Argonne National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs Alumni

Craig J. Fennie
Nicholas Metropolis Named Scholar
Center for Nanoscale Materials
Appointment from 10/2006 to 6/2008
Supervisor: Stephen K. Strieffer

ANL Research Highlights

My interests lie at the intersection of materials science and condensed matter physics and can be broadly characterized as centered on the use of theory to discover and elucidate new structurally and chemically complex bulk solids and nanostructures, with a particular interest in dielectric, magnetic, and optical properties and in structural phase transitions. Materials displaying complex crystalline motifs are strikingly rich systems to study such emergent phenomena. The main thrust of my research at ANL was to establish an understanding of how to control the interplay between the diverse microscopic degrees of freedom prevalent in these systems in order to create new, targeted macroscopic properties, and to design the never-before-seen material realizations. The ANL Named Postdoctoral program gave me the unique opportunity to solely focus on conceiving and developing my research program, which during my time at ANL resulted in over 20 invited talks and colloquiums and five publications.

New Endeavors

Assistant Professor
School and Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
http://www.aep.cornell.edu/