Amandeep Kaur

Graduate student

Description

  • Amandeep is a graduate student in Physics department at UC Davis and works under the supervision of Warren Pickett and Giulia Galli. She is also the chair of International Graduate Student Issues Committee (IGSIC) on Chancellor's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board (CGPSA). Starting September 1st, 2013 she will be the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Grad Studies and Chancellor (GSADC) for the AY 2013-14.

Education

  • M.Sc. in Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2007)
  • B.Sc in Math Honors, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2005)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • Chancellor's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board, UC Davis

Areas of Interest

  • First-principles simulations of electronic structure properties of potential superconductors
  • Optical and excited state properties of materials
  • Core polarization effects on dielectric screening in molecules and semiconductors

Experience

  • 2009 – present, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Davis
  • 2012 – 2013 , Chair of International Graduate Student Issues Committee (IGSIC) of Chancellor's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board (CGPSA)

Publications

  • A. Kaur, E. Ylvisaker, Y. Li, G. Galli and W. E. Pickett
    First Principles Study of Electronic and Vibrational Properties of BaHfN2
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 155125 (2010)
  • A. Kaur, E. Ylvisaker, D. Lu, T . A . Pham, G. Galli and W. E. Pickett
    Spectral representation analysis of dielectric screening in solids and molecules
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 155144 (2013)