Nitin Samarth is an American physicist, currently the George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head and professor of physics in the Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University.[1]
He obtained his undergraduate degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1980 and his Ph.D. in physics from Purdue University in 1986.[2] Samarth's research interests center on spintronic phenomena in thin films and nanostructures derived from semiconductors, magnetic materials and superconductors. He has pioneered the synthesis of a variety of materials in this context, resulting in key advances in semiconductor spintronics[3][4] and, more recently, topological spintronics.[5] Samarth's research is published in over 200 articles and has over 23,000 citations (GoogleScholar).[6]
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003)[7] and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013.[8] He received an Outstanding Physics Alumnus Award from Purdue University (2008).[9] At Penn State, he was awarded the Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences (2008) [10] and the George W. Atherton Award for Teaching Excellence (2007).[11]
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- ^ "Holders of Endowed Chairs". science.psu.edu. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ "Nitin Samarth — Penn State Department of Physics". www.phys.psu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ "Spintronics". Scientific American. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ Kikkawa, J. M.; Smorchkova, I. P.; Samarth, N.; Awschalom, D. D. (1997-08-29). "Room-Temperature Spin Memory in Two-Dimensional Electron Gases". Science. 277 (5330): 1284–1287. doi:10.1126/science.277.5330.1284. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ Mellnik, A. R.; Lee, J. S.; Richardella, A.; Grab, J. L.; Mintun, P. J.; Fischer, M. H.; Vaezi, A.; Manchon, A.; Kim, E.-A. (2014-07-24). "Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator". Nature. 511 (7510): 449–451. arXiv:1402.1124. Bibcode:2014Natur.511..449M. doi:10.1038/nature13534. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25056062. S2CID 205239604.
- ^ "Nitin Samarth". Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ "Samarth Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science — Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ University, Purdue Physics and Astronomy, Purdue. "Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy: Nitin Samarth". www.physics.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Samarth Earns Faculty Scholar Medal for 2008 — Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ "Samarth Receives 2007 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching — Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
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