Orion Ciftja is a physicist and tenured professor at Prairie View A&M University. Ciftja specializes in theoretical physics with strong emphasis in condensed matter physics. His main areas of interest are quantum hall effect, nanoscale structures, and strongly correlated electronic systems.[1][2]

Orion Ciftja
BornNovember, 1967
Alma materInternational School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste, Italy
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsPrairie View A&M University

Awards

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Orion Ciftja has been awarded several National Science Foundation research grants.[3] He also received the distinguished honor of being the KITP scholar in the years 2007–2009.[4] He also has received the Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award on several occasions.[5]

Selected publications

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Ciftja has published over 100 refereed papers, has more than 10,000 reads, and has more than 1000 citations to his work.[citation needed]

  • Two-dimensional quantum-dot helium in a magnetic field: Variational theory, O Ciftja, MG Faruk, Physical Review B 72 (20), 205334 68 2005
  • Monte Carlo simulation method for Laughlin-like states in a disk geometry, O Ciftja, C Wexler, Physical Review B 67 (7), 075304 67 2003
  • Equation of state and spin-correlation functions of ultrasmall classical Heisenberg magnets, O Ciftja, M Luban, M Auslender, JH Luscombe, Physical Review B 60 (14), 10122 63 1999
  • Ground state of two-dimensional quantum-dot helium in zero magnetic field: Perturbation, diagonalization, and variational theory, O Ciftja, AA Kumar, Physical Review B 70 (20), 205326, 59, 2004
  • Understanding electronic systems in semiconductor quantum dots, O Ciftja, Physica Scripta 88 (5), 058302 51 2013

References

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  1. ^ Leiva, Ashley. "Orion Ciftja". Prairie View A&M University.
  2. ^ "Orion Ciftja publications Loop". loop.
  3. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0804568 - RUI - Anisotropy in Correlated Electronic Systems in Quantum Hall Regime". National Science Foundation.
  4. ^ "KITP Scholars Directory". KITP.
  5. ^ "Nine Faculty Honored as Teaching Excellence Winners". Texas A&M College of Science. 3 March 2009.
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