Biographical Sketch

Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida.

Professional Preparation       

M.S.  June 1998, University of Oviedo, Spain, Physics / Material Sciences.

Ph.D. (summa cum laude), September 2001, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Solid State Physics.

Postdoc 2001-2003, University of California Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering Dept., Catalysis/Chemical Sensing.

Appointments

2008-present   Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Physics Department, Orlando, Florida.

2008-present   Joint secondary faculty appointments at the Nanoscience Technology Center and the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.

2004-2008       Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, Physics Department, Orlando, Florida.

2001-2003       Post-Graduate Scholar, University of California Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering Department, Santa Barbara, California.

Research and Industrial Experience

2005-2009:    Visiting researcher at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.

Topic: Nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering studies of phonon confinement in nanoscaled metallic multilayers, and vibrational dynamics in ⁵⁷Fe, ⁵⁷FePt and ⁵⁷FeAu clusters.

2003-2009:    Visiting researcher (3 weeks in 2003, 3 weeks in 2004, 7 weeks in 2005, 2 weeks in 2006, 3 weeks in 2008) in the Physics Department at the University of Duisburg-Essen

Topic: Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of chemically synthesized ⁵⁷Fe nanoparticles, ultrathin fct-Fe(110) films on vicinal Pd(110), Fe clusters on GaAs(001), confined Sn layers in Sn/Si multilayers, FMR studies of Fe-oxide nanoparticles and low-temperature STM studies of molecule adsorption on Cu(111) surfaces.

2001:              Industrial cooperation (6 months), Siemens, Nuclear Physics Department, Frankfurt, Germany.

Topic: Detection of Fe oxide residues in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor by ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. (Central Nuclear of Santa María de Garoña, Burgos, Spain).

2000:              Visiting researcher (2 weeks) at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.

Topic: Nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering studies on amorphous Sn/Si multilayers.

2000:              Visiting researcher (5 months) at the Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.

 Topic: Growth and magnetic properties of Fe nanowires on stepped- Pd(110).

1998:              Undergraduate fellowship (6 months) from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas at the Instituto Nacional del Carbón, Oviedo, Spain. 

Topic: X-ray reflectometry on ultrathin metal films.

Synergistic Activities

- Participation in the ASPIRE program (mentor) that provides local k-12 students access to high-level educational and research institutions.

- Associate editor of J. American Vacuum Science and Technology B.

Awards

Experimental techniques

Nanostructure synthesis

·        Molecular Beam Epitaxy.

·        Wet chemistry: inverse micelle encapsulation, nanosphere
  lithography.

·        Electrochemistry.

Surface Science / Nanotechnology:

·        Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.

·        Atomic Force Microscopy.

·        Transmission Electron Microscopy.

·        X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

·        Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

·        Auger Electron Spectroscopy.

·        Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction.

·        Low Energy Electron Diffraction.

·        X-ray Diffraction.

·        Nuclear Resonant Inelastic and Forward X-ray Scattering.

·        Temperature Programmed Desorption.

Magnetic characterization:

·        Mössbauer spectroscopy.

·        Magneto-optic Kerr Effect.