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 studyPhys. 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 studyPhys. Rev. B 87, 115428 (2013)
G. Rahman, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, and J. M. MorbecIntrinsic magnetism in nanosheets of SnO2: A first-principles studyJ. Mag. Mag. Mater 328, 104 (2013)
J. M. Morbec and K. Capelle
Exact and approximate relations for the spin-dependence of the exchange energy in high magnetic fieldsInt. 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 theoryInt. 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 fieldPhys. Rev. B 78, 085107 (2008)
