Alex Demkov

Biography

Alexander Demkov earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Arizona State University. He is professor of physics and affiliated with the Center for Computational Materials. Research in the Demkov group is focused on materials physics, and specifically on the properties of oxide materials and heterostructures. He studies transition metal oxides where using the subtle interplay between competing energy scales in the d- and f-electron manifolds one can realize different forms of order and control their strength, mutual coupling and correlation lengths. He uses density functional theory to predict the properties and molecular beam epitaxy to create oxide heterostructures. Demkov is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), a Fellow of the Materials Society a Senior Member of IEEE and recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.He received the IBM Faculty Award (2011) and the 2014 AVS Excellence in Leadership Award.

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