CURRICULUM VITAE 
SASHA DUKAN

 

Professional Appointments

 

    2004-2009, Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Goucher College
    2003-present, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Goucher College
    1996-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Goucher College
    1996-2003, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
    1995-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
    1993 Visiting Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Grenoble, France
    1988-1989 Assistant Research Scientist, Rugjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

 

Education

 

     1995, Ph. D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Johns Hopkins University
     1991, M. S.   in Theoretical Physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
     1991, M. A.  in Physics, Johns Hopkins University
     1988, B. S.   in Physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Research Experience        

Text Box:      1996-present, Theoretical research in condensed matter physics in collaboration with Goucher                             undergraduate students and theoretical condensed matter group at  the Johns Hopkins University      1999-2001,     Visiting Scholar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara         1995-1996,    Postdoctoral Fellow, teaching/research position, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University      1990-1995,    Graduate Research Assistant in Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics and Astronomy,                             Johns Hopkins University      1993,              Visiting Scientist at Max Planck Institute, Grenoble, France      1988-1989,    Assistant Research Scientist in the Molecular Physics Group, Rugjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

External Research Grants and Awards

   2009-2012   NSF, Division of Materials Research-Condensed Matter and Materials Theory RUI grant ,                                                                                         Project title: Thermal properties of Strongly-Coupled Extreme Type-II Superconductors  in the Mixed state

 

   2003-2005   Research Corporation, Cottrell College Science Award,
                       Project Title: Theoretical and Numerical Study of Thermal Properties of
                       Extreme Type-II Superconductors at High Magnetic Fields

 

  
   2000-2002  Research Corporation, Cottrell College Science Award,
                        Project Title: Theoretical and Numerical Study of Thermal Transport
                        in Extreme Type-II Superconductors at High Magnetic Fields


    1999-2001  NSF sponsored ITP Visiting Scholar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara


    1997            NSF Research Opportunity Award, Project Title: Anomalous Behavior of the Upper Critical Field
                        in the Extreme Type-II Superconductors


    1984-1988  Rugjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia, Fellowship for undergraduate research

Educational Grants and Awards

2010              Crosby Grant, Goucher College, Project Title: Introduction of  “Physlet Quantum Physics” into Modern Physics  and Quantum

                     Mechanics classes

 

2007          Crosby Grant, Goucher College, Project Title: Mathematical Methods for Physicists

 

2000-2004    NSF DUE Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Grant,
                      Project Title: Adapting Interdisciplinary Materials Science into Chemistry and  Physics


    2002             Summer Technology Grant for Course Enhancement, Goucher College.
                         Project Title: Teaching Physics with Maple™


    2001             Strategic Initiative Grant, Goucher College.
                         Project title: Integrating Atomic Force Microscopy into Math and  Science Curricula


    2001             Summer Technology Grant for Course Enhancement, Blackboard Workshop

 

Service to  Scientific Community
  
  2003-2006       CUR Physics/Astronomy Division Councilor
  2003-present   proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation
  1996-present   reviewer for Physical Review B and Journal of Computational Physics

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