John D. Watson
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave. West Lafayette, IN 47906
208-859-9744 watson5@purdue.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Experimental Condensed Matter, Purdue University Expected December 2014
Dissertation advisor: Prof. Michael Manfra
M.S., Physics, Purdue University
2010
Cumulative GPA 4.0/4.0
B.S. in Engineering Physics, Northwest Nazarene University
2008
Cumulative GPA 3.97/4.0
EMPLOYMENT
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Research Assistant
Dept. of Physics
Graduate Fellow
Dept. of Physics
Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Physics
with Prof. Michael Manfra
with Prof. Michael Manfra
Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID
Research Assistant
Dept. of Physics with Prof. Dan Lawrence
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Summer 2007
Experiment: Lens metrology and fabrication process development
Boise State University, Boise, ID
Research Assistant
Dept. of Elec. Eng.
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Summer 2008
Experiment: Holographic interferograms of musical instruments
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID
Engineering Intern
Wafer Level Optics Group
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2012-Present
2009-2012
2008-2009
with Prof. Steve Parke Summer 2006
Experiment: Characterization of double gated SOI MOSFET transistors and SPICE
modeling
RESEARCH
High-mobility growth of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy
Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Micro/nano-scale semiconductor processing
Cryogenics
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Teaching Assistant, Physics 241 Electricity and Magnetism Fall 2008 and Summer 2009
Teaching Assistant, Astronomy 264 Descriptive Astronomy
Spring 2009
Northwest Nazarene University, West Lafayette, IN
Grader, Physics 313 Modern Physics
Grader, Physics 111/112 College Physics
Fall 2007
Fall 2006/Spring 2007
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
GRAD 590 Preparing Future Faculty Course
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Course focused on transition from graduate school/post-doctoral work to junior
faculty positions, tenure process, roles and responsibilities of positions in academia
PHYS 670A Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students
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Spring 2014
Fall 2008
Course focused on current research in physics education and practical teaching
methods and provided feedback on classroom performance, management, etc.
AWARDS
H.Y. Fan Award for Excellence in Graduate Condensed Matter Physics, Purdue
2012
Outstanding Student Poster, North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference 2011
Purdue/Sandia National Lab Excellence in Science and Eng. Fellowship
2009-2012
Steven Wilson Outstanding Graduate, School of Health and Science, Northwest
Nazarene University
2008
President's Scholar, Northwest Nazarene University
2004-2008
Top Freshman Physics Student, Northwest Nazarene University
2005
National Merit Scholar
2004
Eagle Scout
2003
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
8) G. C. Gardner, J. D. Watson, S. Mondal, N. Deng, G. A. Csáthy, and M. J. Manfra.
“Growth and electrical characterization of Al0.24Ga0.76As/AlxGa1-xAs/ Al0.24Ga0.76As
modulation-doped quantum wells with extremely low x.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102,
252103 (2013)
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7) A. T. Hatke, M. A. Zudov, J. D. Watson, M. J. Manfra, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West.
“Evidence for effective mass reduction in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells.” Phys. Rev.
B 87, 161307(R) (2013).
6) M. I. Hossain, Z. Ikonic, J. Watson, J. Shao, P. Harrison, M. J. Manfra, and O. Malis.
"Strong heavy-to-light hole intersubband absorption in the valence band of carbondoped GaAs/AlAs superlattices.” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 053103 (2013).
5) N. Deng, J. D. Watson, L. P. Rokhinson, M. J. Manfra, and G. A. Csathy. "Contrasting
energy scales of the reentrant integer quantum Hall states." Phys. Rev. B 86,
201301(R) (2012).
4) J. D. Watson, S. Mondal, G. Gardner, G. A. Csathy, and M. J. Manfra. "Exploration of
the limits to mobility in two-dimensional hole systems in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum
wells." Phys. Rev. B 85, 165301 (2012).
3) A. T. Hatke, M. A. Zudov, J. D. Watson, and M. J. Manfra. "Magnetoplasmon
resonance in a two-dimensional electron system driven into a zero-resistance state."
Phys. Rev. B 85, 121306(R) (2012).
2) N. Samkharadze, J. D. Watson, G. Gardner, M. J. Manfra, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West,
and G. A. Csathy. "Quantitative analysis of the disorder broadening and the intrinsic
gap for the ν = 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state." Phys. Rev. B 84, 121305(R) (2011)
1) J. D. Watson, S. Mondal, G. A. Csathy, M. J. Manfra, E. H. Hwang, S. Das Sarma, L. N.
Pfeiffer, and K. W. West. "Scattering mechanisms in a high-mobility low-density
carbon-doped (100) GaAs two-dimensional hole system." Phys. Rev. B, 83,
241305(R) (2011).
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
5) John Watson, Sumit Mondal, and Michael Manfra.
“Properties of in-situ back-gated two-dimensional electron gases in GaAs”
Contributed Talks: APS March Meeting, Denver
March 2014
4) John Watson, Sumit Mondal, and Michael Manfra.
“Growth of high mobility, in-situ back-gated two-dimensional electron gases in
GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells.”
Contributed Talks: APS March Meeting, Baltimore
March 2013
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3) John Watson, Sumit Mondal, Geoff Gardner, Gabor Csathy, and Michael Manfra.
"Exploration of the limits to mobility in two-dimensional hole systems in
GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells."
Contributed Talks: APS March Meeting, Boston
March 2012
Posters:
Aspen Winter Conference, Aspen
February 2012
NAMBE Conference, San Diego
August 2011
EP2DS Conference, Tallahassee
July 2011
2) John Watson. "A day in the life of a physics graduate student."
Department Seminar: Northwest Nazarene University, Dept. of Physics
November 2010
1) John Watson, Sumit Mondal, Gabor Csathy, Michael Manfra, Loren Pfeiffer, and
Kenneth West. "Density dependence of mobility in a high quality carbon-doped
GaAs two-dimensional hole system."
Contributed Talks: UGIM Symposium, Purdue University
June 2010
APS March Meeting, Portland
March 2010
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