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Prof. Alex Demkov Office: RLM 13.206 Phone: (512) 471-8560 Fax: (512) 471-9637 Biography: Alex Demkov is a professor of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1995 from Arizona State University (ASU). In 1995-1997 he was a postdoctoral researcher at ASU. In 1997-2005 he was a principal staff scientist in Motorola's R&D organization providing theoretical support for the development of low- and high-k dielectric materials. In 2005 he joined the faculty of the Physics Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Demkov has published over 100 research papers and has been awarded seven U.S. patents. He co-authored the 2005 edition of the Semiconductor Roadmap (ITRS). In 2002-2004 he served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. He served as guest editor for several issues of physica status solidi (b). He contributed to several books and edited a book entitled "Materials fundamentals of gate dielectrics." He organized numerous sessions and served on program committees of many national and international conferences. He is member at large in the Forum of Industrial and Applied Physics of the American Physical Society. He received the NSF CAREER award, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Prof. John G. Ekerdt Office: ECJ 10.338 Phone: (512) 471-2125 Biography: John G. Ekerdt is the associate dean for research in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His work is supported by the endowment created as the Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering. He holds a Texas professional engineer's license. Dr. Ekerdt joined the faculty in 1979, after earning degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, (B.S., 1974), and the University of California, Berkeley, California (Ph.D., 1979). At The University of Texas at Austin, he has taught and conducted research within the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research interests include growth and properties of barrier thin films; kinetics and interface chemistry of silicon-germanium alloy nanocrystal dot growth from hydrides; precursor chemistry in thin film growth; thin film and quantum dot self-assembly at interfaces; growth and properties of dielectric films; kinetics and chemistry of biomass conversion. Dr. Ekerdt has held several administrative posts within and outside the university, including the Department of Chemical Engineering graduate advisor from 1985-90 and department chair from 1997-2005. He served as associate director of a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center the university from 1999-2001 and chaired the Chemical Technology Operating Council of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2009. He has authored more than 230 refereed publications, two books and three book chapters, and five U.S. patents. He has supervised more than 39 Ph.D. and 7 M.S. students. His professional awards are many and include the Charles M.A. Stine Award in Materials Science and Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2001, the Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award, The University of Texas in 2005, and election to Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2006.

Lab Manager

Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Agham Posadas Office: RLM 7.316 Phone: (512) 232-4242 Biography: Agham Posadas received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University in 2007, and his B.S. in Applied Physics (in 1994) and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (in 1997) from the University of the Philippines, where he specialized in the bulk growth and characterization of high-Tc superconductors. He then attended the University of Tokyo as a research student, participating in research related to the fabrication of Si and SiGe heterostructures using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). At Yale his Ph.D. research involved the growth and characterization of functional oxide thin films on semiconductors using both rf sputtering and MBE. He joined the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 becoming one of the principal researchers in the new Materials Physics Laboratory headed by Prof. Alex Demkov. He has co-authored over 20 research papers on various oxide thin film heterostructures and a chapter in a new textbook on ferroelectric materials. He is continuing to do research on the integration of complex oxides on semiconductors and is now managing the Oxide MBE lab at the University of Texas at Austin.

Student Researchers

Graduate Student, Miri Choi Adviser: Prof. Alex Demkov and Prof. Ken Shih Office: RLM 7.208 Phone: (512) 232-???? Research:

Graduate Student, Patrick Ponath Adviser: Prof. Alex Demkov Office: RLM 7.202 Phone: (512) 232-7573 Research:

Graduate Student, Kristy Kormondy Adviser: Prof. Alex Demkov Office: RLM 7.208 Phone: (512) 232-7535 Research:

Graduate Student, Martin McDaniel Adviser: Prof. John G. Ekerdt Office: ??? Phone: (512) ???-??? Research:

Graduate Student, Thong Ngo Adviser: Prof. John G. Ekerdt Office: ??? Phone: (512) ???-??? Research:

Lab Alumni

Lukas Schlipf, Masters 2012 Adviser: Prof. Alex Demkov Research: SrAl4 growth and characterization