Dr Ulrich Zülicke
I work at the Institute of Fundamental Sciences as
an Associate Professor in Physics. See my
official home page for contact
details and a brief curriculum vitae. If interested, you can read my
resume.
I have openings for PhD students (support+fees
for 3 years)!!
Interested BSc(Hons) or MSc graduates are encouraged to enquire details
directly from me.
Research Interests
My current research is focused on the Theory of Functional Nanostructures. Using methods
of theoretical condensed-matter physics, I am working on descriptions of quantum transport
in mesoscopic (i.e., small and/or low-dimensional) conductors. Examples of such structures
comprise, e.g., two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures and quantum wires. Most
recently, the subfield of Spin Electronics has captured my strongest interest. Its objective
is to explore ways to control electronic (charge) current by manipulating the electron's
intrinsic angular-momentum (i.e., spin) state.
Please peruse my recent publications and talks if you like to know more details about my work.
Interested in doing research on nanoelectronics? Be part of a hot new field of research
where solid-state physics, materials science, and chemistry converge! Investigate what
happens when electronic devices get as small as a thousandth of the diameter of a human
hair. Join our effort to understand, and utilize, novel quantum transport effects in small
and low-dimensional conductors such as quantum wires and dots. Prior knowledge of methods
and concepts in solid-state physics and statistical mechanics is helpful but not required.
For more information, please
contact me. I always have suitable
projects available at all levels.
I am a Principle Investigator at the MacDiarmid Institute for
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and a member of Massey University's
Centre of Theoretical Chemistry and Physics.
Current Teaching
My teaching assignments for Semester 2 of 2009 are the physics papers
124.226 "Quantum and Statistical Physics"
(first half) and
124.102 "Physics I(b)" (second half), as well as Module 1 of
236.201 "Nanoscience".
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