Prof. Stephen Fahy
Associate Professor
Physics Department
University College Cork
Ireland
Phone:+353-21-4902452
or +353-21-4902468
Fax : +353-21-4276949
Email:s.fahy@ucc.ie
Education
| 1987 | Ph.D. in Physics University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Thesis topic: Electronic properties, structural phase transitions, and bonding of carbon in the solid state Thesis advisor: Prof. Steven G. Louie |
| 1981 | M.Sc. in Mathematics University College Cork , Ireland Topics: Theory of finite groups; complex and subharmonic functions |
| 1979 | B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics University College Cork , Ireland |
Professional Employment
| 1993- | Lecturer (1993-97) and Associate Professor (1998-) University College Cork, Ireland Department of Physics |
| 1990-93 | Assistant Professor of Physics and Applied Physics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Physics and Applied Physics Program |
| 1988-90 | Member of technical staff AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
| 1987-88 | Postdoctoral researcher University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Department of Physics Supervisor: Prof. Steven G. Louie |
Research Interests
Electronic structure theory and dynamical properties of condensed systems- Quantum Monte Carlo methods and applications
- Diamond and related materials
- Randomly-driven and coupled non-linear dyamical systems
- Dynamical response of solids to impulsive excitation
- Electron transmission in semiconductor heterostructures
Current Classes
- PY4020 Condensed Matter Physics
- Advanced Quantum and Statistical Physics
- PY502/PY4090 Computational Physics
- PY2050 Experimental Methods in Physics