Ph.D. Experimental Solid State Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics, Moscow

Curriculum Vitae

Lev GASPAROV, Ph.D. (Solid State Physics)

            Department of Chemistry and Physics                           Phone: (904) 620-1933
            University of North Florida                                           Fax:     (904) 620-1989
            4567 Saint Johns Bluff Road South                                          
            Jacksonville, Fl 32224

Research, Teaching, and Collaborations:

I am interested in spectroscopic studies of correlated electron systems. My current research program concentrates on charge and spin -ordering materials, transition metal chalcogenides, and high-temperature superconductors. The expertise in Raman and infrared spectroscopy provides the basis for these investigations.
My teaching interests involve the long-term introductory curriculum development in Physics. I taught Introductory Optics, Solid State Physics, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics and other standard Physics curriculum courses. Since I started at UNF in 2000 I have been a mentor for a number of the undergraduate students many of them are currently pursuing Ph.D in the leading national physics graduate schools.
I have ongoing collaboration with the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution in DC, the University of Florida, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory,  II. Physicalisches Institut-RWTH Aachen (Germany), and EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland). I am currently a reviewer for the   Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, and Journal of Applied Physics. I am a member of the American Physics Society.

Education:

Ph.D. Solid State Physics (1993)
Institute for Solid State Physics Chernogolovka, Russia (1988-1993)
Dissertation: Phonon Raman Scattering in high-temperature superconductors

Combined M.S. & B.S. (1988)
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Moscow, USSR (1982-1988)

Appointments:

Associate Professor (2006-present), Department of Chemistry and Physics,
            University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Assistant Professor (2000-2006), Department of Chemistry and Physics,
            University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Visiting Assistant Professor (1999-2000), Department of Chemistry and Physic, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-1999) Department of Physics, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1996-1997), II.Physikalisches Institut RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Visiting Scientist (1995-1996), II.Physikalisches Institut RWTH-Aachen, Germany.
Junior Researcher (1992-1995), Institute for Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia

Honors and Awards:

Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship (1996-1997). The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a non-profit foundation established by the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of international research cooperation. It enables highly qualified scholars outside of Germany to spend extended periods of research in Germany and promotes the ensuing academic contacts. The Humboldt Foundation promotes an active worldwide network of scholars. Individual sponsorship during periods spent in Germany and longstanding follow-up contacts have been hallmarks of the foundation's work since 1953.

Funding:

Office of Naval Research award # N00014-06-1-013: Advancing Chemical Sensors and Technology. $859,060 (2006-2007).

Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award # CC 5290:Raman and infrared studies of the layered transition metal chalcogenides. $39,000 for a three-year study (May 2001-May 2004).

Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award # CC 6130: Raman and infrared studies of the layered transition metal chalcogenides.$40,384 for three years study (May 2004-September 2007).

ACS Petroleum Research Fund G-type grant PRF#40926-GB10. Infrared and Raman Studies of 1T-TiTe2. $35,000 for three years (May 2004-August 2007).

UNF Summer Research Scholarship: Optical studies of order - disorder transition in magnetite and NbSe2. $5,000 for summer 2003.

UNF Proposal Development grant. Development of the proposal for National Science Foundation Research Instrumentation programs (Major research Instrumentation, Instrumentation for Materials Research). $5,000 for summer 2002.

UNF Summer Research Scholarship. Optical studies of the transition metal chalcogenides. $5,000 for summer 2001

Current and Past Undergraduate Research Students:

Korkut G. Brown – UNF Engineering; currently at the University of South California.
Christopher Tomaski - UNF Physics.
Daniel Arenas - UNF Physics; currently at the Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Jason Saredy - UNF physics.
Ed Randtke - currently at the Department of Chemistry, Florida State University
James Tracy – currently a high-school teacher in Jacksonville
Victoria Martin – UNF Math.

L.V. Gasparov, K.-Y. Choi, G.Güntherodt, H. Berger, L. Forro, “Electronic Raman scattering in Magnetite”. J. Appl. Phys.101, 09G108-1 (2007)

L.V. Gasparov, D. Arenas, K. -Y. Choi, G. Güntherodt, H. Berger, L. Forro, G. Margaritondo V. V. Struzhkin, R. Hemley, “Magnetite: Raman study of the high-pressure and low-temperature effects.” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10A922 (2005)
 
L.V. Gasparov, K.G. Brown, A.C. Wint, D.B. Tanner, H. Berger, G. Margaritondo, R. Gaal, L. Forro, “Phonon anomaly at the charge ordering transition in 1T-TaS2.” Phys. Rev. B 66, 094301 (2002)

H. Berger, D. Ariosa, R. Gaal, A. Saleh, G. Margaritondo, S.F. Lee, S.H. Huang, H.W.Chang, T.M. Chuang, Y. Liou, Y/D. Yao, Y.Hwu, J.H. Je, L.V. Gasparov, D.B. Tanner, “Coexistence of ferromagnetism and high-temperature superconductivity in Dy-doped BiPbSrCaCuO.” Surface Review and Letters 9, 1109-1112 (2002)

Gasparov, L.V., Gasparov, L.V., Tanner, D., Romero, D. B., Berger, H., Margaritondo,G., Forro, L. “Infrared and Raman studies of the Verwey transition in magnetite.”  Phys. Rev. B 62, 7939 - 7944 (2000).

V.A. Gasparov, S.N. Ermolov, S.S. Khasanov, G.K. Strukova, L.V. Gasparov, H.S. Wang, Qi Li, M. Schnider, Wo. Richter, E. Glaser, F. Schmidl, P.Seidel, B.L. Brandt. “Superconducting, surface and anomalous electron transport properties of BaNbO3-x films.” Physics B, 284-288, 1119 (2000).

L.V.Gasparov, P. Lemmens, N.N. Kolesnikov, G.Guntherodt, “Electronic Raman scattering in Tl2Ba2CuO6-d: Symmetry of the order parameter,
 oxygen doping effects, and normal -state scattering.” Phys. Rev. B 58, 11753-11760 (1998).
 
L.V.Gasparov, P. Lemmens, N.N. Kolesnikov, G.Guntherodt, “Electronic Raman scattering in Tl2Ba2CuO6-d; oxygen doping-effects.”
Physica B 244, 54-59 (1998).
 
L.V.Gasparov, P. Lemmens, M. Brinkmann, N.N. Kolesnikov, G. Guntherodt, “Electronic Raman scattering in the single-CuO2 layered superconductor Tl2Ba2CuO6-d.” Phys. Rev. B 55, 1223-1230 (1997).