Signatures of low-dimensional magnetism and short-range magnetic order in Co-based trirutiles. R. Baral, H. S. Fierro, C. Rueda, B. Sahu, A. M. Strydom, N. Poudel, K. Gofryk, F. S. Manciu, C. Ritter, T. W. Heitmann, B. P. Belbase, S. Bati, M. P. Ghimire, and H. S. Nair, Phys. Rev. B 100, 184407, 2019 [url]

(61) A novel strongly spin-orbit coupled quantum dimer magnet: Yb2Si2O−7. G. Hester, H. S. Nair, T. Reeder, D. R. Yahne, T. N. DeLazzer, L. Berges, D. Ziat, J. R. Neilson, A. A. Aczel, G. Sala, J. A. Quilliam, and K. A. Ross. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 027201, 2019 [url]

(60) Field-independent features in the magnetization and specific heat of Sm3Co4Ge13. H. S. Nair, RameshKumar K., B. Sahu, S. P. Xhakasa, P.Mishra, D. Samal, S. K. Ghosh, B. R. Sekhar, A. M. Strydom. Crystals 9, 322, 2019 (Invited) [url] 2 (59) Antiferromagnetism and the emergence of frustration in saw-tooth lattice chalcogenide olivines Mn2SiS4−xSex (x = 0–4). H. Nhalil, R. Baral, B. O. Khamala, A. Cosio, S. R. Singamaneni, M. Fitta, D. Antonio, K. Gofryk, R. R. Zope, T. Baruah, B. Saparov, H. S. Nair, Phys. Rev. B 99, 184434, 2019 [url]

(58) Contrasting the magnetism in La2−xSrxFeCoO6 (x = 0, 1, 2) double perovskites: the role of electronic and cationic disorder. G. R. Haripriya, C. M. N. Kumar, R. Pradheesh, L. M. Martinez, C. L. Saiz, S. R. Singamaneni, T. Chatterji, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, B. Kiefer, and H. S. Nair, Phys. Rev. B 99, 184411, 2019 [url]

(57) Crystal growth of quantum magnets in the rare-earth pyrosilicate family R2Si2O7 (R = Yb, Er) using the optical floating zone method. H. S. Nair, Tim DeLazzer, Tim Reeder, Antony Sikorski, Gavin Hester, and Kate A. Ross, Crystals 9, 196, 2019 (Invited) [url]

(56) Low dimensional magnetism in the trirutile tantalates Co1−xMgxTa2O6 with weak ferromagnetic features. R. Baral, H. S. Fierro, L. M. Martinez, S. R. Singamaneni, H. S. Nair, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 033904, 2019 [url] 2018

(55) Single crystals of cubic rare-earth pyrochlore germanates: RE2Ge2O7 (RE = Yb and Lu) grown by a high-temperature hydrothermal technique. L. D. Sanjeewa, K. A. Ross, C. L. Sarkis, H. S. Nair, C. D. McMillen, J. W. Kolis, Inorg. Chem. 57, 12456, 2018 [url]

(54) Magnetic structure and field-dependent magnetic phase diagram ofNi2In-type PrCuSi. H. S. Nair, C. M. N. Kumar, D. T. Adroja, C. Ritter, A. S. Wills, W. Kockelmann, P. P. Deen, A. Bhattacharyya, A. M. Strydom, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30, 435803, 2018 (artwork selected for cover) [url]

(53) Hyperfine interaction and electronic spin fluctuation study onSr2−xLaxFeCoO6 (x = 0, 1, 2) by high-resolution back-scattering neutron spectroscopy. T. Chatterji, B. Frick, M. Zamponi, M. Appel, H. S. Nair, R. Pradheesh, G. R. Hariprya, V. Sankaranarayanan and K. Sethupathi, Phys. Rev. B 98, 094429, 2018 (Editor’s suggestion) [url]

(52) Behavior of the breathing pyrochlore lattice Ba3Yb2Zn5O11 in applied magnetic field. J. Rau, L. Wu, A. May, A. Taylor, I.-L. Liu, J. Higgins, N. Butch, K. Ross, H. S. Nair, M. Lumsden, M. Gingras, A. Christianson, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 30, 455801, 2018 [url]

(51) Large magntocaloric effect and critical behaviour analysis inGd2Cu2In. H. S. Nair, K. Ramesh Kumar, B. N. Sahu, S. Xhakaza and A. M. Strydom, Europhys. Lett. 122, 17003, 2018 [url]

(50) Short range order in the quantum XXZ honeycomb lattice material BaCo2(PO4)2. H. S. Nair, J. M. Brown, E. Coldren, G. Hester, M. P. Gelfand, A. Podlesnyak, Q. Huang, K. A. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 97, 134409, 2018 [url]

(49) Absence of a long-range ordered magnetic ground state in Pr3Rh4Sn13 studied through specific heat and inelastic neutron scattering. H. S. Nair, M. O. Ogunbunmi, S. Ghosh, D. T. Adroja, M. M. Koza, T. Guidi, A. M. Strydom, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 30, 145601, 2018 [url]

(48) Electronic and magnetic properties of quasi-skutterudite PrCo2Ga8 compound. M. O. Ogunbunmi, B. M. Sondezi, H. S. Nair, A. M. Strydom, (SCES Proceedings) Physica B 536, 128, 2018 (conference proceedings) [url] 2017 (47) Metamagnetism, sign reversal and low temperature magnetocaloric effect in single-crystalline EuV2Al20. K. Ramesh Kumar, H. S. Nair, A. Bhattacharyya, A. Thamizhavel, A. M. Strydom, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 452, 205, 2017 [url]

(46) Spin reorientation and disordered rare earth magnetism in Ho2FeCoO6. Haripriya G. R., H. S. Nair, Pradheesh R., Rayaprol S., Siruguri V., Singh D., Venkatesh R., Ganesan V., Sethupathi K., 3 Sankaranarayanan V., J. Phys. Condens. Matter 29, 475804, 2017 [url]

(45) Pr-magnetism in the quasi-skutterudite compound PrFe2Al8. H. S. Nair, M. O. Ogunbunmi, C. M. N. Kumar, D. Adroja, P. Manuel, D. Fortes, J. Taylor, A. M. Strydom, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 29, 345801, 2017 [url]

(44) Magnetic glass state and magnetoresistance in SrLaFeCoO6 double perovskite. H. S. Nair, R. Pradheesh, G. R. Haripriya, A. Senyshyn, T. Chatterji, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 29, 095801, 2017 [url]

(43) Disordered ferromagnetism in Ho2NiMnO6 double perovskite. T. Chakraborty, H. S. Nair, H. Nhalil, Ramesh Kumar K., A. M. Strydom, S. Elizabeth, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 29, 025804, 2017 (selected as Highlights for 2017) [url] 2016

(42) Critical behaviour of Y2NiMnO6 double perovskite. H. Nhalil, H. S. Nair, S. Elizabeth, AIP Proceedings 1728, 020184, 2016 (conference proceedings) [url] (41) Magnetocaloric effect in the metamagnet ErRhSi compound. J. C. Debnath, H. S. Nair, A. M. Strydom, Ramesh Kumar K., and J. Wang, J. Appl. Phys. 120, 233902, 2016 [url]

(40) Magnetic structures and magnetoelastic coupling of Fe-doped hexagonal manganites LuMn1−xFexO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3). Z. Fu, Y. Xiao, H. S. Nair, A. Senyshyn, V. Y. Pomjakushin, E. Feng, Y. Su, W. T. Jin, Th. Bruckel, Phys. Rev. B 94, 125150, 2016 [url]

(39) Hyperfine and crystal field interactions in multiferroic HoCrO3. C. M. N. Kumar, Y. Xiao, H. S. Nair, J. Voigt, B. Schmitz, T. Chatterji, N. Jalarva, Th. Bruckel, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 28, 476001, 2016 [url] (38) Magnetic, specific heat and electrical transport properties of Frank-Kasper cage compounds RTM2Al20 [R = Eu, Gd and La ; TM = V,Ti]. Ramesh Kumar K., H. S. Nair, C. Reinke, Thamizhavel A., A. M. Strydom, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 28, 436002, 2016 [url] (37) Exchange bias-like effect in TbFeAl intermetallic induced by atomic disorder. H. S. Nair, A. M. Strydom, Europhys. Lett. 114, 37001, 2016 [url] (36) Polarity-tunable spin transport in all-oxide multiferroic tunnel junctions. Rohit Soni, A. Petraru, H. S. Nair, O. Vavra, M. Ziegler, S. K. Kim, D. S. Jeong, H. Kohlstedt, Nanoscale 8, 10799, 2016 [url]

(35) Double-phase transition and giant positive magnetoresistance in the quasi-skutterudite Gd3Ir4Sn13. H. S. Nair, S. K. Ghosh, K. Ramesh Kumar, A. M. Strydom, J. Appl. Phys. 119, 123901, 2016 [url] (34) Field-insensitive heavy fermion features and phase transition in the caged-structure quasi-skutterudite Sm3Ru4Ge13. H. S. Nair, K. Ramesh Kumar, D. Britz, S. K. Ghosh, C. Reinke, A. M. Strydom, J. Alloys and Comp. 669, 254, 2016 [url]

(33) Magnetic structures and magnetic phase transitions in the Mn-doped orthoferrite TbFeO3 studied by neutron powder diffraction. H. S. Nair, T. Chatterji., C. M. N. Kumar, T. Hansen, H. Nhalil, S. Elizabeth, A. M. Strydom, J. Appl. Phys. 119, 053901, 2016 [url] 2015: (32) Ferromagnetism and the effect of free charge carriers on electric polarization in Y2NiMnO6 double perovskite. H. Nhalil, H. S. Nair, C. M. N. Kumar., A. M. Strydom, S. Elizabeth, Phys. Rev. B 92, 214426, 2015 [url]

(31) Magnetic ordering and crystal field effects in quasi caged structure compound PrFe2Al8. H. S. Nair, S. K. Ghosh, K. Ramesh Kumar, A. M. Strydom, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 91, 69, 2015 [url]

(30) Spin-lattice coupling and frustrated magnetism in Fe-doped hexagonal LuMnO3. H. S. Nair, Z. Fu, 4 C. M. N. Kumar, V. Y. Pomjakushin, Y. Xiao, T. Chatterji, A. M. Strydom, Europhys. Lett. 110, 37007, 2015 [url]

(29) Spin re-orientation and weak ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic TbMn0.5Fe0.5O3. H. Nhalil, H. S. Nair, R. Sanathkumar, A. M. Strydom, S. Elizabeth, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 173904, 2015 [url]

(28) Dielectric and Raman investigations of structural phase transitions in (C2H5NH3)2CdCl4. R. Yadav, D. Swain, P. P. Kundu, H. S. Nair, C. Narayana, S. Elizabeth, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 12207, 2015 [url] (27) Investigation of dielectric relaxation, Jahn-Teller distortion and magnetic ordering in Y-substituted Pr1−xYxMnO3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4). R. Yadav, H. S. Nair, A. Kumar, S. Adiga, H. L. Bhat, S. M. Yusuf, S. Elizabeth, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 093903, 2015 [url]

(26) Spin freezing in the spin-liquid compound FeAl2O4. H. S. Nair, K. Ramesh Kumar, A. M. Strydom, Phys. Rev. B 91, 054423, 2015 [url]

(25) Antisite disorder-induced exchange bias effect in multiferroic Y2CoMnO6. H. S. Nair, T. Chatterji, A. M. Strydom, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 022407, 2015 [url] 2014:

(24) Magnetization-steps in Y2CoMnO6 double perovskite: The role of antisite disorder. H. S. Nair, R. Pradheesh,Y. Xiao, D. Cherian, S. Elizabeth, T. C. Hansen, T. Chatterji, Th. Bruckel, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 123907, 2014 [url]

(23) Ferrimagnetism and magnetic phase separation in Nd1−xYxMnO3 studied by magnetization and high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance. H. S. Nair, R. Yadav, S. Adiga, S. S. Rao, J. van Tol, S. Elizabeth, Physica B 456, 108, 2014 [url] (22) Approaching the true ground state of frustrated A-site spinels: A combined magnetization and polarized neutron scattering study. H. S. Nair, Z. Fu, J. Voigt, Y. Su, Th. Bruckel, Phys. Rev. B 89, 174431, 2014 [url]

(21) Electronic structure of Nd1−xYxMnO3 from Mn-K edge absorption spectroscopy and DFT methods. P. Balasubramanian, R. Yadav, H. S. Nair, H. M. Tsai, S. Bhattacharjee, Y. Joly, J. F. Lee, S. Elizabeth, B. R. Sekhar, C. W. Pao, W. F. Pong, Solid State Communications 181, 50, 2014 [url]

(20) Study of lattice dynamics in yttrium doped NdMnO3 using Raman spectroscopy. R. Yadav, H. S. Nair, S. Elizabeth, AIP Proceedings 1591, 1554, 2014 (conference proceedings) [url] 2013:

(19) Glassy dielectric response in Tb2NiMnO6 double perovskite with similarities to a Griffiths phase. H. S. Nair, H. Nhalil, H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, Europhys. Lett. 104, 67002, 2013 [url]

(18) Valence band electronic structure of Nd1−xYxMnO3 using X-ray absorption, photoemission and GGA+U calculations. P. Balasubramanian, H. M. Tsai, C. W. Pao, M. T. Liu, B. Y. Wang, C. H. Chuang, W. F. Pong, H. S. Nair, R. Yadav, S. Elizabeth, S. Bhattacharjee., J. W. Chiou, M. -H. Tsai., H. -J. Lin, T. W. Pi, J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenom. 189, 51, 2013 [url] (17) Influence of growth ambience and doping on the structural and magnetic properties of multiferroic DyMnO3. H. S. Nair, S. Elizabeth, J. Cryst. Growth 362, 24, 2013 (conference proceedings) [url] 2012:

(16) Exchange bias and memory effect in double perovskite Sr2FeCoO6. H. S. Nair, R. Pradheesh, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 142401, 2012 [url]

(15) Large magnetoresistance and Jahn-Teller effect in Sr2FeCoO6 double perovskite. R. Pradheesh, H. S. 5 Nair, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Eur. Phys. J. B 85, 260, 2012 [url]

(14) Magnetic ordering in double perovskites R2CoMnO6 (R = Y, Tb) investigated by high resolution neutron spectroscopy. T. Chatterji, B. Frick, H. S. Nair, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 266005, 2012 [url]

(13) Observation of spin-glass state in weakly ferromagnetic Sr2FeCoO6. R. Pradheesh, H. S. Nair, C. M. N. Kumar, J. Lamsal, R. Nirmala, P. N. Santosh, W. B. Yelon, S. K. Malik, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 053905, 2012 [url]

(12) Electronic properties across the first-order phase transition in Fe1.11Te. S. Roßler, D. Cherian, H. S. Nair, H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, S. Wirth, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 400, 022099, 2012 (conference proceeding) [url] 2011:

(11) Griffiths phase-like behaviour and spin-phonon coupling in double perovskite Tb2NiMnO6. H. S. Nair, D. Swain, N. Hariharan, S. Adiga, C. Narayana, S. Elizabeth, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 123919, 2011 [url]

(10) Ferromagnetic transition and specific heat of Pr0.6Sr0.4MnO3. S. Roßler, H. S. Nair, U. K. Roßler, C. M. N. Kumar, S. Elizabeth, S. Wirth, Phys. Rev. B 84, 184422, 2011 [url]

(9) Magnetic order of the hexagonal rare earth manganite Dy0.5Y0.5MnO3. J. S. Helton, D. K. Singh, H. S. Nair, S. Elizabeth, Phys. Rev. B 84, 064434, 2011 [url]

(8) Effect of Y-substitution on the structural, magnetic and thermal properties of hexagonal DyMnO3 single crystals. H. S. Nair, C. M. N. Kumar, H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, Th. Bruckel, Phys. Rev. B 83, 104424, 2011 [url] 2010:

(7) Disorder driven electronic localization and phase separation in superconducting Fe1+yTe0.5Se0.5 single crystals. S. Roßler, D. Cherian, Harikrishnan S., H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, J. A. Mydosh, L. H. Tjeng, F. Steglich, S. Wirth, Phys. Rev. B 82, 144523, 2010 [url]

(6) Memory effect in Dy0.5Sr0.5MnO3 single crystals. Harikrishnan S., S. Roßler, C. M. N. Kumar, Y. Xiao, H. L. Bhat, U. K. Roßler, F. Steglich, S. Wirth, S. Elizabeth, J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 22, 346002, 2010 [url]

(5) Interacting magnetic sublattices and ferrimagnetism in Sr–doped DyMnO3. S. Roßler, Harikrishnan S., U. K. Roßler, S. Elizabeth, H. L. Bhat, F. Steglich, S. Wirth, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 200, 012168, 2010 (conference proceedings) [url] 2009:

(4) Phase transitions and rare earth magnetism in hexagonal and orthorhombic DyMnO3. Harikrishnan S., S. Roßler, C. M. Naveen Kumar, H. L. Bhat, U. K. Roßler, S. Wirth, F. Steglich, S. Elizabeth, J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 21, 096002, 2009 [url]

(3) Phase transition and anomalous low temperature ferromagnetic phase in Pr0.6Sr0.4MnO3 single crystals. S. Roßler, Harikrishnan S., C. M. Naveen Kumar, H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, U. K. Roßler, F. Steglich, S. Wirth, J. Supercond. and Novel Mag. 22, 205, 2009 (Conf proceeding) [url] 2008:

(2) Investigations on the spin-glass state in Dy0.5Sr0.5MnO3 single crystals through structural, magnetic and thermal properties. Harikrishnan S., C. M. Naveen Kumar, H. L. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, S. Roßler, U. K. Roßler, K. Dorr, S. Wirth, J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 20, 275234, 2008 [url]

6 (1) EPR studies on multiferroic DyMnO3 and Dy0.5Sr0.5MnO3. Harikrishnan S., C. M. Naveen Kumar, S. S. Rao, H. L. Bhat, S. V. Bhat, S. Elizabeth, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 023902, 2008 [url]

Teaching/ Research mentoring (number in brackets indicate class strength)

Advanced Statistical Mechanics, PHYS 5365: Fall 2020 (10, masters) Electromagnetics II, PHYS 4342: Spring 2020 (9, bachelors) Electromagnetics I, PHYS 4341: Spring 2020 (1, bachelors) Special Topics in Physics, PHYS 5393: Fall 2019 F (4, masters) General Physics II Mechanics, PHYS 2420: Fall 2018 (15), Fall 2019 (112) Physics Seminar, PHYS 3280: Spring 2019 (14, bachelors), Spring 2020 (16, bachelors) General Physics I Mechanics, PHYS 1403: Spring 2018 (71), Spring 2019 (69) Conceptual Physics, PHYS 2303: Fall 2018 (15) General Physics II Electricity and Magnetism, PHYS 1404: Fall 2017 (36) Graduate research, PHYS 5396: Fall 2017 (1), Spring 2018 (1), Summer 2018 (1), Fall 2018 (1), Spring 2019 (1), Summer 2019 (2), Fall 2019 (2), Spring 2020 (2), Fall 2020 (1) Thesis, PHYS 5398/PHYS 5399: Fall 2018 (1), Spring 2019 (1), Summer 2019 (2), Fall 2019 (1), Spring 2020 (1), Fall 2020 (2) Undergraduate research, RSRC 4033: Spring 2018 (2), Summer 2018 (1), Fall 2018 (3), Spring 2019 (5), Summer 2019 (4), Fall 2019 (5), Spring 2020 (7), Fall 2020 (3) Undergraduate research problems in physics, RSRC 4377: Fall 2020 (1)

Service: Department, College, University, Academic 2020: (1) Judge at COURI symposia, 27-30 April. (2) Served in the advisory committee for a two day seminar in Recent trends and innovations in physics, 12-13 March, 2020 at C. M. S. College, Kerala. (3) Referee for the powder neutron diffraction proposal committee at Oak Ridge National Lab. (4) Member of the Ph.D. thesis proposal committee of Luis Matinez, Department of Physics/MASE. (5) Member of the faculty search committee to hire an assistant professor in Quantum Information Science. (6) Member of the department committee to revise undergraduate introductory physics course structure. 2019: (1) Co-chair of the symposium session Defects in 2D Materials, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 22-26 April. (2) Judge at the El Paso STEM Expo competition, a science and technology fair for high school students in El Paso, 27 April. 2018: (1) Judge at the COURI Symposia in UTEP (Symposium featuring undergraduate research). (2) Member of the core committee for X ray diffractometers. (3) Referee to the Rutherford International Fellowship Program at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. (4) Member of the MS thesis committee of Luis M Martinez, Department of physics, UTEP. Journals refereed: Physical Review B, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Materials Research Bulletin, Solid State Communications, Ceramics International Professional memberships: American Physical Society (2017-), Materials Research Society (2018-), Neutron Scattering Association of America (2019-) 7 Student thesis

Low dimensionality of magnetism in trirutile CoTa2O6 and its derivatives, Raju Baral, MS Thesis, June 2019.

Student mentoring 2020: Hector Cein Mandujano (G) • Nathan Episcopo (G) Juan Aravilla Cordona (UG) • Gicela Saucedo (UG) • Sandra Gonzalez (UG) • Cristian Rueda (UG) • Kinley Wangmo (UG) • Sonam Lhaki (UG) • Sonam Dema (UG) • Co-mentoring 2 graduate students working under Dr. M. P. Ghimire at Tribhuvan University, Nepal 2019: Hector Cein Mandujano (G) • Nathan Episcopo (G) • Raju Baral (G) • Karma Dema (UG) • Juan Aravilla Cordona (UG) • Gicela Saucedo (UG) • Sandra Gonzalez (UG) • Pema Dhendup (UG) • Cristian Rueda (UG) • Kinley Wangmo (UG) • Co-mentoring 2 graduate students working under Dr. M. P. Ghimire at Tribhuvan University, Nepal 2018: Raju Baral (G) • Karma Dema (UG) • Cristian Rueda (UG) • Kinley Wangmo (UG) • Hector S. Fierro (UG) • Co-mentoring 2 graduate students working under Dr. M. P. Ghimire at Tribhuvan University, Nepal 2017: • Raju Baral (G) • Karma Dema (UG) 2016-2017: Mentored graduate and undergraduate students in RossLab, Colorado State University, under the supervision of Prof. Kate Ross (CSU) 2015-2018: Mentored Michael O. Ogunbunmi (PhD student) under the supervision of Prof. A. M. Strydom, University of Johannesburg (UJ) 2010-2011: Supervised Diplom thesis project of Ms. Johanna Frielingsdorf under Dr. Thomas Lorenz, Universitat zu K¨oln(U. K¨oln) 2005-2006: Co-supervised BTech thesis project of Mr. Atish Agarwal, Banares Hindu University (at Indian Institute of Science under the supervision of Dr. Suja Elizabeth) 2006 • Co-supervised MSc thesis project of Ms. Merlis Jose & Elizabeth Varghese, Christ College (at Indian Institute of Science under the supervision of Dr. Suja Elizabeth) 2006 • Co-supervised BSc thesis project of Mr. Bharat Shekhar, IIT Kharagpur (at Indian Institute of Science under the supervision of Dr. Suja Elizabeth. 2005 • Co-supervised MSc thesis project of Mr. Naveen Kumar C. M. and Joby E. Joy, Christ College (at Indian Institute of Science under the supervision of Dr. Suja Elizabeth) 2005

Conferences 2020: (4) [webinar] Quantum magnetism in honeycomb lattices, All-India webinar for 100 participants organized by Department of Physics, C. M. S. College, Kerala, India (26 August). (3) [webinar] Quantum magnetism in honeycomb lattices, All-India webinar for 100 participants organized by IQAC and Department of Physics, Marthoma College for Women, Kerala, India (15 June). (2) [poster] Magnetism in honeycomb Na2Ni2TeO6 with chiral layers of Na, American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Boulder (virtual, 12–16 June). (1) [workshop] Machine learning for materials research boot camp 2020, University of Maryland (virtual workshop, 20–24 June). 2019: (5) [talk] Frustrated magnetism and emergence, A 5-min talk to the Society of Physics Students, Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso (2 October). (4) [invited talk] Frustrated magnets with sawtooth, hyperkagome, honeycomb and Shastry Sutherland lattices, Quantum Materials Young Investigators Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee (6–7 June). (3) [talk] Magnetic frustration and antiferromagnetism in saw-tooth lattice Mn2SiS4−xSex (x = 0–4) chalcogenides, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2019, Phoenix, AZ (21–26 April). (2) [talk] Evolution of the spin-flopantiferromagnetic transition and the emergence of frustration in saw-tooth lattice Mn2SiS4−xSex (x = 0–4) chalcogenides, APS 8 March Meeting, Boston (4–8 March). (1) [talk] Room temperature ferromagnetic MnCr2O4 spinel chromite nanoparticles, APS March Meeting, Boston (4–8 March).

2018: (5) [invited talk] Short range order in the quantum XXZ honeycomb lattice materialγ-BaCo2(PO4)2, Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (19 April). (4) [talk] Short range order in the quantum XXZ honeycomb lattice material γ-BaCo2(PO4)2, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles (5–9 March). (3) [poster] Contrasting antiferromagnetic, spin-glass and magnetic glass states in the double perovskite Sr2−xLaxFeCoO6, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles (5–9 March). (2) [poster] Very high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance studies on γ-BaCo2(PO4)2, Poster at APS March Meeting, Los Angeles (5–9 March). (1) [workshop] Research career workshop 2018, UTEP, El Paso (17 February). 2016: [workshop] (1) American Crystallography Association Workshop on Magnetic Structure Analysis by Unpolarized Neutron Diffraction Techniques, The University of Colorado/AHEC, Denver (22 July). 2014: [invited talk] (1) Approaching the ground state of frustrated A-site spinels, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab. 2013: [talk] (2) Approaching the ground state of frustrated A-site spinels, JCNS Workshop 2013, Trends and perspectives in neutron scattering: Magnetism and correlated electron systems, Tutzing (1) [poster] PNI in-house workshop on ”Magnetism and highly correlated electron systems”, Freising, (11–12 June). 2012: [poster] (1) 505 Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Seminar, New Routes to Single Phase Multifferoics, Bad Honnef, (23–25 April). 2009: [talk] (2) Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Thesis Colloquium). (1) [talk] Hexagonal manganite multiferroics, Institute fur Feskorperphysik, Forshungszentrum Julich GmbH

Student conferences/Awards/Workshops

2020: (9) [poster] Phase transitions in novel Li-containing honeycombs Li8Cr2(Te/Sb)2O12, Hector Cein Mandujano, MRS Virtual Spring/Fall Meeting, 27 November – 4 December (8) [poster] Magnetism in Honeycomb Na2Ni2TeO6 with Chiral Layers of Na Nathan Episcopo, MRS Virtual Spring/Fall Meeting, 27 November –4 December (7) [workshop] Nathan Episcopo selected to the Virtual Workshop for Magnetic Structure Determination from Neutron Diffraction by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 28 September – 1 October (6) [award] Nathan Episcopo won the Dodsons Research Grant from Graduate School, UTEP. (5) [poster] Phase transitions in novel Li-containing honeycombs Li8Cr2(Te/Sb)2O12, Nathan Episcopo, American Conference on Neutron Scattering (virtual), 12–16 July (4) [poster, award] Phase transitions in novel Li-containing honeycombs Li8Cr2(Te/Sb)2O12, Sandra Gonzalez, COURI Symposia, UTEP, July 27–31 (Best poster award winner). (3) [workshop, award] Gicela Saucedo Salas won the Undergraduate Research Award to attend the Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP), May–August, University of Waterloo, Canada. (2) [poster] Phase transitions in novel Li-containing honeycombs Li8Cr2(Te/Sb)2O12, Sandra Gonzalez, CUWiP 2020 (Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics organized by American Physical Society), TAMU Corpus Christi, TX, 17–19 January (1) [poster] Probing the stability of Shastry Sutherland lattice in Er2Pd2Sn and Er2Pd2In, Gicela Saicedo Salas, CUWiP 2020 (Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics organized by American Physical Society), TAMU Corpus Christi, TX, 17–19 January

2019: (9) [poster, award] Probing the stability of Shastry Sutherland lattice in Er2Pd2Sn and Er2Pd2In, Gicela Saucedo Salas, Texas Section of American Physical Society conference (TSAPS), Lubbock, 24–26 October (Outstanding Presentation Award). (8) [award] Nathan Episcopo wins C. Sharp Cook scholarship, UTEP. (7) [award] Cristian Rueda wins MERITUS scholarship, UTEP. (6) [award] Kinley Wangmo wins MERITUS scholarship, UTEP. (5) [poster] Phase transitions in novel Li-containing honeycombs Li8Cr2(Te/Sb)2O12, Sandra L. Gonzalez, COURI Symposia, UTEP, 3 August. (4) [poster] Magnetic instabilities in low-dimensional Co1−xMgxTa2O6 trirutile, Cristian Rueda, COURI Symposia, UTEP, 3 August. (3) [poster] Magnetic instabilities in low-dimensional Co1−xMgxTa2O6 trirutile, Cristian Rueda, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2019, Phoenix, AZ, 21–26 April. (2) [poster] Olivine Mn2SiS4−xSex: Magnetic frustration and spin-flop transition in triangular sawtooth lattice, Raju Baral, Materials Research Society 9 Spring Meeting 2019, Phoenix, AZ, 21–26 April. (1) [poster] A Magnetocaloric investigation of the frustrated magnetic ground state in the garnet, Gd3Ga4O12, Karma Dema, CUWiP 2019: Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics organized by American Physical Society, TAMU Corpus Christi, TX, 18–20 January.

2018: (1) [poster] Low-dimensional magnetism in trirutile Co1−xMgxTa2O6 studied using neutron diffraction and specific heat, Hector S Fierro, COURI symposia, UTEP, 4 August. 2017: (1) [poster] Evolution of magnetic frustration and spin-flop transition in the triangular sawtooth lattice olivines Mn2SiS4−xSex, Raju Baral, Gordon Research Seminar on Correlated electron Systems, Mount Holyoke College, MA, 23–24 June.

Abstracts contributed to 2018: (3) Discovery of a new quantum dimer magnet in a strongly spin-orbit coupled material, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles (5–9 March). (2) Discovery of a new quantum dimer magnet on a strongly spin-orbit coupled honeycomb lattice: Yb2Si2O7, International Conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism, University of California Davis (9 July). (1) Short range order in the quantum XXZ honeycomb lattice material BaCo2(PO4)2, International Conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism, University of California Davis (9 July)

2017: (4) Electronic and magnetic properties of quasi-skutterudite PrCo2Ga8 compound, Strongly Correlated Electron Systems SCES 2017, Prague (17 July). (3) 27Al NMR Spectroscopy Study of Frustrated Spinel Compound FeAl2O4, Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism, Moscow (1 July). (2) Magnetic susceptibility of CoNb2O6, Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section, Las Cruces, NM (21 October). (1) Creating and investigating disorder in the Ising chain, Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase, Fort Collins, CO (18 April). 2012: (1) Intermag 2012, IEEE International Magnetics Conference, Vancouver (7–11 May). 2011: (4) 56th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Scottsdale, AZ (30 October–3 November). (3) DPG Spring meeting, Dresden (13–18 March). (2) LT–26, Shanghai (10–17 August). (1) ICMAT–11, Singapore (26 June–1 July) 2009: (4) ICMR school on novel superconductivity, University of California, Santa Barbara (2–15 August). (3) Conference on superconductor–insulator transitions, ICTP, Trieste, (18–23 May). (2) DPG Spring meeting, Dresden (22–27 March). (1) Second CoMePhS Workshop in Controlling Phase Separation in Electronic Systems, Nafplion (30 September–4 October). 2008: (2) ISIF–2008, International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, Singapore (9–12 June). (1) 19th Annual General Meeting, Material Research Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram (14–16 February)