Amandeep Kaur
University of California
Department of Chemistry
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Room: 259
Phone: (530) 752-0906
Email: ackaur at ucdavis edu
Former 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
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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)
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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)
