Juliana M. Morbec

Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Education

• Ph.D.. in Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2009)
• M.Sc. in Physics, University of Uberlandia, Brazil (2006)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Uberlandia, Brazil (2005)
• B.Sc. in Physics, University of Uberlandia, Brazil (2003)

Areas of Interest

• Development and application of first-principles methods for the study of electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of many-electrons systems.

Experience

• 2014 – present, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Chicago
• 2013 – 2014, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California Davis
• 2009 – 2013, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alfenas, Brazil

Publications

• J. M. Morbec, Ieva Narkeviciute, Thomas F. Jaramillo, and Giulia Galli Optoelectronic properties of Ta₃N₅: A joint theoretical and experimental study
  Phys. Rev. B 90, 155204 (2014)
• J. M. Morbec and Gul Rahman
  Role of vacancies in the magnetic and electronic properties of SiC nanoribbons: An ab initio study
  Phys. Rev. B 87, 115428 (2013)
• G. Rahman, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, and J. M. Morbec
  Intrinsic magnetism in nanosheets of SnO2: A first-principles study
  J. Mag. Mag. Mater 328, 104 (2013)
• C. D. Costa and J. M. Morbec
  Boron and nitrogen impurities in SiC nanoribbons: an ab initio investigation
  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 205504 (2011)
• J. M. Morbec and R. H. Miwa
  Theoretical Study of Carbon Clusters in Silicon Carbide Nanowires
  Journal of Nanotechnology 2011, 203423 (2011)
• J. M. Morbec and K. Capelle
  Exact and approximate relations for the spin-dependence of the exchange energy in high magnetic fields
  Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 23, 3004 (2009)
• J. M. Morbec and K. Capelle
  Orbital-polarization terms: From a phenomenological to a first-principles description of orbital magnetism in density-functional theory
  Int. J. Quantum Chem. 108, 2433 (2008)
• J. M. Morbec and K. Capelle
  Contribution of the second Landau level to the exchange energy of the three-dimensional electron gas in a high magnetic field
  Phys. Rev. B 78, 085107 (2008)
• J. M. Morbec and R. H. Miwa
  Ge adsorption on SiC(0 0 0 1): an ab initio study
  Surf. Sci. 600, 1107 (2006)