Dr. Sudha Srinivas

Assistant Professor Physics Advisor Office: SCI-221A Phone: (773) 442-5638 E-mail: s-srinivas@neiu.edu Web: Srinivas's Personal Home page

Education

• Ph.D. (physics), State University of New York at Albany, 1995
• M.S. (physics), The University of Poona (India), 1987
• B.Sc. (physics), The University of Delhi, 1985

Positions Held

• Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois University, 2005-present.
• Associate Professor, Central Michigan University, 2002-2005.
• Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, 1998-2002.
• Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, 1995-1998.

Research Interests

My field of research is computational condensed matter physics. This involves modeling the physical and chemical properties of technological materials - from molecules and clusters (small aggregates of atoms) to solids. The goal of the research is to understand, at a microscopic level, the origin of the properties that make these materials useful in present and future technologies. Among the current research projects underway are first-principles investigations of (i) the interactions of metal clusters with molecules - with the aim of understanding catalytic properties of certain metals; and (ii) physical and thermal properties of small metal clusters.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• P. Bobadova-Parvanova, K.A. Jackson, S.Srinivas, and M. Horoi, "Structure, Bonding and Magnetism in Manganese Clusters", J. Chem. Phys. 122, 014310 (2005)
• Sudha Srinivas and Julius Jellinek, "First-principle investigations of the structural and electronic properties of small beryllium clusters", J.Chem. Phys. 121, 7243 (2004)
• P. Bobadova-Parvanova, K.A. Jackson, S.Srinivas, and M. Horoi, "Emergence of antiferromagnetic ordering in manganese clusters.", Physical Review A, vol. 67, 061202 (2003).
• P. Bobadova-Parvanova, K. A. Jackson, S. Srinivas, and M. Horoi, "Density-functional investigations of the spin ordering in Fe₁₃ clusters.", Physical Review B, vol. 66, 195402 (2002).
• C. Kohler, G. Seifert, P. Bobadova-Parvanova, K. A. Jackson, S. Srinivas, and M. Horoi, "Scanning the potential energy surface of iron clusters: A novel search strategy", The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 116, 3576 (2002).
• K. A. Jackson, S. Srinivas, J. Kortus and M. Pederson, "Modeling the¹¹⁹ Sn Mossbauer spectra of chalcogenide glasses using density-functional theory calculations.", Physical Review B, vol. 65, 214201 (2002).
• Umesh Salian, Sudha Srinivas and Julius Jellinek , " Theoretical investigations of the interaction of silver trimer with ethylene molecule.", Chemical Physics Letters, 345 (3-4) pp.312-318 (2001).
• K.A. Jackson, M.B. Knickelbein, G. Koretsky and S. Srinivas, "The interaction of Ammonia with small iron clusters: Infrared spectra and density functional calculations of Fen(NH3)m complexes." Chemical Physics, Fall 2000.
• S. Srinivas and J. Jellinek, "Ab Initio Monte Carlo Investigations of Li Clusters.", Physica Status Solidi, vol. 217,pg. 311-322, January 2000.

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