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Curriculum Vitae for Nathanael Alexander Fortune (Smith College Format) 

1. Name: Nathanael Alexander Fortune 

2. Address and Contact Information: 

Work address: 

Department of Physics, Clark Science Center/McConnell 315 

Smith College, Northampton MA 01063 

(413) 585-3980 (telephone), (413) 585-3786 (science center fax) 

nfortune@science.smith.edu, www.science.smith.edu/physics/nfortune/nat.html 

Home address: 

152 Westbrook Road, Whately, MA 01093 

(413) 665-6739 (telephone), (413) 665-6740 (fax) 

US Postal Service mailing address (use Home address for UPS, FedEx, etc) 

152 Westbrook Road, S. Deerfield, MA 01373 

3. Degrees: 

Doctorate January 1990 Boston University Physics 

Master's May 1985 Boston University Physics 

Bachelor's May 1983 Swarthmore College Physics, with honors 

Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: 

Calorimetric Study of Magnetic Field Induced Phase Transitions in (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 

4. Awards and Honors 

June 2000 Re-elected as a councilor for the Physics and Astronomy Division of the 

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) http://www.cur.org ; 

appointed chair of CUR Publications Committee 

June 1998 

May 1995 

May 1983 

Elected as a councilor for the Physics and Astronomy Division of the 

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) 

Inducted into Smith College Chapter of Sigma Xi (full member) 

Inducted into Swarthmore College Chapter of Sigma Xi (associate) 

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5. Employment History 

Assistant Professor of Physics (tenure-track) July 1994 to present 

Department of Physics, Smith College, Northampton MA 01063 USA 

Visiting Scientist (sabattatical research) Dec 1997 to April 1998 

Tsukuba Magnet Laboratory, National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan 

Research Scientist (permanent position) April 1992 to July 1994 

Physical Science Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba 305 Japan 

Postdoctoral Researcher September 1989 to April 1982 

Physical Science Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba 305 Japan 

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6. Grants Received 

External grants 

Calorimetric study of re-entrant magnetic and superconducting states in quasi-2D 

molecular materials 

duration: January 1998 through December 1999 

source: Research Corporation 

amount: $35,000 (including $7000 in matching funds from Smith College) 

role: primary investigator (single author proposal) 

Visiting Scientist Fellowship 

duration: December 1997 through March 1998 

source: Center of Excellence Program 

National Research Institute for Metals 

Tsukuba, Japan 305 

amount: travel and living expenses, plus four months salary (in Yen) 


Electrochemically-controlled crystal growth mechanisms in molecular conductors 

duration: September 1996 through August 1998 

source: Petroleum Research Fund 

(administered by the American Chemical Society) 

amount: $27,500 (including $2,500 in matching funds from Smith College) 


Search for electronic phase transition in κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 

associated with strong electron correlations 

duration: 

source: 

amount: 

role: 

February 1996 (two week experiment) 

National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (Japan) 

¥166,480 (about $1665), plus round-trip airfare to Japan 

primary investigator (single author proposal) 

Magnetothermal measurements in modulated magnetic fields 

duration: 

source: 

amount: 

role: 

January 1996 (two week experiment) 

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Tallahassee, Florida) 

(funded by the National Science Foundation) 

$1125 for travel, shipping of instruments and liquid helium 

primary investigator (single author proposal) 

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Internal grants 

Computer-based motion analysis in introductory physics 

duration: May 1999 through August 1999 

source: Committee on Educational Technology & Physics Dept. 

amount: $4650 for software ($1050 physics-only + $3600 bulk purchase) 

$34,000 in equipment expenses (approved by dean's office) 


Quasi-low dimensional collective phenomena in molecular conductors 

duration: July 1996 through June 1997 

source: Jean Picker Fellowship 

amount: $4,600 for travel and supplies 

plus reduction in teaching load by two courses (out of five) 


Low temperature, high magnetic field study of κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 

duration: January 1996 (one month experiment) 

source: Committee for Faculty Compensation and Development; 

Dean’s Fund for Research 

amount: $1,342 for supplies 


Test equipment 

duration: July 1995 through June 1996 

source: Dean’s Fund for Research 

amount: $980 


Instrumentation for image-subtraction based motion analysis 

duration: Summer 1995 through Fall 1995 

source: Clark Science Center Venture Fund 

amount: $4000 


Design of custom electronics for resistive thermal sensors 

duration: Summer 1995 (10 week project) 

source: Committee for Faculty Compensation and Development 

amount: $325 


Quasi-low dimension molecular conductors: growth and physical properties 


source: GE Faculty for the Future Fund 

(administered by Clark Science Center) 

amount: $3500 for supplies & student stipend for Cecily Bostock ‘98 

role: research supervisor and proposal co-author 

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Quasi-low dimension molecular conductors: growth and physical properties 


source: Shultz Foundation Fund 

(administered by Clark Science Center) 

amount: $3000 for student stipend for Yuri Kobayashi ‘96 

role: research supervisor and proposal co-author 

Electrochemical synthesis of quasi-low dimensional molecular conductors 

duration: Spring 1995 

source: Committee for Faculty Compensation and Development 

amount: $435 for supplies 

(plus 4 hours/week student stipend for Yuri Kobayashi ‘96) 

role: primary investigator 

Start-up funds 

duration: Fall 1994 through Spring 1996 

source: Dean’s Fund for Research 

amount: $60,000 

role: primary investigator 

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7. Publications 

Refereed articles in scientific journals: 

1995 -2000 (Smith College) 

KEY TO SYMBOLS: 

* Undergraduate co-author 

§ Provided samples 

† NAF was the primary contributor to this work. 

‡ NAF was an equal contributor to this work. 

◊ NAF was a minor contributor to this work 

34. N. A. Fortune†, *G. Gossett (Smith 2002), *L. Peabody (Smith 2002), 

*K. Lehe (Smith 2003), S. Uji and H. Aoki, “High Magnetic Field Corrections to 

Resistance Thermometry for Low Temperature Calorimetry” 

Review of Scientific Instruments, 71, 3825-3830 (2000). 

33. N. A. Fortune†, *M. A. Eblen (Smith 1999), S. Uji, H. Aoki, J. Yamada§, 

S. Tanaka§, S. Maki§, S. Nakatsuji§ and H. Anzai§, 

“Field dependence of the specific heat and magnetothermal effect for 

α-(BEDT-TTF) 2 KHg(SCN) 2 , in the density wave and high field ground states” 

Synthetic Metals 103, 2078-2079 (1999). 

32. N. A. Fortune†, G. Rajaram and K. Murata, “Temperature dependence of the 

normal state specific heat of κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 ,” 

Synthetic Metals 103, 2080 (1999). 

31. N. A. Fortune†, M. J. Graf, and K. Murata. “Physical dependence of the 

sensitivity and room-temperature stability of Au x Ge 1–x thin film resistive 

thermometers on annealing conditions,” 

Review of Scientific Instruments 69 (1) 133-138 (1998). 

30. N. A. Fortune†, *Y. Kobayashi (Smith 1996), and *C. Bostock (Smith 1998), 

“Video-microscopy-based study of molecular crystal growth modes,” 

Synthetic Metals 86 (1-3), 1855-1856 (1997). 

29. N. A. Fortune‡ and Yu. V. Sushko, “'Electronic structure of insulating salts 

of the κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 X family studied by low-temperature specific-heat 

measurements — Comment,” 

Physical Review B-Condensed Matter 56 (2), 949-950 (1997). 

28. N. A. Fortune†, P. J. Fons, and K. Murata, “Fermi-Surface Dependence of the 

Hall-Coefficient in Quasi-2D Molecular Conductors,” 


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27. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, K. Ikeda§, T. Nakamura§, and T. Takahashi§, 

“Evolution of the Fermi-Surface in Metastable β L -(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 ” 

Synthetic Metals 70 (1–3), 903-906 (1995). 

26. G. C. Papavassiliou, D. J. Lagouvardos, A. Terzis, C. P. Raptopoulou, B. Hilti, 

W. Hofherr, J. S. Zambounis, G. Rihs, J. Pfeiffer, P. Delhaes, K. Murata, 

N. A. Fortune◊, and N. Shirakawa, “Conducting and Superconducting Salts 

Based On BEDT-TTF and On Some Unsymmetrical Tetrachalcogenafulvalenes,” 


25. J. S. Zambounis, J. Pfeiffer, G. C. Papavassiliou, D. J. Lagouvardos, A. Terzis, C. 

P. Raptopoulou, P. Delhaes, L. Ducasse, N. A. Fortune◊, and K. Murata, 

“Structural and Physical-Properties of the Organic Metal 

τ-(P- (S,S)-DMEDT-TTF) 2 (AuBr 2 ) 1 (AuBr 2 ) x≈0.75 ,” 

Solid State Communications 95 (4), 211-215 (1995). 

Refereed articles in scientific journals : 1990 - 1994 (Electrotechnical Lab) 

24. K. Murata, N. A. Fortune‡, K. Ikeda§, and T. Takahashi§, 

“Evidence For a 20-K Transition in β-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 ,” 

Synthetic Metals 56 (1), 2246-2250 (1993). 

23. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, K. Ikeda§, and T. Takahashi§, 

“Competition Between Superconductivity and a New 20-K Phase 

in β-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 - Specific-Heat Measurements,” 

Physical Review Letters 68 (19), 2933-2936 (1992). 

22. N. A. Fortune†, J. S. Brooks, M. J. Graf, and L. Y. Chiang§, “Magneto-Quantum 

Oscillations of the Specific-Heat in the Bechgaard Salt (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 ,” Synthetic 

Metals 42 (1-2), 1667-1670 (1991). 

21. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, Y. Hidaka§, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama§, F. Iga, and 

Y. Nishihara, “Hall-Effect and Magnetic-Properties in Pr 2-x Ce x CuO 4 ,” 

Physica C 185, 1277-1278 (1991). 

20. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, F. Iga, Y. Nishihara, K. Kikuchi, S. Suzuki, I. 

Ikemoto, and Y. Achiba§, “Calorimetric Observation of a Structural Phase- 

Transition At Elevated-Temperatures in Single-Crystal C 60 ,” 

Physica C 185, 425-426 (1991). 

19. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, M. Tokumoto§, N. Kinoshita§, and H. 

Anzai§, “Calorimetric Observation of the Metal-Insulator Phase- Transition in 

α-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 ,” Solid State Communications 79 (3), 265-269 (1991). 

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18. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama§, and Y. Nishihara, 

“Variation of Carrier Concentration in Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4-δ By Reduction,” 

Physica B 169 (1-4), 635-636 (1991). 

17. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama§, and Y. Nishihara, 

“Systematic Variation of Transport and Thermodynamic Properties 

With Degree of Reduction in Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4-δ ,” 

Physical Review B 43 (16), 12930-12934 (1991). 

16. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, Y. Yokoyama§, M. Ishibashi, and Y. Nishihara, 

“The Effect of Cerium Doping and Oxygen Treatment of Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4-δ 

- Hall-Effect Measurements,” 

Physica C 178 (4-6), 437-444 (1991). 

15. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune◊, A. Kobayashi§, R. Kato§, and 

H. Kobayashi§, “Low-Temperature Electronic States in (DMEO-DCNQI) 2 Cu 

Under Pressure At Low-Temperature,” 

Synthetic Metals 42 (3), 2487-2490 (1991). 

14. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune◊, T. Komazaki, Y. Honda, M. Tokumoto, 

N. Kinoshita, and H. Anzai, “Electronic States and Fermi-Surface in 

(BEDT–TTF) 2 X - Hall- Effect and Magnetoresistance,” 


13. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune◊, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, H. Anzai, 

K. Kikuchi, K. Saito, I. Ikemoto, and T. Takahashi, “Hall-Effect of the Organic 

Superconductors of (TMTSF) 2 X, (DMET) 2 X and (BEDT-TTF) 2 X,” 

Physica C 185, 2685-2686 (1991). 

12. T. R. Nichols, K. Murata, N. A. Fortune◊, T. Komazaki, Y. Nishihara, 

and H. Itozaki, 

“Activated Carriers Near the Fermi Level in Epitaxial YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ Films,” 

Physica B 169 (1-4), 633-634 (1991). 

11. N. A. Fortune†, J. S. Brooks, M. J. Graf, G. Montambaux, L. Y. Chiang§, 

J. A. A. J. Perenboom, and D. Althof, 

“Specific-Heat Study of the Anomalous Quantum Limit of (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 ,” 

Physical Review Letters 64 (17), 2054-2057 (1990). 

10. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Honda, N. A. Fortune◊, M. Tokumoto§, 

N. Kinoshita§, and H. Anzai§, 

“Temperature-Dependence of Hall-Effect in β–(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 ,” 


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Refereed Articles in scientific journals : 1985 - 1989 (Boston Univ.) 

9. M. J. Graf, N. A. Fortune‡, J. S. Brooks, J. L. Smith§, and Z. Fisk§, 

“Specific-Heat of Pure and Thoriated UBe 13 At Low-Temperatures 

in High Magnetic-Fields,” 

Physical Review B 40 (13), 9358-9361 (1989). 

8. J. D. Hettinger, N. A. Fortune◊, J. S. Brooks, A. Goldman§, J. H. Kang§, 

J. L. Smith§, and Z. Fisk§, 

“Hall-Effect, Magnetoresistance, and Critical Fields of UBe 13 Thin-Films,” 


7. J. S. Brooks, N. A. Fortune†, M. J. Graf, P. M. Chaikin, L. Y. Chiang§, 

and S. Hsu§, 

“Calorimetric Evidence For High Magnetic-Field Transitions in (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 ,” 

Synthetic Metals 27 (3-4), B29-B33 (1988). 

6. N. A. Gershenfeld, J. E. Vancleve, W. W. Webb, H. E. Fischer, N. A. Fortune◊, 

J. S. Brooks, and M. J. Graf, 

“Percolating Cermet Thin-Film Thermistors Between 50 mK-300 K and 0-20 T,” 

Journal of Applied Physics 64 (9), 4760-4762 (1988). 

5. N. A. Fortune†, J. S. Brooks, J. E. Crow, and C. L. Lin§, 

“Precision-Measurements of the Magnetoresistance of CePb 3 , CePb 2.97 

and Ce 0.6 La 0.4 Pb 3 At 50 mK,” 

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 26, 543-544 (1987). 

4. N. A. Fortune†, G. M. Schmiedeshoff, J. S. Brooks, C. L. Lin§, J. E. Crow, 

T. W. Mihalisin, and G. R. Stewart, “Reduction of the Electronic Density of 

States of CePb 3 

At High Magnetic-Fields and Low-Temperatures,” 


3. N. A. Gershenfeld, J. Vancleve, M. J. Graf, N. A. Fortune‡, and J. S. Brooks, 

“Versatile Low-Temperature and High Magnetic-Field Thermometers 

— the Low-Temperature Magneto Resistance of Thin-Film Cermets,” 


2. G. M. Schmiedeshoff, N. A. Fortune◊, J. S. Brooks, and G. R. Stewart, 

“Computer -Controlled, Small Sample AC Calorimetry At Low-Temperatures 

and in High Magnetic-Fields,” 

Review of Scientific Instruments 58 (9),1743-1745(1987). 

1. M. Shayegan, V. J. Goldman, H. D. Drew, N. A. Fortune◊, and J. S. Brooks, 

“Magnetic-Field Induced Metal-Insulator-Transition in InSb and 

Hg0.79Cd0.21Te At Very Low-Temperatures,” 


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Refereed Articles in Specially Published Conference Proceedings 

P7. N. A. Fortune‡, K. Murata, Y. Nishihara, W. Ito, and T. Morishita, 

“Characterization of a-axis oriented YBa 2 

Cu 3 

O 7 

thin films: Hall effect 

measurements,” in Advances in Superconductivity Vol. VI (Springer-Verlag, 

1994). presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Superconductivity, 

Hiroshima, Japan, 1993). 

P6. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, G. C. Papavassiliou, D. J. Lagouvardos, and J. S. 

Zambounis, “Influence of anisotropic scattering along the 2D Fermi surface on 

transport properties in a new asymmetric-donor-based crystal.,” in Materials 

Research Society Proceedings Vol. 328, pp. 307-312 (Materials Research Society, 

1994). (Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 1993). 

P5. K. Murata, K. Ino, D. Ha, N. Fortune‡, F. Iga, Y. Yokoyama, and Y. Nishihara, 

“Effect of Oxygen on the Transport Properties of Bi 2 

Sr 2 

CaCu 2 

O 8-δ 

, YBa 2 

Cu 3 

O 7-δ 

and Nd 2-x 

CeCuO 4-δ 

,” in Advances in Superconductivity Vol. V (Springer-Verlag, 

1993) . (Fifth International Symposium on Superconductivity, Kobe, Japan, 1992) 

P4. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama, and Y. Nishihara, “The 

effect of reduction on the Hall effect in Nd 2-x 

Ce x 

CuO 4-δ 

,” in Springer 

Proceedings in Physics Vol. 60, pp. 259-262, (Springer-Verlag, 1992) . (Physics 

and Chemistry of Oxide Superconductors, Tokyo, 1992). 

P3. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, F. Iga, Y. Yokoyama, Y. Nishihara, and Y. Hidaka, 

“Influence of magnetic ordering on transport properties of Pr 2-x 

Ce x 

CuO 4 

,” in 

Advances in Superconductivity Vol. IV, pp. 93-96, (Springer-Verlag, 1992) . 

(Fourth International Symposium on Superconductivity, Tokyo, 1991) 

P2. N. A. Fortune†, K. Murata, Y. Hidaka, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama, and Y. 

Nishihara, “The physical effect of reduction on the Hall effect and 

superconducting properties of Nd 2-x 

Ce x 

CuO 4-δ 

,” in Advances in 

Superconductivity Vol. III (Springer-Verlag, 1991) . (Third International 

Symposium on Superconductivity, Sendai, Japan, 1990). 

P1. N. A. Fortune‡, K. Murata, and Y. Nishihara, “Study of the electronic states in 

the oxide superconductor YBa 2 

Cu 3 

O 7-δ 

by use of the Hall effect,” in 

Proceedings of the Japan Applied Magnetics Society (Japan Applied Magnetics 

Society, 1991) . (Annual Meeting of the Japan Applied Magnetics Society, 

Tokyo, 1990). 

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Works in Press 

Works Submitted but not yet Accepted 

Works in Progress 

Nathanael Fortune, "Kepler's Musical Proof of the Stability of the Solar System." 

Nathanael Fortune‡, *Melissa Eblen (1999), Michael Naughton, "Calorimetric 

investigation of the co-existence/competition between magnetic spin-density wave 

(SDW) and superconducting ground states in the quasi-one-dimensional molecular 

conductor (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 : dependence of SDW formation on degree of anion-ordering.” 

Nathanael Fortune†, *Katherine Lehe (2003), *Sara Gathers (2000), "A novel miniature 

four-terminal, two chamber electrochemical cell for video-microscopy-based control of 

electrocrystallization." 

Nathanael Fortune, *Lydia Peabody (Smith 2002), "Minature calorimeters and vacuum 

chambers for use in top-loading dilution refrigerators with rotating probes," 

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8. Concerts, Performances and Exhibitions 

9. Scholarly Lectures and Other Professional 

Presentations 

Colloquium lectures 

“Kepler's Musical Proof of the Stability of the Solar System” 

Date: 

Place: 

Event: 

1999 December 

Smith College/ Smith College Club 

Sigma Xi lecture series 

“Galilean Relativity, Special Relativity, and General Relativity” 

Date: 

Place: 

Event: 

1999 October 

Smith College/ Kahn Liberal Arts Institute 

1999/2000 Kahn Liberal Arts Project "Galileo at the Millenium" 

Participating Fellow Lecture Series 

“Barking up the right tree: a report from the Council on Undergraduate Research 

Seventh National Conference” 

Date: 

Place: 

Event: 

1998 September 

Smith College/ Smith College Club 

Sigma Xi lecture series 

“Crystal Healing and Personal Growth: electrochemically-controlled crystal 

growth mechanisms in molecular conductors” 

Date: 1997 February 4 

Place: Smith College/ Smith College Club 

Event: Sigma Xi lecture series 

“Travelling in the Sahara: the physics of quasi-1D molecular conductors” 

Date: 1995 May 18 

Place: Clark University/ Department of Physics 

Event: Physics Colloquium (invited speaker) 

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Conference Presentations (abstracts): 1995 - present (Smith College) 

36. *Lydia Peabody (Smith 2002), Nathanael Fortune, *Gayle Gossett (Smith 

2002), *Katherine Lehe (Smith 2003), *Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999), S. Uji, and 

H. Aoki "High Magnetic Field Corrections to Resistance Thermometers For Low 

Temperature Calorimetry, " March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 

presentation P32.003 (2000). 

35. Nathanael Fortune, *Lydia Peabody (Smith 2002) , *Katherine Lehe (Smith 

2003), *Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999), S. Uji, H. Aoki, J. Yamada, S. Tanaka, 

S. Make, S. Nakatsuji and H. Anzai, "Calorimetrically observed 

magnetoquantum oscillations and field-induced phase transistions in quasi-2D 

molecular conductors, " March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 

presentation P32.004 (2000). 

34. *Lydia Peabody (Smith 2002), *Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999), Nathanael 

Fortune, S. Uji, H. Aoki, M. Graf, "Comparative Magnetoresistance of 

Au 0.18 Ge 0.82 Thin Film and RuO 2 Thick Film Thermometers, " March Meeting of 

the American Physical Society, presentation OC17.11 (1999). 

33. *Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999), Nathanael Fortune, Michael Naughton, 

"Comparative Calorimetric Study of Spin-Density-Wave Transitions in 

(TMTSF) 2 PF 6 and (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 " March Meeting of the American Physical 

Society, presentation QC01.05 (1999). 

32. Nathanael Fortune, Nalini Easwar, Doreen Weinberger, "Implementation of 

Moore's IUPP-Based "Six Ideas" at Smith College: I. First-Semester Classes 

(Session LB20-Reform Efforts)", March Meeting of the American Physical 

Society, presentation LB20.08 (1999). 

31. Nalini Easwar,Nathanael Fortune, Doreen Weinberger, "Implementation of 

Moore's IUPP-Based "Six Ideas" at Smith College: II. Second-Semester Classes 

(Session LB20-Reform Efforts)", March Meeting of the American Physical 

Society, presentation LB20.09 (1999). 

30. Doreen Weinberger, Nalini Easwar,Nathanael Fortune, Jurek Pfabe, 

"Development of Laboratories to Supplement Moore's IUPP-Based "Six Ideas" at 

Smith College: I. Mechanics and Thermodynamics", March Meeting of the 

American Physical Society, presentation NP01.86 (1999). 

29. Doreen Weinberger, Nalini Easwar,Nathanael Fortune, Jurek Pfabe, 

"Development of Laboratories to Supplement Moore's IUPP-Based "Six Ideas" at 

Smith College: II. Electricity, Magnetism, Waves and Optics", March Meeting of 

the American Physical Society, presentation NP01.87 (1999). 

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28. N. A. Fortune, M. J. Graf, Y. Katayama, K. Murata and Y. Nishihara., 

"Sequentially sputtered Au/Ge multilayer thin film thermometers with constant 

temperature sensitivity: annealing dependence," March Meeting of the American 

Physical Society, (1996). 

27. N. Fortune, *Y. Kobayashi and *C. Bostock., "Video-microscopic studies of an 

electrochemically-grown molecular crystal. " International Symposium on 

Crystalline Organic Metals, (Austria, 1995). 

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Conference Presentations (abstracts): pre-1995 (pre-Smith College) 

26. N. A. Fortune and K. Murata, "Pressure and annealing dependence of 

superconducting and normal state properties of β-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 .", March 

Meeting of the American Physical Society, (Pittsburgh, PA, 1994) 

25. K. Murata, N. A. Fortune, G. C. Papavassiliou, D. J. Lagouvardos and J. S. 

Zambounis, "Study of 2D Fermi Surface in the molecular conductor τ– 

(P–(S,S)–DMEDT–TTF) 2 (AuBr) 1 (AuBr) y ," March Meeting of the American 

Physical Society, (Pittsburgh, PA, 1994) 

24. N. Fortune, K. Murata, T. Katayama and Y. Nishihara. "29p-T7: Metal-Insulator 

Transition in Ge 1-x Au x : R(H,T). Spring Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, 

(Sendai, Japan, 1993) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan (1993) . 

23. N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, G. C. Papavassiliou, D. J. Lagouvardos and J. S. 

Zambounis."12a-C-2: Transport Properties of the asymmetrical-donor-based 

crystal τ-(P-S, S-DMEDT-TTF) 2 (AuBr2) 1 (AuBr2) y ; y=0.75." Fall Meeting of the 

Physical Society of Japan, (Okayama, Japan, 1993) Bulletin of the Physical 

Society of Japan (1993) 538. 

22. K. Murata, K. Ino, D. Ha, N. Fortune, F. Iga, Y. Yokoyama and Y. 

Nishihara.Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d, YBa2Cu3O7-d, Nd2-xCexCuO4-d: effect of 

oxygen on transport properties. Spring Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, 

(Sendai, Japan, 1993) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan (1993) . 

21. N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, Y. Hidaka, F. Iga, Y. Yokoyama and Y. Nishihara. 

"30a-A8: Temperature dependence of the Hall effect in Pr2-xCexCuO4: evidence 

for Kondo scattering?" 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, 

(Japan, 1992) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan (1992) 357. 

20. N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, K. Ikeda and T. Takahashi. "E16-9: Calorimetric 

Study of Electronic and Structural Phase Transitions in β-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 ," 

American Physical Society March Meeting, (Indianapolis, IN, 1992) Bulletin of 

the American Physical Society 37 (1992) 233. 

19. 30a–M9:K. Murata, N. A. Fortune, F. Iga, Y. Nishihara, S. Suzuki and T. 

Takahashi. "Confirmation of 20 K transition in β-(BEDT-TTF) 2 I 3 ," 47th Annual 

Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan, (Japan, 1992) Bulletin of the Physical 

Society of Japan (1992) 360. 

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18. 30p-PSA15: Transport phenomena in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d, YBa2Cu-O7-d, Nd2- 

xCexCuO4-d and effect of oxygen on metallic state of CaVO3-y. 48th Annual 


Society of Japan (1992) 294.K. Murata, K. Ino, D. H. Ha, N. A. Fortune, F. Iga, 

Y.Yokoyama and Y. Nishihara. 

17. Electronic States of CaVO3-y. Fall Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, (Japan, 

1992) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan (1992) .Y. Nishihara, K. Murata, 

F. Iga, Y. Aiura, N. Fortune, A. Fukushima and I. H. Inoue. 

16. Metal-Insulator Transition in Ti & V-based Perovskite-type oxides. Fall Meeting 

of the Japan Physical Society, 1992) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan 

(1992) .Y. Nishihara, K. Murata, F. Iga, Y. Aiura, N. Fortune, A. Fukushima and 

I. H. Inoue. 

15. 27a-PS42: Metallic State of CaVO3-y. Fall Meeting of the Physical Society of 

Japan, (Japan 1992) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan (1992) 394.Y. 

Nishihara, K. Murata, F. Iga, Y. Aiura, N. A. Fortune, A. Fukushima and I. H. 

Inoue. 

14. M20-12: Calorimetric Observation of the Structurally Induced Metal-Insulator 

Phase Transition in a-(ET)2I3. American Physical Society March Meeting, 

(Cincinatti, OH, 1991) Bulletin of the American Physical Society 36 (1991) 

823.N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita and H. 

Anzai. 

13. M24-6: Systematic Variation of Transport and Thermodynamic Properties with 

Degree of Reduction in Nd2-xCexCuO4-d. American Physical Society March 

Meeting, (Cincinatti, OH, 1991) Bulletin of the American Physical Society 36 

(1991) .N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama and Y. Nishihara. 

12. 27a-Z8: Magnetoresistance of (BEDT-TTF)2KHg(SCN)4 under pressure. Spring 

Meeting of Physical Society of Japan, (Japan, 1991) Bulletin of the Physical 

Society of Japan (1991) 387. M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune, M. Tokumoto, N. 

Kinoshita and H. Anzai. 

11. Temperature Dependence of the Hall Effect in the BEDT-TTF salts. American 

Physical Society March Meeting, (Cincinatti, OH, 1991) Bulletin of the 

American Physical Society 36 (1991) 978.K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune, 

M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita and H. Anzai. 

10. Specific Heat Anomaly at 135 in a-(BEDT-TTF)2I3. Spring Meeting of the 

Physical Society of Japan, (Japan, 1991) Bulletin of the Physical Society of Japan 

(1991) 393. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita 

and H. Anzai. 

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9. 27p-Z8: Hall Effect in b-(BEDT-TTF)2I3, k-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2. Spring 


Society of Japan (1991) 393. K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, N. A. Fortune, M. 

Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita and H. Anzai. 

8. 2pPS41: Variation in Carrier Concentration by Reduction in Nd2-xCexCuO4-d. 

Fall Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, (Japan, 1990) Bulletin of the Physical 

Society of Japan (1990) .N. A. Fortune, K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Yokoyama 

and Y. Nishihara. 

7. 2p-K7: Transport Properties of Superconducting k-(ET)2Cu(NCS)2. Fall 

Meeting of the Japan Physical Society, (Japan, 1990) Bulletin of the Physical 

Society of Japan (1990) .K. Murata, M. Ishibashi, Y. Honda, N. A. Fortune, M. 

Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, H. Anzai, K. Kikuchi and I. Ikemoto. 

6. J19-6: Specific Heat Measurements of the High Magnetic Re-entrant phase of 

(TMTSF)2ClO4. American Physical Society March Meeting, (St. Louis, MO, 

1989) Bulletin of the American Physical Society (1989) 740. N. A. Fortune, J. S. 

Brooks, M. J. Graf, P. M. Chaikin, L. Y. Chiang and S. Hsu. 

5. I24-2: Low Temperature Specific Heat of UBe13 and U1-xThxBe13 in High 

Magnetic Fields. American Physical Society March Meeting, (St. Louis, MO, 

1989) Bulletin of the American Physical Society (1989) 700. M. J. Graf, N. A. 

Fortune, J. S. Brooks, J. L. Smith and Z. Fisk. 

4. I24-3: Hall Effect, Magnetoresistance and Critical Fields of UBe13 Thin Films. 

American Physical Society March Meeting, (St. Louis, MO, 1989) Bulletin of the 

American Physical Society (1989) 700. J. D. Hettinger, N. A. Fortune, J. S. 

Brooks, A. M. Goldman, J. H. Kang and J. L. Smith. 

3. R4-5: Heat Capacity of High Magnetic Field Induced Transitions in 

(TMTSF)2ClO4. American Physical Society March Meeting, (New Orleans, LA, 

1988) Bulletin of the American Physical Society (1988) 768. N. A. Fortune, J. S. 

Brooks, M. J. Graf, P. M. Chaikin and L. Y. Chiang. 

2. E17-7:Anisotropic Bulk Magnetization of the Heavy Fermion System CePb3. 

American Physical Society March Meeting, (New Orleans, LA, 1988) Bulletin of 

the American Physical Society (1988) 363. A. G. Swanson, N. A. Fortune, J. S. 

Brooks, T. Mihalisin and J. E. Crow. 

1. DR-11:Specific Heat Studies of the Heavy Fermion System CePb3 below 0.5 K in 

Magnetic Fields. American Physical Society March Meeting, (Baltimore, MD, 

1986) Bulletin of the American Physical Society 31 (1986) 344. N. A. Fortune, 

J. S. Brooks, G. M. Schmiedeshoff, J. E. Crow, T. Mihalisin and G. R. Stewart. 

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10. Other Professional Activities 

Professional activities on behalf of foundations funding scientific research 

Petroleum Research Fund ( http://www.acs.org/prf ) 

Administered by the American Chemical Society for "for advanced scientific 

education and fundamental research in any field of pure science which ...may 

afford a basis for subsequent research ... connected with the petroleum field." 

PRF grant proposal reviewer 

1998 April PRF Grant Type AC (for universities) 

1997 Nov PRF Grant Type AC (for universities) 

1997 Jan PRF Grant Type B (for undergraduate institutions) 

1996 Oct PRF Grant Type AC (for universities) 

Research Corporation ( http://www.rescorp.org ) 

Support for significant fundamental research in astronomy, chemistry and physics 

that aids professional development of faculty and students 

Research Corporation grant proposal reviewer 

1996 Jan Cottrell College Science Grant (for undergraduate institutions) 

National Science Foundation ( http://www.nsf.gov ) 

NSF grant proposal reviewer 

1995 Feb NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Panel 

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Professional Activities on behalf of national scientific organizations 

Council on Undergraduate Research ( http://www.cur.org ) 

CUR works to strengthen the research programs of faculty in predominantly 

undergraduate institutions and to promote research by undergraduate students in 

all settings of science, mathematics, and engineering education. 

CUR Publications Chair (2000-2001) 

CUR Physics and Astronomy Division Councilor (1998 - present) 

CUR Delegate to Annual Meeting of Councilors (business meeting) 

2000 June 19 - 21 College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 

1999 June U. Michigan at Duluth, Duluth, Michigan 

1998 June 23-25 Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 

CUR Smith College Liasion (1999 - present) 

2000/2001 activities 

pursuaded dean for academic development to send faculty team to CUR 

Institute on Grantsmanship (July 25-29, 2000) 

electronically distributed information from CUR on opportunities and 

congressional activities regarding research at undergraduate institutions 

1999/2000 activities 

arranged for two Smith College faculty nominations for CUR Fellows 

award honoring sustained achievement in research with undergraduates 

electronically distributed information from CUR on opportunities and 

congressional activities regarding research at undergraduate institutions 

Sigma Xi ( http://www.sigmaxi.org ) 

Sigma Xi sponsors programs supporting honor in science and engineering, 

science education, science policy and the public understanding of science. 

Sigma Xi Program Chair for Smith College Chapter (2000-2001) 

http://www3.science.smith.edu/departments/SigmaXi 

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Professional activities on behalf of student research 

Special Studies, Honors Research and Dissertation Committee activities 

Honors Thesis: research advisor 

1998/1999 Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999) 

Honors Thesis: reader 

1999 May Physics 

1997 May Physics 

Directed Special Studies in Physics: research advisor 

1999 Spring Heather White (Smith 2000) 

1995/1996 Yuri Kobayashi (Smith 1996) 

Faculty-directed research with undergraduates at Smith 

STRIDE scholars ( http://www.smith.edu/finaid/fao/strfact.htm ) 

( √ indicates research has lead to co-authorship on a refereed publication) 

1999/2000 Lydia Peabody (Smith 2002) √ Rev. Sci. Instrum 

Katherine Lehe (Smith 2003) √ Rev. Sci. Instrum 

1998/1999 Lydia Peabody 

Summer research participants 

( √ indicates research has lead to co-authorship on a refereed publication) 

Summer 1999 Gayle Gossett (Smith 2002) √ Rev. Sci. Instrum. 

Summer 1998 Melissa Eblen (Smith 1999) √ Synthetic Metals 

Summer 1997 Sara Gathers (Smith 2000) 

Shiho Iwanaga (Smith 1998) 

Summer 1996 Kulsoom Ally (Smith 1999) 

Shiho Iwanaga (Smith 1998) 

Summer 1995 Cecily Bostock (Smith 1998) √ Synthetic Metals 

Yuri Kobayashi (Smith 1996) √ Synthetic Metals 

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11. Professional Memberships 

American Association of Physics Teachers 

http://www.aapt.org 

American Physical Society 

http://www.aps.org 

Council on Undergraduate Research 

http://www.cur.org 

History of Science Society 

http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec 

Sigma Xi 

http://www.sigmaxi.org 

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12. Service 

Pre-major advising, major and minor advising, STRIDE advising 

1999-2000 2 major advisees 

6 pre-major advisees 

2 STRIDE advisees 

1998-1999 1 senior thesis student 

7 pre-major advisees 

1 STRIDE advisee 

1997-1998 no advisees (on sabbatical) 

1996-1997 4 pre-major advisees 

1995-1996 7 pre-major advisees 

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Departmental Committees and Responsibilities 

1999-2000 

Science Planning Committee (starting December 1999) 

Division III Computing Committee 

Departmental liaison to Committee on Educational Technology 

1998-1999 


Departmental liaison to Committee on Educational Technology 

1997-1998 

Division III Computing Committee(except Dec 97 - March 98) 

departmental representative to Dean's quantitative skills committee 

1996-1997 


“What’s New in Physics” (5 college undergraduate lecture series) 

Pre-talk lecturer—provides preview of relevant physics (at Smith) 

1995-1996 


“What’s New in Physics” (5 college undergraduate lecture series) 


1994-1995 

General Safety Committee (Clark Science Center) 

Radiation Safety Committee (Clark Science Center) 

“What’s New in Physics” ((5 college undergraduate lecture series)) 


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Interdepartmental Committees and Responsibilities 

Kahn Institute 

1998-1999 Participating Fellow in Kahn Institute Program for 1999-2000: 

Star Messenger: Galileo at the Millennium 

Program in History of Science (HSC) 

1995-present Member of program and advisor for the minor in History of 

Science;Member of HSC Steering Committee 

External Review Committees for Smith College Biology Department 

1999 Spring Smith College Physics Department Representative to Biological 

Sciences External Review 

1998 Spring Smith College Physics Department Representative to Computer 

Science External Review 

1996 Spring Smith College Physics Department Representative to Chemistry 

External Review 

College Committees and Five-College Committees 

2000 - 2003 Committee on Educational Technology 

(elected position) 

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Other College Service 

Engineering 

K-12 Outreach 

Author of Smith 2020 Proposal to Establish Major in Engineering 

at Smith College (Co-Author: Craig Davis, English Dept); a 

leading advocate on the faculty floor for establishing engineering. 

Smith will graduate its first majors in Engineering in 2004. 

1996 Nov 11 Answered letter from 8th grade girl (general science class) 

regarding a question in physics that came up in class: “If you place 

a sealed jar of flies on a sensitive bathroom scale, does the reading 

on the scale depend on how many flies are flying instead of 

resting?” (Good question!) 

1996 Oct 20 Answered letter from 10th grade boy (chemistry class) asking for 

information on new and exciting developments in physics and 

chemistry and in my own research 

Alumnae Outreach 

1996 Apr 20 Spectrum Panel Presentation (Div III representative) 

1995-present 

Physics Department Open House representative (graduation week) 

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CV - Clark Science Center - Smith College

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