Lucian Covaci - Universiteit Antwerpen
Lucian Covaci - Universiteit Antwerpen
Lucian Covaci - Universiteit Antwerpen
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<strong>Lucian</strong> <strong>Covaci</strong><br />
Contact<br />
Information Department of Physics, Condensed Matter Theory<br />
University of Antwerp Phone: +32 3 265 35 67<br />
U217 Fax: +32 3 265 35 42<br />
Groenenborgerlaan 171 E-mail: lucian.covaci@ua.ac.be<br />
<strong>Antwerpen</strong> 2020, Belgium WWW: covaci.org/lucian<br />
Date of Birth<br />
Citizenship<br />
January 8th 1976<br />
Romanian, Canadian<br />
Research Condensedmattertheory(inhomogeneoussuperconductivity,graphene,polaronphysics,<br />
Interests spintronics, non-equilibrium transport, GPU computation of electronic properties)<br />
Education<br />
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br />
PhD, Department of Physics (graduation date: August 2006)<br />
• Thesis Title: Inhomogeneous Superconductivity<br />
• Advisor: Prof. Frank Marsiglio<br />
• Area of Study: Condensed matter theory<br />
West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania<br />
M.Sc., Faculty of Physics, (graduation date: March 2000)<br />
• Thesis Title: Fractional Statistics in the Chern-Simons Theory<br />
• Advisor: Prof. Ion Cotãescu<br />
• Area of Study: Solid state physics<br />
B.Sc.(Physics), Faculty of Physics, (graduation date: June 1998)<br />
• Grade: 9.86 (out of 10), first out of 52 students<br />
• Thesis Title: Neutrino-Electron Scattering<br />
• Advisor: Prof. Ion Cotãescu<br />
Academic<br />
Experience Condensed Matter Theory, <strong>Universiteit</strong> <strong>Antwerpen</strong>, <strong>Antwerpen</strong>, Belgium<br />
FWO Postdoctoral Fellow October 2009 to present<br />
• Supervisor: Prof. François Peeters<br />
• research work in the field of Theoretical Condensed Matter (nanoscale superconductivity,<br />
graphene, kernel polynomial method, GPU computation, polaron<br />
physics)<br />
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<br />
Postdoctoral Fellow September 2006 to September 2009<br />
• Supervisor: Prof. Mona Berciu<br />
• research work in the field of Theoretical Condensed Matter (polaron physics,<br />
graphene, superconductivity)<br />
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Publications<br />
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br />
Graduate Student June 2000 to August 2006<br />
• Advisor: Prof. Frank Marsiglio<br />
• PhD research work<br />
• conducted research on the topics of inhomogeneous supercoductivity and transport<br />
through spin systems<br />
• performed computational studies of real-space lattice models, describing surfaces<br />
and interfaces of superconductors<br />
• performed extensive programming in C++<br />
• experience with parallel computing (MPI) on computer clusters and multiprocessor<br />
computing systems<br />
• Graduate courses taken: Advanced Quantum Mechanics I & II, Condensed Matter<br />
I & II, Classical Electrodynamics I, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Many<br />
Body Physics, Advanced Computational Physics<br />
Teaching Assistant fall 2000 to fall 2005<br />
• Supervisor: David Leonard<br />
• Lecturedweeklyfirst-yearphysicslaboratories(phys124,phys126,enph130,enph131,<br />
phys144, phys146).<br />
• Graded weekly lab reports.<br />
MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br />
Teaching Assistant fall 2005<br />
• Supervisor: Shelly Lorimer<br />
• Lectured weekly first-year physics laboratories (phys124, enph130).<br />
• Graded weekly lab reports.<br />
1. Superconducting proximity effect in graphene under inhomogeneous strain<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and F.M. Peeters<br />
submitted to PRL<br />
2. Rectification by imprinted phase in a Josephson junction<br />
G. R. Berdiyorov, M.V. Milosevic, L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and F.M. Peeters<br />
submitted to PRL<br />
3. Dynamic and static phases of vorticesunder an applied drive in a superconducting<br />
stripe with an array of weak links<br />
G.R. Berdiyorov, A. Romaguera, M.V. Milosevic, M.M. Doria, L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and<br />
F.M. Peeters<br />
submitted to PRB<br />
4. Impact of spin-orbit coupling on the Holstein polaron<br />
Zhou Li, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, M. Berciu, D. Baillie, F. Marsiglio<br />
Phys. Rev. B 83, 195104 (2011)<br />
5. Wave packet dynamics and valley filter in strained graphene<br />
A. Chaves, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, K. Rakhimov, G.A. Farias and F.M. Peeters<br />
Phys. Rev. B 82, 205430 (2010)<br />
6. Proximity-induced pseudogap in mesoscopic superconductor/normal-metal bilayers<br />
G-Q. Zha, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, S-P. Zhou and F.M. Peeters<br />
Phys. Rev. B 82, 140502(R) (2010)<br />
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7. Chebyshev-BdG: an efficient numerical approach to inhomogeneous superconductivity<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, F.M. Peeters and M. Berciu<br />
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 167006 (2010)<br />
8. Holstein polarons near surfaces<br />
G. Goodvin, L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and M. Berciu<br />
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 176402 (2009)<br />
9. Emerging non-equilibrium bound state in spin current-local spin scattering<br />
F. Dogan, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, W. Kim, and F. Marsiglio<br />
Phys. Rev. B 80, 104434 (2009)<br />
10. Formation of polarons in the presence of spin-orbit interactions<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and M. Berciu<br />
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186403 (2008)<br />
11. Survival of the Dirac points in rippled graphene<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and M. Berciu<br />
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 256405 (2008)<br />
12. Giant proximity effect in a phase-fluctuating superconductor<br />
D. Marchand, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, M. Berciu, M. Franz<br />
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 256405 (2008)<br />
13. Holstein polaron: the effect of multiple phonon modes<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and M. Berciu<br />
Europhysics Lett. 80, 67001 (2007)<br />
14. Quantum mechanics of spin transfer in coupled electron-spin chains<br />
W. Kim, L. <strong>Covaci</strong>, F. Dogan and F. Marsiglio<br />
Europhysics Letters 79, 67004 (2007)<br />
15. Proximity effect and Josephson current in clean strong/weak/strong superconducting<br />
tri-layers<br />
L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and F. Marsiglio<br />
Phys. Rev. B 73, 014503 (2006)<br />
16. Hidden Symmetries ofElectronicTransportin aDisorderedOne-DimensionalLattice<br />
W. Kim, L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and F. Marsiglio<br />
Phys. Rev. B 73, 195109 (2006)<br />
17. Impurity Scattering of Wave Packets on a Lattice<br />
W. Kim, L. <strong>Covaci</strong> and F. Marsiglio<br />
Phys. Rev. B 74, 205120 (2006)<br />
Presentations<br />
and posters 2011 - GraphITA, L’Aquila, Italy<br />
Superconducting proximity effect in strained graphene, oral presentation<br />
2011 - Graphene week, Obergurgl, Austria<br />
Superconducting proximity effect in strained graphene, poster<br />
2011 - 100 years of superconductivity, Leiden Netherlands<br />
Chebyshev-BdG: an efficient method for describing inhomogeneous superconductivity,<br />
poster<br />
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2010 - Recent Advances in Graphene and Related Materials, Singapore<br />
Superconducting proximity effect in graphene, oral presentation<br />
2010 - Cecam workshop on nanoscale superconductivity, Lausanne, Switzerland<br />
Chebyshev-BdG: an efficient method for describing inhomogeneous superconductivity,<br />
oral presentation<br />
2010 - 6th International Workshop on Magnetism and Superconductivity, Coma-Ruga,<br />
Spain<br />
Chebyshev-BdG: an efficient method for describing inhomogeneous superconductivity,<br />
oral presentation<br />
2010 - invited talk, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland<br />
Superconducting proximity effect: from conventional to giant, oral presentation<br />
2009 - Dyproso - <strong>Antwerpen</strong>, Belgium<br />
New developments in polaron physics, poster<br />
2009 - Northwest section APS meeting - Vancouver, BC<br />
Novel application of the kernel polynomial method to inhomogeneous superconductivity,<br />
oral presentation<br />
2009 - APS March Meeting - Pittsburgh PA<br />
2D Holstein polarons in the presence of spin-orbit interactions, oral presentation<br />
Quantum Effects for Interaction of Electron with coupled magnetic local spin chains,<br />
oral presentation<br />
A new method for solving the inhomogeneous Bogoliubov - de Gennes equations, oral<br />
presentation<br />
2008 - APS March Meeting - New Orleans LA<br />
Strong coupling polarons in graphene, oral presentation<br />
Extensions of the Momentum Average approximation, oral presentation<br />
2007 - APS March Meeting - Denver CO<br />
Interactions between spin polarized currents and local spin systems: A Quantum Mechanical<br />
Approach, oral presentation<br />
Dynamics of spin flipping, oral presentation<br />
The Holstein polaron: coupling to multiple phonon branches, oral presentation<br />
2007 - invited talk, condensed matter seminar, Simon Fraser University - Vancouver<br />
”Dynamics of spin flipping“, oral presentation<br />
2006 - invited talk, condensed matter seminar, University of Notre Dame -South Bend<br />
IN<br />
Andreev bound states in inhomogeneous superconductors, oral presentation<br />
2006 - APS March Meeting - Baltimore MD<br />
Andreev States in 2D Finite Size Samples, oral presentation<br />
Proximity effect and Josephson current in clean strong/weak/strong superconducting<br />
tri-layers, oral presentation<br />
2005 - CAP(Canadian Association of Physicists) Meeting - Vancouver BC<br />
Generalized Proximity Effect, oral presentation<br />
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2005 - CIAR Summer School - Vancouver BC<br />
Proximity effect in SN ′ S and DN ′ D Josephson junctions, poster presentation<br />
2005 - APS March Meeting - Los Angeles CA<br />
Numerical study of transport through a mesoscopic superconducting device, oral presentation<br />
2004 - CIAR Summer School - Toronto ON<br />
Bogoliubov de Gennes equations: normal metal layer on a superconducting substrate,<br />
oral presentation<br />
2004 - APS March Meeting - Montreal QC<br />
Effect of inhomogeneous interactions on superconducting properties, oral presentation<br />
2003 - CIAR Summer School - Vancouver BC<br />
Studying Surfaces and Tunneling with the BdG Equations, oral presentation<br />
2003 - APS(American Physical Society) March Meeting - Austin TX<br />
Study of Electronic Surface Properties for a 2D D-wave Superconductor, oral presentation<br />
2001 - CIAR(Canadian Institute of Advanced Research) Summer School - Sherbrooke<br />
QC<br />
Introduction to MgB2, oral presentation<br />
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