Marcelo A. Kuroda
Department of Physics
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Associate Professor
Research Areas: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Office: Leach Science Center 2113
Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-4617
Email: mkuroda@auburn.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2009
Licenciado Degree, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2002
Professional Employment
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2020-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2014-2020
Post-doctoral Research Associate, IBM Research - TJ Watson Research Center
2011 - 2013
Post-doctoral Research Associate, IBM Research - TJ Watson Research Center
2009 - 2011
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
2003 - 2009
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Buenos, Argentina
1999 - 2003
Honors and Awards
Thomas and Jean Walter Endowed Professorship
2020
NSF CAREER Award
2019
Most Outstanding Professor (M.O.P.) Award, Society of Physics Students - Auburn University
2015
John Bardeen Award (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois)
2009
Mavis Memorial Fund Scholarship (Univ. of Illinois)
2008
Research and Teaching Interests
Condensed Matter Physics: Solid state physics. Materials Physics. Electronic and Thermal Transport: Classical and quantum transport descriptions. Device Physics: Post CMOS devices. Optoelectronics. Spintronics. Energy conversion. Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Systems: Physics emerging at the nanoscale. Computational Physics
Selected Publications
- J.J. Heath, M. Costa, M. Buongiorno-Nardelli, and M.A. Kuroda, "Role of quantum confinement and interlayer coupling in CrI3-graphene magnetic tunnel junctions", Phys. Rev. B 101, 195439 (2020).
- A.M. Pfeifle, M.A. Kuroda, "Tunable contact resistance in transition metal dichalcogenide lateral heterojunctions", Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 024002 (2020).
- J. Kumar, M. A. Kuroda, M. Z. Bellus, S.-J. Han, and H.-Y. Chiu, “Full-range electrical characteristics of WS2 transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 123508 (2015).
- P. M. Solomon, B. A. Bryce, M. A. Kuroda, R. Keech, S. Shetty, T. M. Shaw, M. Copel, L.-W. Hung, A. G. Schrott, C. Armstrong, M. S. Gordon, K. B. Reuter, T. N. Theis, W. Haensch, S. M. Rossnagel, H. Miyazoe, B. G. Elmegreen, X.-H. Liu, S. Trolier-McKinstry, G. J. Martyna, and D. M. Newns, “Pathway to the piezoelectronic transduction logic device”, Nano Letters 15, 2391–2395 (2015).
- M.A. Kuroda, J. Tersoff, D.M. Newns, G.J. Martyna, “Conductance through Multilayer Graphene Films”, Nano Lett. 11, 3629 (2011).
- M.A. Kuroda, J. Tersoff, G.J. Martyna, “Nonlinear Screening in Multilayer Graphene Systems”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 116804 (2011).
- M.A. Kuroda, A. Cangellaris, J.P. Leburton, “Nonlinear transport and heat dissipation in metallic carbon nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 266803 (2005).
Complete List of Publications: Google Scholar