Curriculum Vitae
Masoud Kaveh
901 Carrier Drive MSC 4502 Cell: (513) 288-0894
Harrisonburg, VA, 22807, USA Email: kavehbmx@jmu.edu
Summary
Extensive experience in optical design, optical alignments, linear and non-linear optical investigations. Considerable knowledge of semiconductors, expert in organic molecular beam deposition and ultra-high vacuum systems, experienced in microscopy. Several years of experience instructing various science courses.
Professional Experience
· Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, James Madison University, 07/2019 - Present
· Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, James Madison University, 08/2016 - 07/2019
· Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 10/2011 - 05/2016
· Instructor, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 2010-2016
· Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 2009-2016
Professional Preparation
· PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA (2016)
· M.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA (2011)
· B.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2009)
Research Interests
Semiconductor Physics, Material Science, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Photonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Microscopy, Medical applications, Scientific writing; STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Research Skills
· Optical Characterization: Optical Design and Alignments, Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence measurements (Time Integrated, Temperature, Intensity and polarization dependent, Time Resolved: Time correlated single photon counting), Reflection and absorption measurements, Four Wave Mixing (FWM), Heterodyne detection, Autocorrelation (Higher order harmonic generations), Wide and narrow band gap semiconductor characterization, Low temperature measurements
· Organic Molecular Beam Deposition (OMBD), Nano-fabrication, Thin films, Sublimation and purification, Ultra high vacuum systems,E-beam deposition.
· Microscopy (Optical, AFM, SEM, TEM), X-Ray Diffraction
· Programming and Data Analysis: Python, Mathematica, Origin, LabVIEW, C, Image J, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Google Sketch up
Dissertation
Exploring the dynamics of charge carriers in bare, hybrid organic and plasmonic nanowires heterostructures
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
· Population dynamics and dephasing of excitons and electron-hole pairs in polytype wurtzite/zinc-blende InP nanowires, HP Wagner, M Kaveh, Q Gao, H Tan, C Jagadish, W Langbein, Physical Review B 95 (4), 045305, (2017).
· Controlling the exciton emission of gold coated GaAs–AlGaAs core–shell nanowires with an organic spacer layer, M Kaveh, Q Gao, C Jagadish, J Ge, G Duscher, HP Wagner, Nanotechnology 27 (48), 485204, (2016).
· Emission and Dynamics of Charge Carriers in Uncoated and Organic/Metal Coated Semiconductor Nanowires, M Kaveh Baghbadorani, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cincinnati, Aug, (2016).
· Exciton emission from hybrid organic and plasmonic polytype InP nanowire heterostructures, M Kaveh, O Dyck, G Duscher, Q Gao, C Jagadish, HP Wagner, Materials Research Express 2 (4), 045001, (2015).
· Photoluminescence and photothermal effect of Fe3O4 nanoparticles for medical imaging and therapy, ME Sadat, M Kaveh Baghbador, Andrew W Dunn, HP Wagner, Rodney C Ewing, Jiaming Zhang, Hong Xu, Giovanni M Pauletti, David B Mast, Donglu Shi, Applied Physics Letters 105 (9), 091903, (2014).
· Optical properties of Alq3 films and Alq3/plasmonic heterostructures, HP Wagner, N Wickremasinghe, M Kaveh, M Ajward, X Wang, H Schmitzer, Qiang Gao, Chennupati Jagadish, SPIE Organic Photonics+ Electronics, 91810P-91810P-9, (2014).
· Optical Properties of Alq3 Films and Alq3/Plasmonic Heterostructures, H Schmitzer, HP Wagner, N Wickremasinghe, M Kaveh, M Ajward, X Wang, Q Gao, C Jagadish, Proc. of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 9181, (2014).
Conference Abstracts
· Electrical Characterization of Semiconductor Nanostructure Based Capacitors, M. Kaveh, W. Hughes, M. Luedke, N. Roeske, J. Mitri, F. Baniasadi, C. Tao, H. Tan, M. Lysevych, C. Jagadish , Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Mar. 2019, Boston, MA.
· Reflection from bare and gold coated InP nanowire arrays, C. Tu, Q. Gao, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, M. Kaveh, H. Schmitzer, M. Fraenzl, H.P. Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Mar. 2019, Boston, MA.
· Light Reflection from Bare and Plasmonic InP Nanowire Arrays, H. Wagner, C. Tu, Q. Gao, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, M. Kaveh, M. Fraenzl and H. Schimtzer, 34th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) Aug. 2018, Corum, Montpellier, France.
. Electrical Characterization of GaAs, Si and SrTiO3 Semiconductor Nanostructure Based Capacitors, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, W Hughes, M Luedke, N Roeske, H Tan, M Lysevych, C Jagadish, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, T60.00004, (2018).
. High Excitation Density Effects in Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, Q Gao, C Jagadish, HP Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 61, (2017).
. High Excitation Density Effects in Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, Q Gao, C Jagadish, HP Wagner, The 83rd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section, Nov. 2017, Charlottesville, VA.
· Exciton emission from organic-plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs nanowire heterostructures, H. P. Wagner, M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish, G. Duscher, J. Ge, 33th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), Beijing, China, 2016.
· Exciton emission from plasmonic-organic-III–V-semiconductor nanowires and nanorods, Hans Peter Wagner, Masoud Kaveh, Fatemesadat Mohammadi, Heidrun Schmitzer, Qiang Gao, Chennupati Jagadish, Gerd Kunert, Detlef Hommel, Jingxuan Ge, Gerd Duscher, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium (PIERS), IEEE, 1846-1847, (2016).
· Plasmonics: revolutionizing light based technologies via electron oscillations in metals, M. Kaveh and H. P. Wagner, Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/plasmonics-revolutionizing-light-based-technologies-via-electron-oscillations-in-metals-38697, Jun. 22, (2015).
· Exciton Plasmon Interaction in Au coated Hybrid Organic GaAs Core Multi-shell Nanowire Heterostructures, M Kaveh, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, HP Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 60, (2015).
· Optical Investigations on Bare and Organic-Plasmonic coated GaAs-AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, HP Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 60, (2015).
· Bimodal Distribution of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots Prepared by UV-Photolithography, A DeSilva, M Kaveh, RR Gadipalli, SG Martino, HP Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 60, (2015).
· Dephasing and Population Dynamics of Electron-Hole-Pairs in AlGaAs/GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, HP Wagner, M Kaveh, Q Gao, C Jagadish, W Langbein, G Duscher, APS Meeting Abstracts 1, 13008, (2015).
· Exciton Emission from Uncoated and Plasmonic Gold/Alq3 Coated GaAs-AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, M Kaveh, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, HP Wagner, APS March Meeting Abstracts 1, 8002, (2015).
· Characteristics of guided modes in plasmonic metal/aluminum-quinoline multilayer waveguides, M. Kaveh, O. Dyck, G. Duscher, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish, H. P. Wagner, , Abstract at the International "Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium" (PIERS), Prague, Czech Republic, (2015).
· Exciton Dynamics in Organic/Plasmonic polytype WZ/ZB InP Nanowires, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, HP Wagner, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 59, (2014).
· Dynamics of Excitons in Bare and Organic/Metal coated InP Nanowires, M Kaveh, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, HP Wagner, APS Meeting Abstracts 1, 50012, (2014).
· Population Dynamics of Excitons in Polytype Wurzite-Zincblende InP Nanowires, HP Wagner, M Kaveh, W Langbein, Q Gao, C Jagadish, G Duscher, APS Meeting Abstracts 1, 50014, (2014).
· H. P. Wagner, M. Kaveh, W. Langbein, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish, G. Duscher, Population Dynamics of Electron-Hole Pairs in Polytype Wurtzite-Zincblende InP Nanowires, Abstract at the 32nd Int. Conf. on Semiconductors (ICPS 32), Austin, (2014).
· M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish, G. Duscher and H. P. Wagner, Dynamics of Excitons in Bare and Coated Plasmonic InP Nanowires, Abstract at the 32nd Int. Conf. on Semiconductors (ICPS 32), Austin, (2014).
· Exciton Dynamics in Hexagonal InP Nanowires, M Kaveh-Baghbadorani, W Langbein, Q Gao, C Jagadish, HP Wagner, APS Meeting Abstracts 1, 22001, (2013).
Manuscripts in progress
· M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish and H. P. Wagner, High Excitation Density Effects in Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires, final draft
· HP Wagner, M Kaveh, Q Gao, H Tan, C Jagadish, W Langbein, Population dynamics and dephasing of excitons and electron-hole pairs in GaAs/AlGaAs Core-Shell nanowires, in prepration
· M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish and H. P. Wagner, Emission of excitons from hybrid organic and plasmonic InP/Alq3/Au and InP/PTCDA/Au nanowire heterostructures, final draft
· N. Wickremasinghe, X. Wang, M. Ajward, M. Kaveh, A. Dongol, and H. P. Wagner, “Saturation and Thermal Dependence of Bimolecular Quenching in Alq3 Films”, final draft
Teaching Experience
· Faculty at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, James Madison University
PHYS 140 - College Physics I, Fall 2017 (181 Students)
PHYS 150 - College Physics II, Summer 2017 (51 Students)
PHYS 150 - College Physics II, Spring 2017 (79 Students)
PHYS 104 - Scientific Perspectives (Everyday Electronics), Spring 2017 (67 Students)
PHYS 140 - College Physics I, Fall 2016 (109 Students)
PHYS 101 – Physics, Chemistry and the Human Experience, Fall 2016 (47 Students)
· Instructor, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA (2010-2014). Courses: General Physics Lab I, II and III, College Physics Lab I, II and III
· Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA (2009-2014). Courses: Physics Advanced Laboratory (Assisting with setting up experiments, mentoring undergraduate students), College Physics I and II (Recitation classes, problem solving), How Things Work, Statistical Mechanics of Particles (Grading, monitoring students’ progress)
· Tutoring college and high school students, Physics and Mathematics, Iran & USA (2004-present)
Leadership Experience
· Organizing Committee Member, Virginia Soft Matter Workshop (http://vsm.cs.jmu.edu/), Sep. 2017
· Student Member at Large OSAPS, The graduate student representative of greater Ohio area (OH, MI, KY, IN, WV and PA) in the American Physical Society (APS), Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015
· President, Vice president and Officer, The Graduate Student Association (GSA) at Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Sep. 2013-Sep. 2014, Sep. 2012- Sep. 2013 and Sep. 2014-Apr. 2015 respectively
· Organizer, The Graduate Research Forum (Brown Bag Lunch talks) for graduate students, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 2011-2014
· Organizer, Physics Learning Center, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Fall 2013
· Vice President, Officer, Persian Student Association at the University of Cincinnati, Jan. 2011-Aug. 2015
Professional Training
· American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Workshop for new physics and astronomy faculty, Nov. 2016, College Park, MD.
· Standard for Qualification and Certification of Welding Inspectors, with requirements of American Welding Society (AWS) - QC1 Standard
Language
· Persian (native proficiency), English (full professional proficiency), Arabic (elementary proficiency), German (elementary)
Conference and Poster Presentations
M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish and H. P. Wagner
· “High Excitation Density Effects in Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires.”, American Physical Society (APS) March meeting, Mar. 2017, New Orleans, LA.
· “High Excitation Density Effects in Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowires.”, the 83rd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section, Nov. 2015, Charlottesville, VA.
M. Kaveh, Ondrej Dyck, G. Duscher, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish and H. P. Wagner
· “Exciton Emission from Plasmonic Metal/Organic Multishell Semiconductor Nanowires”, the 36th Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Jul. 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, EU.
M. Kaveh, Q. Gao, C. Jagadish and G. Duscher and H. P. Wagner
· “GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowire Plasmon Lasing”, Graduate Student Expo, Feb. 2016, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Core-Shell Nanowire Plasmon Lasing”, Graduate poster competition, Feb. 2016, Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Exciton Energy Transfer from Semiconductor Nanowires to Au Nanoparticles in Hybrid Organic Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs Nanowire Heterostructures”, Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meetings and exhibits, Dec. 2015, Boston, MA.
· “Exciton Emission from Uncoated and Plasmonic Gold/Alq3 Coated GaAs-AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires”, APS March meeting, Mar. 2015, San Antonio, TX.
· “Exciton Emission in Uncoated and Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires”, Graduate Student Expo, Feb. 2015, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Exciton Emission in Uncoated and Plasmonic GaAs-AlGaAs Core-Shell Nanowires”, Graduate poster competition, Feb. 2015, Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Dynamics of Excitons in bare and coated plasmonic InP nanowires”, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) Aug. 2014, Austin, TX.
· “Exciton dynamics in organic/plasmonic poly type WZ/ZB InP nanowires”, OSAPS, Apr. 2014, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH.
· “Dynamics of exciton in bare and organic/metal coated InP nanowires”, American Physical Society (APS) March meeting, Mar. 2013, Denver, CO.
· “Dynamics of exciton in bare and metal/organic InP nanowires”, Graduate poster forum, Feb. 2014, TUC, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Dynamics of exciton in bare and metal/organic InP nanowires”, Graduate poster competition, Feb. 2014, Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Exciton properties of uncoated and Organic/Metal coated InP nanowires”, OSAPS, Oct. 2013, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Exciton dynamics in hegzagonal InP nanowires”, OSAPS, Mar. 2013, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
· “Exciton dynamics in hybrid plasmonic nanowire heterostructures”, APS March meeting, Mar. 2013, Baltimore, MD.
· “Exciton dynamics in hybrid plasmonic metal/organic InP nanowires”, Graduate poster forum, Mar. 2013, University of Cincinnati, OH.
· “Exciton dynamics in hybrid plasmonic metal/organic InP nanowires”, Graduate poster competition, Feb. 2013, Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati, OH.
H. P. Wagner, M. Kaveh, Wolfgang Langbein, Q. Gao and C. Jagadish,
· “Population Dynamics of Electron-Hole Pairs in Polytype WZ/ZB InP nanowires”, Poster Presentation, Int’l Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), Aug. 2014, Austin, TX.
· “Dephasing and population dynamics of electron-hole-pairs in zincblende AlGaAs/GaAs core-shell nanowires”, APS March meeting, Mar. 2015, San Antonio, TX.
· “Population dynamics of exciton in polytype Wurtzite-Zincblende InP nanowires”, APS March meeting, Mar. 2014, Denver, CO.
A. DeSilva, M. Kaveh, R. R. Gadipalli, S. G. Martino and H. P. Wagner
· “Binomial Distribution of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots Prepared by UV-Photolithography”, APS March meeting, Mar. 2015, San Antonio, TX.
S. G. Martino, A. DeSilva, M. Kaveh, R. R. Gadipalli and H. P. Wagner
· “Investigation of Temperature Dependent PL on Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots Prepared by UV-Lithography”, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Apr. 2015, Cheney, WA.
Grants Awards
· 4-VA Collaborative Research Grant, Commonwealth of Virginia, James Madison University, 8800.00 $, (May 2018)
· 4-VA Collaborative Research Grant, Commonwealth of Virginia, James Madison University, 5000.00 $, (May 2017)
Awards & Scholarships
· University nominee for “Make Your Next Move Award”, Career & Academic Planning, James Madison University (Feb. 2018)
· First Year Faculty Recognition, Office of Sponsored Programs, James Madison University (Oct. 2017)
. Exemplary Poster Presentation, Graduate Student Expo & Poster Forum, Uni. Of Cincinnati (Feb. 2016)
· First place, Graduate poster competition, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Jan. 2016)
· The Henry Laws Research Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Aug-Dec 2015)
· Graduate Incentive Award (GIA), Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Aug-Dec 2015)
· Physics Alumni Endowment Scholarship Award, Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Spring 2015)
· First place, Graduate poster competition, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Feb. 2015)
· The Mary J. Hanna Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (2014-2015)
· Graduate Incentive Award (GIA), Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (2014-2015)
· Graduate Student Governance Association (GSGA) Award, University Of Cincinnati (Spring & Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2015)
· University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA (2009-2016)
· Mr. and Mrs. Newrock Award, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Spring 2014)
· Robert B. Withrow Memorial Scholarship Award, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Spring 2014)
· Third place, Poster competition, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Feb. 2013, Feb. 2014)
· Physics Special Fund Award, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati (Spring 2013)
· Department nominee for University of Cincinnati Graduate School Dean’s Fellowship (Dec. 2014)
· Department nominee for University of Cincinnati Research Council Fellowship (2013, 2014 and 2015)
In NEWS/Interviews
· UC office of public relations interviews Masoud Kaveh on his APS March meeting 2015 presentation in San Antonio, TX, by Dawn Fuller, Feb. 03/2015. (http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=21271)
· UC office of public relations interviews Masoud Kaveh on his APS March meeting 2014 presentation in Denver, by Dawn Fuller, Mar. 03/2014. (http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=19277)
· American Physical Society (APS) interviews Masoud Kaveh on Student Member at Large (SMAL), by Jessica Orwig, Dec. 2013 (Volume 22, Number 11). (http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201312/apssection.cfm)
Student Mentoring
· Nikolas Roeske (James Madison University)
· Maeven Luedke (James Madison University)
· Josh Mitri (James Madison University)
Membership
· American Physical Society (APS)
· The Optical Society of America (OSA)
· Materials Research Society (MRS)
· American Institute of Physics (IOP)
· The International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE)
· Ohio section of American physical society (OSAPS)
· South East section of American physical society (SESAPS)