Biography
B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Mathematics, cum laude, BYU, 1994
M.S. in Physics, U.C. Berkeley, 1997
Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, U.C. Berkeley, 2000
Postdoctoral Researcher, Naval Research Lab, 2000-2003
Assistant Professor, U.W. La Crosse, 2003-2007
Associate Professor, BYU, 2007 - present
Research Interests
Semiconductor physics, in particular the optical investigation of bulk and nano semiconductors for optical and spin applications.Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Performance Award, BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy (2023 - 2023)
- Alcuin Fellowship, BYU (2017 - 2020)
Memberships
- American Association of Physics Teachers (2007 - Present)
- American Physical Society (1998 - Present)
- Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society (1993 - Present)
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (1992 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Committee/Council Member, APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) (2024 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, American Physical Society (2019 - Present)
- Board Member, Utah Baroque Ensemble (2013 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review B (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Physics (2024 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, PERC Proceedings (2024 - 2024)
- Committee/Council Member, Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA) (2019 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Applied Physics Reviews (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advanced Energy Materials (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Physics (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advanced Materials (2023 - 2023)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, RARB.org (2008 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, RSC Advances (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review B (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Served as website reviewer: Physical Science Digital, McGraw-Hill (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Served as textbook reviewer: Krauskopf and Beiser, The Physical Universe, McGraw-Hill (2021 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, RSC Advances (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Served as textbook reviewer for Abell and Braselton, Mathematica by Example, 5th edition, Elsevier (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review Applied (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review Applied (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, ACS Omega (2019 - 2019)
- Other, APS March Meeting (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation (2018 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review Letters (2018 - 2018)
- Other, Orem High School (2018 - 2018)
- Other, BIT's 4th Annual World Congress of Smart Materials (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review B (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry (2017 - 2017)
- Other, EMN (Energy, Material, & Nanotechnology) Meeting on Quantum Communication & Quantum Imaging (2016 - 2016)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation (2016 - 2016)
- Other, CARA Awards (2008 - 2016)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Springer (2014 - 2015)
- Other, Scientists in International Context (2015 - 2015)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Naval Research Laboratory (2015 - 2015)
- Other, n/a (2014 - 2014)