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NAME: Talat Shahnaz Rahman Full version of this vita
PRESENT ADDRESS:
Department of Physics Phone: (407) 823‑5785 (work) University of Central Florida (407) 823-5112 (FAX) Orlando, FL 32816 http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/rahman e‑mail: talat@physics.ucf.edu ACADEMIC DEGREES B. S. (Physics), Karachi University, 1969; M. Phil (Physics), Islamabad University, 1970 Ph.D. (Physics), University of Rochester, 1977
ACADEMIC POSITIONS Provost Distinguished Research Professor and Chair, University of Central Florida, 2006‑ present University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, 2001‑ 2006 Professor, Kansas State University, 1991‑ 2001 Associate Professor, Kansas State University, 1986‑1991 Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, 1983‑1986 Assistant Research Physicist, University of California, Irvine, 1979‑1982 Postdoctoral Physicist, University of California, Irvine, 1977-1979
VISITING POSITIONS Visiting University Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Fall Semester 2000 Visiting Scientist, Fritz Haber Institute, MPG, Berlin, Spring Semester 2001, Summer 1998-2005. Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institut fuer Stormungsforschung, Göttingen, June‑July, 1997 Visiting Scientist Freie Universität and Fritz Haber Institut, MPG, Berlin, July‑August, 1996 Faculty Research Participant, Argonne National Lab., May‑August 1990, June‑August, 1995 Professor Invite', Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, June‑August, 1993 Visiting Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, September, 1992 to May, 1993 Visiting Scientist, Sandia Livermore Laboratory, July‑September, 1992 Guest Scientist, Forschungszentrum‑Juelich, Summer Months 1984‑89 and 1991
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS Higuchi Award, University of Kansas, 2002; Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis, 2000 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, Kansas State University, 1998 Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998; Sigma-Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-2006 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Federal Republic of Germany, 1987‑88 Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award, Kansas State University, 1992; CNRS‑Italy Fellowship, 1993 UNDP‑TOKTEN Fellowship, Quaid‑e‑Azam University, Pakistan, 1994
FIVE PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT 1. S. Stolbov, T. S. Rahman, First principles study of some factors controlling the rate of ammonia decomposition on Ni and Pd surfaces, J. Chem. Phys.123, 204716 (2005) 2. K.-Y. Kwon, K. L. Wong, G. Pawin, L. Bartels, S. Stolbov, and T. S. Rahman, Unidirectional adsorbate motion on a high-symmetry surface: “Walking'' molecules can stay the course, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 166101 (2005); see also Physics News Update (AIP) No751 #2 (2005) . 3. S. Stolbov, S. Hong, A. Kara, and T. S. Rahman, “Origin of the C induced p4g reconstruction of Ni(001),” Phys. Rev. B 72,155423 (2005); also selected for the October 31, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (AIP, APS) http://www.vjnano.org/. 4. S. Stolbov and T. S. Rahman, “Role of Long Range Interaction in Oxygen Superstructure Formation on Cu(001) and Ni(001), Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 116101 (2002). 5. O. Trushin, A. Karim, A. Kara , and T. S. Rahman, “Self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo method: Application to Cu(111),” Phys. Rev. B 72, 115401 (2005).
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1. S. Hong, T. S. Rahman, R. Heid, and K. P. Bohnen, “First-principles calculations of the phonon dispersion curves of H on Pt(111),” Phys. Rev. B 71, 245409 (2005). 2. M. A. Ortigoza, R. A. Klemm, and T. S. Rahman, “Effect of dipolar interactions on the magnetization of cubic array of nanomagnets,”Phys. Rev. B 72, 174416 (2005). 3. F. Baumberger,T. Herrman, A. Kara, S. Stolbov, N. Esser, T. S. Rahman, J. Osterwalder, W. Richter, and T. Greber, “Optical recognition of atomic steps on surfaces,” Phys. Rev. Lett 90, 177402 (2003). 4. M.O. Jahma, M. Rusanen, A. Karim, I.T. Koponen, T. Ala-Nissila and T.S. Rahman, “Diffusion and submonolayer island growth during hyperthermal deposition on Cu(100) and Cu(111),” Surf. Sci. 598, 246 (2005). 5. M. Rusanen, I. T. Koponen, T. Ala-Nissila, C. Ghosh, and T. S. Rahman, “Morphology of ledge patterns during step flow growth of metal surfaces vicinal to fcc(001),” Phys. Rev. B 65 (Rapid Comm.), 041404 (2002).
CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS: Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics of Nanoalloys (2005-08) $300,600, DOE; Chemisorption Studies at Metal Surfaces (2006-09), $345,000; NSF-INT Supplement (Germany, $27,000 (2003-05)); NSF (US-Turkey), $40,000 (2003-2006); Kinetics of diffusion driven processes on metal surfaces (2004-06), $66,000, CRDF (US-Russia);Controlling Structural, Electronic, and Energy Flow Dynamics of Catalytic Processes through Tailored Nanostructures (2003-2006), $307,050 DOE; Parallel Data Mining for Nanoscale Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations, (2004-09) NSF-ITR, $1.2M (with 3 Co-PI’s); International Nathiagali Summer College (2004-05) $20,000, NSF-INT.
Ph.D. Supervisor: Professor R.S. Knox, Department of Physics, University of Rochester Postdoctoral Mentors: Professor D.L. Mills, Department of Physics, University of California‑Irvine; Professor A.A. Maradudin, Department of Physics, University of California‑Irvine Past and Present Post‑Doctoral Associates: Dr. Zengju Tian, 1993; Dr. Abdelkader Kara, 1994 ‑ 1998; Dr. Ulrike Kürpick, 1995‑ 1997, Dr. Sergey Stolbov, 2000 – present, Dr. Ahlam Al Rawi, 2001- present. Past Graduate Students: Present Graduate Students: Jin He, PhD 1987 Duy Le, PhD in Physics, in progress Liqiu Yang, PhD 1991; Kai Yang, PhD 1991 Altaf Karim, PhD in Physics, in progress Wes Bailey, MS 1995; Pavlin Staikov, PhD 1998 Maia Magrakvelidze, PhD in progress Sondan Durukanolgu, PhD 1999 Faisal Mehmood, PhD in Physics, in progress Ahlam Al‑Rawi, PhD, 2000; Weibin Fei, PhD 2000 Marisol Alcantara, PhD in Physics, in progress Chandana Ghosh, PhD 2003; Sampyo Hong, PhD 2005 Handan Yildirim, PhD in Physics, in progress
Other Collaborators in the past 48 months: Profs. K. Jacobi and G. Ertl, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin; Prof. Ludwig Bartels, U of California, Riverside. Profs. T. Ala-Nissila and I. Koponen, Dr. Petri Salo, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), Finland Drs. K.P. Bohnen and R. Heid, Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Professor Matti Alatalo, LUT, Finland Prof.essors M. Tringides and J. Evans, Iowa State University, Professor T. Einstein, University of Maryland. Dr. Oleg Trushin, Russian Acad. Sciences, Yaroslavl; Profs.Tony Heinz and Stephen O’Brien, Columbia U.
Research Interests: First principles studies of phenomena on surfaces, nanostructures, and bio-inspired materials: chemisorption, diffusion, reaction, vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics; theory and modeling of structural stability and characteristics of nanoalloys; atomistic studies of diffusion at complex solid surfaces (with steps and kinks); modeling of epitaxial growth and surface morphological evolution using self learning kinetic Monte Carlo techniques; phenomenological studies of single molecule magnets.
Synergistic Activities: Helped establish program at Kansas State University for enhancing retention and graduation rates of students from historically underrepresented groups; co-organizer of the annual International Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan on “Physics and Contemporary Needs of Developing Countries”; member, Executive Committee, Division of Material Physics, American Physical Society; frequent lecturer at Kansas public schools; editorial board member Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Theoretical & Computational Nanoscience, and International Journal of Physics.
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