Dr. Yuriy Sizyuk
Position
- Postdoc Research Associate
Short Biography:
2017-present: Postdoc at Iowa State University with Prof. Peter P. Orth
2017: Ph.D. in Physics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, advisor Prof. Natalia Perkins. Title: "4d and 5d compounds as the new frontier of the anisotropic spin physics"
2014: M.S. in Physics at University of Wisconsin - Madison
2011: B.S. in Physics, summa cum laude at Illinois Institute of Technology
Summary of Research Interests:
Correlated materials with strong spin-orbit coupling
Magnetism in highly anisotropic spin systems
Realization of spin liquid states in solid state materials
Order-by-disorder in anisotropic spin systems
Area of Expertise: Condensed matter theory
2017-present: Postdoc at Iowa State University with Prof. Peter P. Orth
2017: Ph.D. in Physics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, advisor Prof. Natalia Perkins. Title: "4d and 5d compounds as the new frontier of the anisotropic spin physics"
2014: M.S. in Physics at University of Wisconsin - Madison
2011: B.S. in Physics, summa cum laude at Illinois Institute of Technology
Summary of Research Interests:
Correlated materials with strong spin-orbit coupling
Magnetism in highly anisotropic spin systems
Realization of spin liquid states in solid state materials
Order-by-disorder in anisotropic spin systems
Area of Expertise: Condensed matter theory
Contact
Email
ysizyuk@iastate.edu
Phone
+1 515 294 5440
Contact Info
12 Physics 2323
Osborn Dr
Ames
,
IA
50011-1026
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Minnesota, 2017
- M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
- B.S., Illinois Insitute of Technology, 2011
Publications
A complete list of my publications can be found on arXiv
Selected Publications and Preprints:
- Ioannis Rousochatzakis, Yuriy Sizyuk, Natalia B. Perkins, Quantum spin liquid in the semiclassical regime, arXiv:1706.03756, submitted to Nat. Comm.
- Peter Wölfle, Natalia B Perkins, Yuriy Sizyuk, Free energy of quantum spin systems: Functional integral representation, Phys. Rev. B 95, 184408 (2017)
- Yuriy Sizyuk, Craig Price, Peter Wölfle, Natalia B. Perkins, Importance of anisotropic exchange interactions in honeycomb iridates. Minimal model for zigzag antiferromagnetic order in Na2IrO3, Phys. Rev. B 90, 155126 (2014)