Madalina Ioana Furis Assistant Professor of Physics A523 Cook Physical Sciences 82 University Place Physics Department University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405-0125 Tel: 802.656.5177/802.656.4252 Fax: 802.656.0817 Madalina.Furis(at)uvm.edu

I received my PhD in February 2004 from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Physics Department and spent the following years as a Postdoctoral Associate at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. My PhD thesis was focused on ultrafast spectroscopy of wide bandgap semiconductors. I joined the physics department at UVM, as an Assistant Professor, in august 2006. I am also affiliated with the Material Science Program at UVM.

• Schedule (Fall 2008)

       Office hours: Mon. and Wed 11am to 12pm.
       Phys 214: Mon Wed and Fri 12:20pm-1:10pm
       Phys 051: Mon and Fri: 8am-10am, Wed 9am-10am 

• Teaching

Physics 214 Electromagnetism II

          Physics 051 Fundamentals of Physics I (team taught with Prof. Spartalian)

• Research

Over the past few years, my research was geared towards exploring the optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, such as CdSe colloidal quantum dots, in the presence of very high magnetic fields. My current research is focused on magneto-optical spectroscopy studies of spin polarized electron dynamics in semiconductors and optical Kerr effect measurements of ferromagnetic nanostructures. A complete list of my peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings and conference participation can be found here.

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