Nicholas Leonard

Summer Graduate Service Assistant - TA,

TCLAS Department of Physics - Graduate - Teaching Assistant/Associate

[email protected]

Department of Physics, 550 E Tyler Drive Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 1504

Campus: Tempe
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Student Information

Graduate Student
Physics
The College of Lib Arts & Sci

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptLKmpgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4996-8616

Research Interests

My research interests include quantum materials, non-equilibrium dynamics, Landau-Ginzburg theory, charge density waves, and X-ray spectroscopy.

Research Group

I am a physics graduate research assistant under Dr. Samuel Teitelbaum.

Publications

Undergraduate publications:

K. I. Chatzipanagis et al. "Structure of lead borate glasses by Raman, 11B MAS, and 207Pb NMR spectroscopies", J. Non-Cryst. Solids 589 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121660 (2022).

Research Activity

My research consists primarily of:

The development and usage of algorithms to simulate and visualize non-equilibrium phenomena governed by Landau-Ginzburg theory. There is an emphasis on the emergence and evolution of charge density waves.
The analysis of data of optically excited systems acquired via X-ray spectroscopy, both "offline" and "online."
Working at XFEL beamlines in other capacities including experiment logging, decision making, and setup modification.

Presentations

I acted as a teaching assistant for PHY 101 (2021-2022) where I gave weekly recitations, graded exams, and graded weekly assignments over basic physical theories including Newtonian mechanics, wave mechanics, and classical electromagnetism.