Elbio R Dagotto

Elbio R Dagotto

UT/ORNL Distinguished Scientist

Research Interest:

  • Theoretical Studies of Mechanical Properties of Metals and Ceramics; Numerical Methods in Quantum Chemistry; Approximate Methods in Quantum Theory of Solids, Molecules and Nano-Particles.

Position at University of Tennessee:

  • Distinguished Professor of Physics
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996

Complex Collective Materials Phenomena Team

  • 2004-present Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, and Distinguished Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
  • 1997-2004 Full Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
  • 1994-1997 Associate Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  • 1992-1994 Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
  • 1988-1991 Research Associate in Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • 1985-1988 Research Associate in Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.

Included in list of top 250 most Highly Cited Physicists (http://isihighlycited.com), 2004

Author of book on transition-metal oxides after invitation from Springer-Verlag (Berlin). Title: "Nanoscale Phase Separation and Colossal Magnetoresistance," 2002

Becomes “Named” Professor at FSU, 2002

Divisional Editor of Physical Review Letters (Condensed Matter) (1998-2002), 1998

Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1998

Professional Memberships: Member of Board of Editors of Solid State Communications (2000-2002), 2000

Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina, Ph.D., 1985, Physics

Licenciado en Fisica. Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina, 1982