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G. Malcolm Stocks, Corporate Fellow & Group Leader
Materials Theory Group
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6114
Phone: (865) 574-5163
Fax: 865) 574-7659
e-mail: stocksgm@ornl.gov

Education:

  • University of Bradford, UK., B.Tech. 1966, Applied Physics (First Class Honours)
  • University of Sheffield, UK., Ph.D., 1969, Theoretical Physics

Professional Experience:

  • 2006-present Group Leader, Materials Theory Group, MST Division, ORNL
  • 1995-Present Corporate Fellow, ORNL
  • 2001-2006 Group Leader, Theory Group, M&C Division, ORNL
  • 1976-1995 Research Staff, Metals and Ceramics Division, ORNL
  • 1972-1976 Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Bristol, UK
  • 1969-1972 Post Doctoral Fellow, Metal and Ceramics Division, ORNL
  • 1987-1988 Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Bristol, UK
  • 1987-1988 CCP9 Senior Visiting Fellow, SERC, Daresbury Laboratory, UK

Professional Activities, Honors, Awards:

  • Awards: Gordon Bell Prize (2001) Special Honorable Mention; Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate (2000); Gordon Bell Prize (1998); ORNL Corporate Fellow (1995), Martin Marietta Energy Systems Award: Operations and Support (1992); Martin Marietta Energy Systems Award: Technical Achievement (1986); Gordon Bell Prize (1990); Cray Research Giga-flop Award (1990); US-DOE Division of Materials Sciences Awards - Outstanding Sustained Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics (1989); US-DOE Division of Materials Sciences Awards - Outstanding Sustained Research in Metallurgy and Ceramics (Theory Group, 1983); Science Research Council (UK), Fellowship (1972).
  • Service: Member at Large: APS Division of Computational Physics (2003-2006); Member: NERSC Users Group (NUG) Executive Board (1999-2004); Chairman: ORNL Corporate Fellows Council (2003-2005); Chair: Committee on Alloy Phases, TMS (1997-2000); Board Member: Electronic Magnetic and Photonic Materials Division of TMS (1997-2000); Board Member: TMS Structural Materials Division of TMS (1997-2000); Editorial Board: The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applictions (1994-2001).
  • Advisory Boards: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) “Quantum Spin Phenomena in Nanomagnetic Structures (QSPIN)”, U. of Nebraska, (2002-Present); Plasma Science Advanced Computing Institute (1999-Present); Computational Materials Science Network (CMSN) (2002-2004); Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS), ORNL, (2002-2005); Collaborative Computational Project IX, Science Research Council (UK), (1978-1988).

Professional Membership:

  • APS (Fellow), TMS (Member), MRS (Member)

Research Interests:

  • First principles electronic structure methods (KKR-CPA, order-N LSMS), multiple scattering theory, massively parallel computing, magnetism, spin dynamics, magnetic phase transitions, magnetic anisotropy, nano-magnmetism, alloys, alloy phase stability, nano-alloys, strongly correlated systems, actinide physics, transition metal oxides, nuclear materials, nanoscale growth and transport.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications (total ~230):

  1. Epitaxial Stabilization of Ferromagnetism in the Nanophase of FeGe, Changgan Zeng, P. R. C. Kent, M. Varela, M. Eisenbach, G. M. Stocks, Maria Torija, Jian Shen, and Hanno H. Weitering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 127201 (2006)
  2. Localization/quasi-delocalization transitions and quasi-mobility-edges in shell-doped nanowires, Zhong J. X., G. M. Stocks, Nano Letters 6, 128 (2006).
  3. Electronic Structure and Exchange Coupling of Mn Impurities in III-V Semionductors, Schulthess, T.C., W. M. Temmerman, Z. Szotek, W. H. Butler, and G. M. Stocks, Nature Materials 4, 838-844 (01 Nov 2005)
  4. Intrinsic volume scaling of thermoinduced magnetization in antiferromagnetic nanoparticles, G. Brown, A. Janotti, M. Eisenbach, and G. M. Stocks, Phys. Rev. B 72, 140405 (2005)
  5. Magnetic Interactions Influence the Properties of Helium Defects in Iron, Tatiana Seletskaia, Yuri Osetsky, R. E. Stoller, and G. M. Stocks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 046403 (2005).
  6. Spin waves in paramagnetic BCC iron: spin dynamics simulations, Xiuping Tao, D. P. Landau, T. C. Schulthess, and G. M. Stocks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 087207 (2005).
  7. Morphological evolution of metal nanoparticles on surfaces of carbon nanotubes, Jianxin Zhong and G. Malcolm Stocks, Appl. Phys. Letters 87 133105 (2005)
  8. Spin waves in paramagnetic BCC iron: spin dynamics simulations, Xiuping Tao, D. P. Landau, T. C. Schulthess, and G. M. Stocks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 087207 (2005).
  9. Spin dynamics simulations of BCC iron, Xiuping Tao, D. P. Landau, T. C. Schulthess, and G. M. Stocks, J. App. Phys. 97, 10A722 (2005).
  10. Magnetic structure of Ni-rich Ni1 - xTa x and permalloy-Ta alloys, Nassrin Y. Moghadam and G. Malcolm Stocks, Phys. Rev. B 71, 134421 (2005).

Collaborators During the Past Four Years:

  • B. L. Gyorffy, University of Bristol, UK; W. M. Temmerman, Dzidka Szotek, Daresbury Laboratory, UK; B. Ujfalussy, B. Lazarovits, Institute of Solid State Physics, Budapest, Hungary Szunyogh, University of Budapast, Hungary; P. Weinberger, Technical University of Vienna D. L. Landau, University of Georgia; G. Brown, Florida State University; W. Plummer and J. Zhong, L. Petit, U. of Tennes**see; X. Tao, ORISE; Yang Wang, Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center T. C. Schulthess, D.M. Nicholson, J. Shen, B. Gu, W Wang, H. Weitering, G. Ice, R. Stoller, Y. Osetskiy, J. Zhong (ORNL).

Dissertation Advisor:

  • PhD: Hugh Young, University of Sheffield, UK

Past and Present Students: 6

  • Past: W. M. Temmerman, University of Bristol, UK, Duane Johnson, and W. A. Shelton, University of Cincinnati (with F. J. Pinski), N. Y. Moghadam, S. Pella, and A. Rusanu, Florida Atlantic U. (with J. S. Faulkner) Xuiping Tao, University of Georgia (with D. L. Landau) Present: Zhuofei Hou (present), University of Georgia (with D. L. Landau).

Total Postdocs Advised: 8

  • Past: W.A. Shelton, N.Y. Moghadam , J. Zhong, T. Seletskia,
  • Present: M. Eisenbach, A. Rusanu, Y. Puzyrev (with G. Ice) ORISE, Jianxin Zhong JICS





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