Joshua Cohn, Professor
Cohn is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Miami (UM). He served as chair of the department (2013-2021) prior to his current role (starting in 2022) as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education for UM’s College of Arts and Sciences. Cohn received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT in 1983 and his Ph.D from the University of Michigan in 1989. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, he came to UM as Asst. Prof. in 1992. Abbreviated CV
Department of Physics
Knight Physics Bldg.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33146
rm. 309, off: (305) 284-7123
rm. 123, lab: (305) 284-7135
jcohn@miami.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Artem Akopyan
Knight Physics Bldg.
rm. 123, lab: (305) 284-7135
a.akopyan@umiami.edu
Graduate Students
Sagarika Bhagade
Knight Physics Bldg.
rm. 123, lab: (305) 284-7135
sxb9504@miami.edu
Shahnoor Rahman
Knight Physics Bldg.
rm. 123, lab: (305) 284-7135
mxr2540@miami.edu
Former Lab Members
Dharmendra Shukla
Dissertation Title
Low-Temperature Thermal Conductivity in the Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) [C(NH2)3][B(HCOO)3] (B=Cu2+,Zn2+,Ni2+) (2020)
Current Position
Visiting Scientist National
High Magnetic Field
Laboratory Tallahassee, FL
Artem Akopyan
Dissertation Title
Low-Temperature Spin Seebeck Effect in the Helimagnetic Insulator Cu2OSeO3 (2019)
Current Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Miami
Saeed Moshfeghyeganeh
Dissertation Title
Anisotropic Transport Properties of Low-Dimensional Molybdenum Bronzes (2018)
Current Position
Asst. Prof. Of Instruction
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
Narayan Prasai
Postdoctal Fellow (2015-18)
Current Position
Visiting Asst. Professor
St. Mary’s College, MD
Narayan Prasai
Dissertation Title
Spin-Phonon Coupling and Magnetic Heat Transport in Low-Dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnets (2015)
Current Position
Alwynn Rebello
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-14)
Current Position
GlobalFoundries
MTS Device Engineering
ESD/LU Singapore
Krishna Prasai
Dissertation Title
Studies of the Insulator-Metal Transition in La1-xCaxMnO3 and Thin-Film Growth of Nd0.2Sr0.8MnO3 (2009)
Current Position
Corneliu Chiorescu
Dissertation Title
Transport Studies of Lightly Electron-Doped Manganese Oxides (2008)
Current Position
Director of Online Education Development
Georgia Military College
Mihai Peterca
M.S. Degree
Current Position
Data Scientist
United States Department of Defense
Fort George G. Meade, MD
Bartosz Zawilski
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-02)
Roland Maier
Dissertation Title
Novel Phase of Thin-Film Iron-Doped Barium Titanate (2002)
Current Position
Senior School Director
International Comprehensive School
Heidelberg, Germany
Ciprian Popoviciu
Dissertation Title
Thermal Transport and Phase Behavior of Cuprate Superconductors (1997)
Current Position
Asst. Professor
Department of Technology Systems
East Carolina University
Dmitri Litvinov
Current Position
Moores Professor,
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Facilities,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Houston
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