Position: Graduate Student
Phone : 865-776-7755
Email: swilso10@utk.edu
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Science in Physics at University of Tennessee (2002)
Currently enrolled in Physics PHD program at the University of Tennessee
RESEARCH INTEREST
My current research interests center around studies of the role of magnetism within the high-Tc cuprate superconductors. Specifically, the role of spin fluctuations within the superconducting mechanism of the notably unstudied electron-doped cuprates. The evolution of the spin dynamics in these materials as the system is tuned towards an optimal superconductor represents a key study in my thesis. Additionally, I am interested in the role of quantum criticality in both the high-Tc cuprates and other non-Fermi Liquid systems. Systems, which I am currently studying, are the high-Tc cuprate Pr1-xLaCexCuO4 and the heavy fermion metal Sc1-xUxPd3. Other interests include quantum critical fluctuations within Ca-doped SrRuO4 and newly developing picture of magnetism in the superconducting sodium cobaltite system.
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