James L. Erskine

Trull Centennial Professor of Physics

    Mailing Address:
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Department of Physics
    2511 Speedway, RLM 5.208
    Austin, TX 78712-0264
Personal
    Born: October 25, 1942, Seattle, Washington
    Married: Julie Grant, September 3, 1966; two sons
    Citizenship: U.S.A.

Education

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Washington (1964)
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Washington (1966)
  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Washington (1973); E. A. Stern, Advisor

Positions

  • Trull Centennial Professor of Physics, University of Texas (1986-present)
  • Associate Professor of Physics, University of Texas (1982-1986)
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Texas (1977-1982)
  • Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois (1974-1977)
  • Postdoctoral Associate, University of Washington (1973-1974)
  • Senior Engineer and Consultant, (Nuclear Weapons Effects) The Boeing Company (1967-1974)

Professional Societies/Service

  • Fellow, The American Physical Society (1988)
  • Conference Committee, Physical Electronics Conference (1987, 2000)
  • Member, NSF/DMR Review Panels (1995, 1998, 2000-2005)
  • Conference Committee, MMM Conference (2002)
  • Member, Various NSF Panels on Synchrotron Radiation, MRG Sites
  • Presidential Young Investigator Panels; REU Panels

Technical Specialties

  • Photoelectron emission applied to solids, surfaces, and interfaces
  • Surface crystallography using low energy electron diffraction
  • Application of magneto-optic techniques to thin film magnetic phenomena
  • Electron optics, application of synchrotron radiation to surface/solid state physics research
  • High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy
  • Domain-wall dynamics in magnetic microstructures

Publications

    Over 140 articles in refereed journals on topics of solid state physics, surface physics, magnetism, optical properties, thin films and interfaces, electron optics, applications of synchrotron radiation, spin distributions, and dynamics in microstructured magnetic material.
    List of Publications
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