Curriculum Vitae DANIEL PODOLSKY - Physics@Technion

Curriculum Vitae
DANIEL PODOLSKY
Department of Physics
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology phone: +972 (4) 829-3585
32000 Haifa, Israel podolsky@physics.technion.ac.il
Education:
• Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University, 2005.
Thesis title: Interplay of magnetism and superconductivity in strongly correlated systems.
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Eugene Demler, Department of Physics.
• M.A. in Physics, Harvard University, 2000.
• B.A. in Physics with Honors, with Distinction, Stanford University, 1998.
Research:
• Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Technion, 2009-present
• Postdoctoral Fellow with Profs. Yong Baek Kim, Hae-Young Kee, and Arun Paramekanti
in the Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 2007-2009
• Postdoctoral Fellow with Profs. Joel Moore and Ashvin Vishwanath in the Department
of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 2004-2007
• Research Internship with Dr. Ivar Martin at the Center for Non-Linear Studies, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Summer 2004
• Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Eugene Demler in condensed matter theory,
2000-2004 at Harvard University
• Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Cumrun Vafa in string theory, 1998-2000 at
Harvard University
• Undergraduate Thesis Research with Prof. Patricia Burchat in high energy particle
experiment, 1996-1998 at Stanford University
Service:
• Organized international workshop at Technion: “Quantum Magnetism in Ultracold
Atoms” (May 15-19, 2011). The workshop together a group of leading researchers in
the field from around the world.
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• Regular referee for professional journals (Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B).
• Referee for the US National Science Foundation and the Israeli Science Foundation.
• Organizer, Berkeley Quantum Materials Seminar, 2005-2007
• Organizer, Harvard Condensed Matter Theory Kids Seminar, 2002-2003
Teaching:
Senior Lecturer at Technion
• Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2010, Spring 2011
• Advanced Solid State, Fall 2010
Graduate Teaching Fellow at Harvard University
• Introduction to Solid State Physics, Prof. Eugene Demler, Fall 2003
• Quantum Theory of Solids, Prof. Eugene Demler, Fall 2001, Spring 2003
• Quantum Field Theory, Prof. Sidney Coleman, Fall 1999-2001, Spring 2000-2002
• Principles of Phys: Electricity, Waves, & Nuclear Phys, Prof. Cumrun Vafa, Summer
1999
• Wave Phenomena, Lab, Prof. Michael Schmitt and Tomas Hayes, Fall 1998, Spring
1999
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Stanford University
• Introduction to Modern Physics, Prof. Jeff Willick, Winter 1998
In addition, I have given lectures in graduate Quantum Field Theory (for S. Coleman),
graduate Solid State Theory (for E. Demler), undergraduate Quantum Mechanics (for J.E.
Moore), and graduate Many Body Theory (for A. Vishwanath).
Awards and grants:
• Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, 25,000 euro/year for four years (2011-
2015)
• Israeli Science Foundation grant, 175,000 NIS/year for four years (2009-2013)
• Harvard University, Derek Bok Award for Distinction in Teaching (2004)
• Harvard University, Goldhaber Prize to top Theoretical Physics Graduate Student
(2003)
• Harvard University, Van Vleck Travel Grant Award (2002)
• Stanford University, Firestone Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Research (1998)
• Stanford University, Carrington Prize for Scholarship and Teaching (1998)
• Stanford University, Levine Award to top Physics Undergraduate Students (1997)
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Recent talks:
Daniel Podolsky
• Quantum spin liquids: Can an insulator have a Fermi surface?, Condensed Matter
Science Colloquium, Los Alamos National Lab (2011).
• Creation and control of fractional excitations using microwaves, at the workshop “Topological
Insulators”, Aspen (2011)
• Visibility of the Higgs mode in Condensed Matter, at the workshop “Quantum Magnetism
in Ultracold Atoms”, Technion (2011).
• The Search for the Elusive Spin Liquid, Condensed Matter seminar, Tel Aviv University
(2011)
• The Search for the Elusive Spin Liquid, Condensed Matter seminar, Bar Ilan (2011)
• The Longevity of the Higgs Mode, Invited talk at the conference ICMP 2010, Mysore,
India (2010)
• Open Questions in High Tc Superconductivity, talk given for the Doch Segel Mechkar
course at the Physics Department, Technion (2010)
• The Search for the Elusive Spin Liquid, Colloquium at the Physics Department, Technion
(2010)
• The Longevity of the Higgs Mode, Condensed Matter seminar, Caltech (2010)
• The Longevity of the Higgs Mode, Quantum Materials seminar, Berkeley (2010)
• The Cascaded Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in Polar Condensates, Condensed Matter
Kids Seminar, Harvard (2010)
• A continuous Mott-Metal transition in 3 dimensions, Invited talk at MPI-PKS conference,
Dresden (2010)
• Fractionalized Charge in Condensed Matter Systems, talk given as part of the Moadon
Mada series at the Physics Department, Technion (2010)
• A continuous Mott-Metal transition in 3 dimensions, Condensed Matter Seminar,
Weizmann Institute (2010)
• A continuous Mott-Metal transition in 3 dimensions, Invited talk at Fermions 2009,
Overgurgl, Austria (2009)
Advising:
Yaniv Katan Tennenbaum has been working with me since January of 2010 towards the
completion of his Ph.D. I am also advising Snir Gazit during the 2010-2011 academic year
while his usual advisor, Assa Auerbach, is on Sabbatical leave.
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Publications:
Daniel Podolsky
1. Spin-orbit coupling in the metallic and spin-liquid phases of Na4Ir3O8, D. Podolsky
and Y. B. Kim, Phys. Rev. B 83, 054401 (2011)
2. Mean-field analysis of quantum oscillations, Fermi-surface topology, and magnetic
breakdown in high-Tc cuprates, J.-M. Carter, D. Podolsky, and H.-Y. Kee, Phys. Rev.
B 81, 064519 (2010)
3. Phase transitions of S=1 spinor condensates in an optical lattice, D. Podolsky, S.
Chandrasekharan, and A. Vishwanath, Phys. Rev. B 80, 214513 (2009)
4. Collective modes and emergent SO(6) symmetry in the iron pnictides, D. Podolsky,
H.-Y. Kee, and Y. B. Kim, Europhysics Lett. 88, 17004 (2009)
5. Interaction between the magnetic and superconducting order parameters in a
La1.94Sr0.06CuO4 wire studied via muon spin rotation, M. Shay, A. Keren, G. Koren, A.
Kanigel, O. Shafir, L. Marcipar, G. Nieuwenhuys, E. Morenzoni, A. Suter, T. Prokscha,
M. Dubman, M., and D. Podolsky, Phys. Rev. B 80, 144511 (2009) (selected as a
Phys. Rev. B Editors’ Suggestion)
6. Geometrical approach to hydrodynamics and low-energy excitations of spinor condensates,
R. Barnett, D. Podolsky, and G. Refael, Phys. Rev. B 80, 024420 (2009)
(selected by APS for the August 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Atomic Quantum
Fluids)
7. Mott transition between a spin-liquid insulator and a metal in three dimensions, D.
Podolsky, A. Paramekanti, Y. B. Kim, and T. Senthil, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186401
(2009)
8. Nematicity as a route to a magnetic field-induced spin density wave order; application
to the high temperature cuprates, H.-Y. Kee and D. Podolsky, Europhysics Lett. 86
57005 (2009)
9. Halperin-Saslow modes as the origin of the low-temperature anomaly in NiGa2S4, D.
Podolsky and Y. B. Kim, Phys. Rev. B 79, 140402(R) (2009)
10. Quantum oscillations of ortho-II high-temperature cuprates, D. Podolsky and H.-Y.
Kee, Phys. Rev. B 78, 224516 (2008)
11. Vortex dynamics and Nernst effect in fluctuating superconductors, S. Raghu, D. Podolsky,
A. Vishwanath, and D. Huse, Phys. Rev. B 78, 184520 (2008) (selected by APS
for the December 1, 2008 issue of the Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity)
12. SO(4) symmetry in Bechgaard salts, D. Podolsky, E. Altman, and E. Demler, chapter in
Andrei Lebed, ed., The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors, Springer-
Verlag (2008)
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13. Nernst effect and diamagnetism in phase fluctuating superconductors, D. Podolsky, S.
Raghu, and A. Vishwanath, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 117004 (2007) (selected by APS for
the September 15, 2007 issue of the Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity)
14. Thermoelectric transport near the pair breaking quantum phase transition out of a dwave
superconductor, D. Podolsky, A. Vishwanath, J.E. Moore, and S. Sachdev, Phys.
Rev. B 75, 014520 (2007)
15. Enhancement of superconductivity by local inhomogeneity, I. Martin, D. Podolsky, and
S. A. Kivelson, Phys. Rev. B 72, 060502(R) (2005)
16. Interplay of magnetism and superconductivity in strongly correlated systems, D. Podolsky,
PhD thesis, Harvard University (2005)
17. Properties and detection of spin nematic order in the high-Tc cuprates, D. Podolsky
and E. Demler, New J. Phys. 7, 59 (2005)
18. SO(4) theory of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in Bechgaard salts, D.
Podolsky, E. Altman, T. Rostunov, and E. Demler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 246402
(2004)
19. Competition between triplet superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in quasi onedimensional
electron systems, D. Podolsky, E. Altman, T. Rostunov, and E. Demler,
Phys. Rev. B. 70, 224503 (2004)
20. Translational symmetry breaking in the superconducting state of the cuprates: Analysis
of the quasiparticle density of states, D. Podolsky, E. Demler, K. Damle, and B.I.
Halperin, Phys. Rev. B 67, 094514 (2003) (selected by APS for the April 1, 2003 issue
of the Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity)
21. Dalitz Plot Analysis of the Decay D + → K − π + π + , D. Podolsky, Senior Thesis, Stanford
University, 1998
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