Professor of Physics
Dr. Medvedeva’s research area is in computational condensed matter physics and materials science. She employs density-functional methods to study structural, electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties of solids from first principles. Research interests include: Transparent conducting oxides; Composition and defect formation; Amorphous oxide semiconductors; Crystallization, transport and flexibility; Thermoelectric and topological materials; Spin-orbital coupling and superconductivity; Advanced steels; Alloying, fracture, and deformation; Dilute magnetic wide-bandgap semiconductors; Multilayers, digital alloys, interface engineering; Magnetoresistivity in strongly-correlated oxides; Spin, charge, orbital degrees of freedom.
Dr. Medvedeva's research motto is Materials from the Mind rather than from the Mines.
Highly-accurate, multi-scale modeling allows her not only to explain observed complex behavior of materials and to predict ways to manipulate their properties but also to computationally design and test novel materials with target properties.
Materials that Dr. Medvedeva studies are technologically-appealing for many applications including photovoltaics, transparent and flexible electronics, display panels, light-emitters, and smart windows.
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About Julia E. Medvedeva
Dr. Medvedeva’s research area is in computational condensed matter physics and materials science. She employs density-functional methods to study structural, electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties of solids from first principles. Research interests include: Transparent conducting oxides; Composition and defect formation; Amorphous oxide semiconductors; Crystallization, transport and flexibility; Thermoelectric and topological materials; Spin-orbital coupling and superconductivity; Advanced steels; Alloying, fracture, and deformation; Dilute magnetic wide-bandgap semiconductors; Multilayers, digital alloys, interface engineering; Magnetoresistivity in strongly-correlated oxides; Spin, charge, orbital degrees of freedom.
Dr. Medvedeva's research motto is Materials from the Mind rather than from the Mines.
Highly-accurate, multi-scale modeling allows her not only to explain observed complex behavior of materials and to predict ways to manipulate their properties but also to computationally design and test novel materials with target properties.
Materials that Dr. Medvedeva studies are technologically-appealing for many applications including photovoltaics, transparent and flexible electronics, display panels, light-emitters, and smart windows.
| 2016 - Present | Professor of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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| 2014 - Present | Senior Research Investigator, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Graduate Center for Materials Research | |
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| 2012 - Present | Research Staff, Northwestern University | |
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| 2011 - 2016 | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Physics | |
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| 2005 - 2011 | Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Physics | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Density-functional methods, Ab-initio molecular dynamics, Structural, electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties of solids from first principles, Transparent conducting oxides, Amorphous oxide semiconductors, Advanced steels, Dilute magnetic semiconductors, and Strongly-correlated materials
Honors and Awards
- 2016: AIME Champion H. Mathewson Medal Award, TMS
- 2015: Gilbert R. Speich Award, Association for Iron and Steel (AIST)
- 2009, 2012: Faculty Research Award, Missouri S&T
- 2008: Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri S&T
- 2017: Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri S&T
Courses
- Engineering Physics II Recitations: Electricity and Magnetism (undergraduate)
- Engineering Physics I Recitations: Mechanics (undergraduate)
- Elementary Solid State Physics (upper-undergraduate elective)
- Condensed Matter Physics (graduate elective)
- Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics (graduate elective)
- Engineering Physics I Recitation (Physics 1135)
| 2002 | Ph.D. in Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences ‐ Institute of Metal Physics | |
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| 1999 | M.S. in Physics, Ural State University ‐ Department of Physics | |
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| 1997 | B.S. in Physics, Ural State University ‐ Department of Physics | |
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Contact Information
114 Physics Building
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409-0640
Phone: (573) 341-4789
Fax: (573) 341-4715
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