Curriculum Vitae

Oskar Vafek

July 18, 2016

General Information

University address:	Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
KEEN BUILDING 606
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4350

E-mail address:	vafek@magnet.fsu.edu

Web site:	http://magnet.fsu.edu/~vafek/

Professional Preparation

2004	Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University. Major: Physics. Condensed Matter Theory. Supervisor: Prof. Zlatko Tesanovic. 

Vafek, O. (2004). Quasiparticles and vortices in the high temperature cuprate superconductors. (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, http://magnet.fsu.edu/~vafek/OskarVafekThesis.pdf. 

Nondegree Education and Training

2003–2006	Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University Institute for Theoretical Physics Stanford, CA. 

Professional Experience

2012–present	Associate Professor, Physics, Florida State University. 

2006–2012	Assistant Professor, Physics, Florida State University. 

2006	Assistant Professor        (OPS), Physics, Florida State University. 

Visiting Professorship(s)

2015	Princeton University. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

CAREER, National Science Foundation (2010). ($420,000). 
Louise Kelley Award in Chemistry, Goucher College (1998). 
Phi Beta Kappa membership (1998). 

Fellowship(s)

Stimson-Duvall Fellowship (1998).
Ellen E. Swomley Endowed Fellowship in Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University (1998–2003).

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Physical Society 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Directed Individual Study (PHY4905)
Theoretical Dynamics (PHY5246)
Directed Individual Study (PHY5909)
Statistical Mechanics (PHY5524)
Selected Topics in Physics (PHY6937)
Superconductivity (PHY6937)
Quantum Many-Body Physics (PHY5670)
General Physics B (PHY2049C)
General Physics B (sec 3&4) (PHY2049C)
Quantum Mechanics B (PHY5646)
Quantum Mechanics A (PHY5645)
Special Topics in Physics (PHY4936)
General Physics A (sec 8&9) (PHY2048C)

New Course Development

Superconductivity and Superfluidity (2011)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Wang, L., graduate. (2013). 
Throckmorton, R. E., graduate. (2012). 
Mazarakos, K. P., doctoral student. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Kemper, J. B., graduate. (2014). 
Duston, C. L., graduate. (2013). 
Steven, E., graduate. (2012). 
Nguyen, D. N., graduate. (2007). 
Yildirim, Y., graduate. (2007). 
Akinfaderin, A. A., doctoral candidate. 
Chen, Wei-Chia, doctoral candidate. 
Feng, W., doctoral candidate. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Invited Journal Articles

Vafek, O., & Vishwanath, A. (2014). Dirac Fermions in Solids: From High-Tc Cuprates and Graphene to Topological Insulators and Weyl Semimetals. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 5, 83-112. Retrieved from http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133841 doi:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031113-133841

Refereed Journal Articles

Vafek, O. (2015). Intrinsic thermal Hall conductivity in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors: from wavepacket dynamics to scaling. Physical Review B, 92, 174508. Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.174508 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.17

Kemper, J. B., Vafek, O., Betts, J. B., Balakirev, F. F., Hardy, W. N., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., & Boebinger, G. S. (2015). Thermodynamic signature of a magnetic-field-driven phase transition within the superconducting state of an underdoped cuprate. Nature Physics, 12, 47-51. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v12/n1/abs/nphys3502.html doi:10.1038/NPHYS3502

Murray, J. M., & Vafek, O. (2015). Majorana bands, Berry curvature, and thermal Hall conductivity in the vortex state of a chiral p-wave superconductor. Physical Review B, 92, 134520. Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.134520 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.13

Murray, J. M., Vafek, O., & Balents, L. (2015). Incommensurate spin density wave at a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in a three-dimensional parabolic semimetal. Physical Review B, 92, 035137. Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035137 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.03

Pawlak, K. A., Murray, J. M., & Vafek, O. (2015). Emergence of superconductivity in a doped single-valley quadratic band crossing system of spin-1/2 fermions. Physical Review B, 91, 134509. Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134509 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.13

Cvetkovic, V., & Vafek, O. (2015). Berry phases and the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Nature Communications, 6, 6518. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150311/ncomms7518/full/ncomms7518.html doi:doi:10.1038/ncomms7518

Fernandes, R. M., & Vafek, O. (2014). Distinguishing spin-orbit coupling and nematic order in the electronic spectrum of iron-based superconductors. Physical Review B, 90, 214514. Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.214514 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.21

Ludwig, J., Vasilyev, Y. B., Mikhailov, N. N., Poumirol, J. M., Jiang, Z., Vafek, O., & Smirnov, D. (2014). Cyclotron resonance of single-valley Dirac fermions in nearly gapless HgTe quantum wells. Physical Review B, 89, 241406(R). Retrieved from http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.241406 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.24

Murray, J. M., & Vafek, O. (2014). Excitonic and superconducting orders from repulsive interaction on the doped honeycomb bilayer. Physical Review B, 89, 205119 (1-20). Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.205119 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.205119

Murray, J. M., & Vafek, O. (2014). Renormalization group study of interaction-driven quantum anomalous Hall and quantum spin Hall phases in quadratic band crossing systems. Physical Review B, 89, 201110 (1-4). Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.201110 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.201110

Vafek, O., Murray, J. M., & Cvetkovic, V. (2014). Superconductivity on the Brink of Spin-Charge Order in a Doped Honeycomb Bilayer. Physical Review Letters, 112, 147002 (1-5). Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.147002 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.147002

Wang, L., & Vafek, O. (2014). Unconventional superconductivity in a two-dimensional repulsive gas of fermions with spin–orbit coupling. Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 497, 6-18. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921453413004383 doi:doi:10.1016/j.physc.2013.10.007

Cvetkovic, V., & Vafek, O. (2013). Space group symmetry, spin-orbit coupling and the low energy effective Hamiltonian for iron based superconductors. Physical Review B, 88, 134510 (1-34). Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.134510 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.134510

Wang, L., & Vafek, O. (2013). Quantum oscillations of the specific heat in d-wave superconductors with loop current order. Physical Review B, 88, 024506 -11. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.024506 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.024506

Throckmorton, R. E., & Vafek, O. (2012). Fermions on bilayer graphene: Symmetry breaking for B=0 and nu=0. Physical Review B, 86, 115447 [19 pages]. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115447 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115447

Cvetkovic, V., Throckmorton, R. E., & Vafek, O. (2012). Electronic multicriticality in bilayer graphene. Physical Review B, 86, 075467 [24 pa. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.075467 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.075467

Zhou, Z., Vafek, O., & Seidel, A. (2012). Geometric phases of d-wave vortices in a model of lattice fermions. Physical Review B Rapid Communications, 86, 020505 [4 pages]. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.020505 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.020505

Vafek, O. (2012). Graphene: Carbon's superconducting footprint. Nature Physics, 8, 111–112. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n2/full/nphys2223.html doi:doi:10.1038/nphys2223

Vafek, O. (2011). Quantum Hall effect in a singly and doubly connected three-dimensional topological insulator. Physical Review B, 84, 245417 [8 pages]. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245417 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245417

Vafek, O., & Wang, L. (2011). Spin-orbit coupling induced enhancement of superconductivity in a 2D repulsive gas of fermions. Physical Review B, 84, 172501 [4 pag. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.172501 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.172501

Gardner, H. J., Kumar, A., Yu, L., Xiong, P., Warusawithana, M., Wang, L., Vafek, O., & Schlom, D. (2011). Enhancement of superconductivity by a parallel magnetic field in two-dimensional superconductors. Nature Physics, 7, 895–900. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v7/n11/full/nphys2075.html doi:10.1038/nphys2075

Riggs, S. C., Vafek, O., Kemper, J. B., Betts, J. B., Migliori, A., Balakirev, F. F., Hardy, W. N., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., & Boebinger, G. S. (2011). Heat capacity through the magnetic-field-induced resistive transition in an underdoped high-temperature superconductor. Nature Physics, 7, 332-335. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v7/n4/abs/nphys1921.html

Juricic, V., Vafek, O., & Herbut, I. F. (2010). Conductivity of interacting massless Dirac particles in graphene: Collisionless regime. Physical Review B, 82, 235402-235433. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.235402

Vafek, O. (2010). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb bilayer: From weak to strong coupling. Physical Review B, 82, 205106-205122. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.205106

Throckmorton, R. E., & Vafek, O. (2010). Relaxation of nuclear magnetic moments and site-selective NMR in d-wave superconductors. Physical Review B, 81, 104515-104524. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.104515

Vafek, O., & Yang, K. (2010). Many-body instability of Coulomb interacting bilayer graphene: Renormalization group approach. Physical Review B (Rapid Communiations), 81, 041401-041404. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.041401

Herbut, I. F., Juričić, V., & Vafek, O. (2009). Relativistic Mott criticality in graphene. Physical Review B, 80, 075432-075435. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.075432

Melikyan, A., & Vafek, O. (2008). Quantum oscillations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors. Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), 78, 020502-020505. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.020502

Herbut, I. F., Juričić, V., & Vafek, O. (2008). Coulomb Interaction, Ripples, and the Minimal Conductivity of Graphene. Physical Review Letters, 100, 046403-046406. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.046403

Vafek, O., & Case, M. (2008). Renormalization group approach to two-dimensional Coulomb interacting Dirac fermions with random gauge potential. Physical Review B, 77, 033410-033413. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.033410

Vafek, O. (2007). Anomalous Scaling and Gapless Fermions of d-Wave Superconductors in a Magnetic Field. Physical Review Letters, 99, 047002-047005. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.047002

Vafek, O. (2007). Anomalous Thermodynamics of Coulomb-Interacting Massless Dirac Fermions in Two Spatial Dimensions. Physical Review Letters, 98, 216401-216404. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.216401

Vafek, O. (2006). Thermoplasma Polariton within Scaling Theory of Single-Layer Graphene. Physical Review Letters, 97, 266406-266409. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.266406

Vafek, O., & Melikyan, A. (2006). Index Theoretic Characterization of d-Wave Superconductors in the Vortex State. Physical Review Letters, 96, 167005-167008. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.167005

Bernevig, B. B., & Vafek, O. (2005). Piezo-magnetoelectric effects in p-doped semiconductors. Physical Review B, 72, 033203-033206. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.033203

Chen, H. D., Vafek, O., Yazdani, A., & Zhang, S. C. (2004). Pair Density Wave in the Pseudogap State of High Temperature Superconductors. Physical Review Letters, 93, 187002-187005. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.187002

Vafek, O., & Tesanovic, Z. B. (2003). Quantum Criticality of d-Wave Quasiparticles and Superconducting Phase Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters, 91, 237001-237004. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.237001

Franz, M., Tesanovic, Z. B., & Vafek, O. (2002). QED3 theory of pairing pseudogap in cuprates: From d-wave superconductor to antiferromagnet via an algebraic Fermi liquid. Physical Review B, 66, 054535-054565. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.054535

Vafek, O., Tesanovic, Z. B., & Franz, M. (2002). Relativity Restored: Dirac Anisotropy in QED3. Physical Review Letters, 89, 157003-157006. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.157003

Tesanovic, Z., Vafek, O., & Franz, M. (2002). Chiral symmetry breaking and phase fluctuations: A QED3 theory of the pseudogap state in cuprate superconductors. Physical Review B (Rapid Communication), 65, 180511-180514. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.180511

Franz, M., & Vafek, O. (2001). Universal thermal conductivity in the vortex state of cuprate superconductors. Physica Review B (Rapid Communication), 64, 220501-220504. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.220501

Vafek, O., Melikyan, A., & Tesanovic, Z. B. (2001). Quasiparticle Hall transport of d-wave superconductors in the vortex state. Physical Review B, 64, 224508-224524. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.224508

Vafek, O., Melikyan, A., Franz, M., & Tesanovic, Z. (2001). Quasiparticles and vortices in unconventional superconductors. Physical Review B, 63, 134509-134525. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.134509

Vafek, O., & Robbins, M. (1999). Molecular dynamics study of the stress singularity at a corner. Physical Review B, 60, 12002-12006. Retrieved from http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.12002

Collings, P., Gibbs, E., Starr, T., Vafek, O., Yee, C., Pomerance, L. A., & Pasternac, R. F. (1999). Resonance light scattering and its application in determining the size, shape, and aggregation number for supramolecular assemblies of chromophores. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103 (40), 8474-8481. Retrieved from http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp991610s

Dukan, S., & Vafek, O. (1998). Anomalous Behavior of the Upper Critical Field in Extreme Type-II Superconductors at Low Temperatures. Physica C, 309(3-4), 295-302.

Presentations

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Vafek, O. (accepted). Berry phases and the thermal Hall effect in vortex state of nodal d-wave superconductors. Presentation to be given at Conference on Interactions and Topology in Dirac Systems, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2016, July). Quasiparticle thermal Hall effect of type II superconductors. Presentation at Multi-Component and Strongly-Correlated Superconductors, Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics), Stockholm, Sweden. (International) Retrieved from http://agenda.albanova.se/sessionDisplay.py?sessionId=259&slotId=250&confId=4987#2016-07-06

Vafek, O. (presented 2016, May). Berry phase and the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high temperature cuprate superconductors. Presentation at Strong Correlations and the Normal State of the High Temperature Superconductors, Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany. (International) Retrieved from http://www.pks.mpg.de/schtc16/program/

Vafek, O. (presented 2016, January). Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped 2D quadratic band touching models. Presentation at Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EpiQS) program, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA. (International) Retrieved from http://qpt.physics.harvard.edu/epiqs.html

Vafek, O. (presented 2015, August). Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped 2D quadratic band touching models. Presentation at School and Workshop on Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems - Novel Materials and Novel Theories, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (International) Retrieved from http://indico.ictp.it/event/a14245/other-view?view=ictptimetable

Vafek, O. (presented 2014, July). Superconductivity on the Brink of Spin-Charge Order in a Doped Honeycomb Bilayer. Presentation at Quantum Criticality in Correlated Materials and Model Systems, International Institute of Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande de Norte, Natal, Brazil. (International) Retrieved from http://www.iip.ufrn.br/?pg==oFWaxmYuJleYNjQ5JmMklXWXBTP&lang=en&inf===gTUVUP

Vafek, O. (presented 2013, August). Space group symmetry, spin-orbit coupling and the low energy effective Hamiltonian for iron based superconductors. Presentation at Superconductivity: the Second Century, Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics), Stockholm, Sweden. (International) Retrieved from http://agenda.albanova.se/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=283&confId=3278

Vafek, O. (presented 2013, March). Space group symmetry and some of its physical consequences in Fe-based superconductors. Presentation at Zlatko Tesanovic Memorial Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. (International) Retrieved from http://icam-i2cam.org/index.php/events/detail/zlatko_tesanovic_memorial_symposium_march_2013

Vafek, O. (presented 2012, August). Electronic multicriticality on a honeycomb bilayer. Presentation at Innovations in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (International) Retrieved from http://indico.ictp.it/event/a11179/other-view?view=ictptimetable

Vafek, O. (presented 2012, June). Many body effects in bilayer graphene. Presentation at Gordon Research Conference on Correlated Electron Systems, Gordon Research Conferences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. (International) Retrieved from http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&program=correlec

Vafek, O. (presented 2012, May). Electronic multi-criticality in bilayer graphene. Presentation at Frontiers of Quantum Matter, George Mason University, Center for Quantum Science, Fairfax, VA. (National) Retrieved from http://physics.gmu.edu/~pnikolic/symposium-2012/

Vafek, O. (presented 2012, March). Theoretical Approach to Many-body Instabilities in Bilayer Graphene. Presentation at APS March Meeting, American Physical Society, Boston, MA. (International) Retrieved from http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR12/Event/168193

Vafek, O. (presented 2012, January). Theoretical Approach to Many-body Instabilities in Bilayer Graphene. Presentation at KITP Conference: Fundamental Aspects of Graphene and Other Carbon Allotropes, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA. (International) Retrieved from http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/graphene-c12/vafek/

Vafek, O. (presented 2011, July). Quantum oscillations and pseudogap in high temperature superconductors. Presentation at Workshop on A New Century of Superconductivity: Iron Pnictides and Beyond, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2011, April). d-wave quasiparticles in magnetic field: spectrum and scaling. Presentation at Unconvetional Superconductivity, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2011, January). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb bilayer: from weak to strong coupling. Presentation at Tage Erlander's award conference "Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics", Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm, Sweden. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2010, October). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb bilayer: from weak to strong coupling. Presentation at Electronic Properties of Graphene, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, NJ. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2010, April). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb bilayer: from weak to strong coupling. Presentation at New frontiers in Graphene physics, European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Trento, Italy. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2009, September). Quasiparticles in the vortex state of d-wave superconductor. Presentation at 17. conference of Slovak physicists, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2009, July). Interaction and disorder effects in single and double layer graphene. Presentation at Graphene, The Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, Benasque, Spain. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2009, July). Quantum oscillations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors. Presentation at Workshop on Quantum Vortices and Fluctuations in Superconductors and Superfluids, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2009, May). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Presentation at Workshop on Low Dimensional Electron Systems, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2008, September). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Presentation at Graphene Canada, Banff Center, Banff, Canada. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2007, January). Interacting Massless Dirac Fermions in 2D. Presentation at Electronic Properties of Graphene, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2005, July). Disorder induced non-Fermi liquid near a metal-superconductor quantum phase transition. Presentation at Workshop on structure dynamics and correlations in glasses, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO. (International)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Vafek, O. (presented 2015, August). Berry phases and the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high temperature cuprate superconductors. Presentation at 11th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland. (International) Retrieved from http://www.m2s-2015.ch/resources/151019_M2S_Abstract%20Book%20ISBN.pdf

Vafek, O., Murray, J. M., & Cvetkovic, V. (presented 2014, March). Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped honeycomb bilayer. Presentation at APS March Meeting, American Physical Society, Denver, CO. (International) Retrieved from http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR14/Session/D47.4

Vafek, O. (presented 2011, March). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb bilayer: from weak to strong coupling. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2010, March). Many-body instability of Coulomb interacting (ungated) bilayer graphene: RG approach. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Prtland, OR. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2009, March). Dynamical conductivity of graphene (at neutrality point). Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Pittsburgh PA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2008, August). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Poster presentation at 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25), N/A, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2008, August). Scaling, oscillations and gapless fermions of d-wave superconductors in magnetic field. Poster presentation at 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25), N/A, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2008, March). Interplay of Coulomb interactions and rippling of monolayer graphene: RG approach. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2007, March). Thermo-Plasma Polariton within Scaling Theory of Single-Layer Graphene. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Denver, CO. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2005, March). Disorder induced non-Fermi liquid near a metal-superconductor quantum phase transition'. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2002, July). Quasiparticle Hall Transport of d-wave superconductors in the mixed state. Poster presentation at Gordon Research Conference on Correlated Electron Systems, Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2002, March). Quasiparticle Thermal Hall Conductivity of High Temperature Superconductors. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2002, January). QED3 unifed theory of underdoped cuprates. Presentation at Winter School in Theoretical Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: the Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Israel. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2002, January). Quasiparticle Hall Transport of d-wave superconductors in the mixed state. Presentation at Winter School in Theoretical Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: the Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Israel. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2001, March). Quasiparticle Hall Transport of d-wave Superconductors in Vortex State. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Seattle, WA. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2000, March). Quasiparticles and Vortices in Unconventional Superconductors. Presentation at American Physical Society March meeting, American Physical Society, Minneapolis, MN. (International)

Vafek, O. (presented 2000, February). Quasiparticles and Vortices in Unconventional Superconductors. Poster presentation at Workshop on Microscopic Structure and dynamics of Vortices in unconventional Superconductors and Superfluids, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany. (International)

Invited Workshops

Vafek, O. (2014, September). Magnetism, Bad Metals and Superconductivity: Iron Pnictides and Beyond. Workshop delivered at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, KITP Santa Barbara, CA. (International) Retrieved from http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/ironic14/vafek/

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Vafek, O. (2016, June). Superconductivity and spin-charge order in quadratic band touching systems. Delivered at Advances in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems (ASCES2016), William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, Minneapolis, MN. (International) Retrieved from http://www.ftpi.umn.edu/workshops/2015-2016/SummerSchool2016/program.html

Vafek, O. (2015, September). Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped 2D quadratic band touching models. Delivered at University of Kentucky physics department colloquium, Lexington KY. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2015, March). Superconductivity on the Brink of Spin-Charge Order in a Doped Honeycomb Bilayer (and other quadriatic band touching systems). Delivered at Michigan State University condensed matter physics seminar, Lansing, MI. (Regional) Retrieved from https://www.pa.msu.edu/seminars/cmp_seminars/2015spring-abstracts/OVafek-abstract.pdf

Vafek, O. (2014, September). Berry phases and the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high temperature cuprate superconductors. Delivered at University of California Los Angeles condensed matter seminar, University of California Los Angeles. (Regional) Retrieved from http://www.pa.ucla.edu/events/%E2%80%9Cberry-phases-and-intrinsic-thermal-hall-effect-high-temperature-cuprate-superconductors%E2%80%9D

Vafek, O. (2014, July). d-wave quasiparticles in the vortex state. Delivered at Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, University of Colorado Boulder. (International) Retrieved from http://boulderschool.yale.edu/2014/boulder-school-2014-lecture-notes

Vafek, O. (2014, July). Quasiparticle thermal Hall transport in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at NSF Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, University of Colorado Boulder. (International) Retrieved from http://boulderschool.yale.edu/2014/boulder-school-2014-lecture-notes

Vafek, O. (2014, July). Superconductivity at the brink of spin/charge order in doped honeycomb bilayer. Delivered at NSF Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, University of Colorado Boulder. (International) Retrieved from http://www.scivee.tv/node/62830

Vafek, O. (2014, June). Berry phases vs. Lorentz force: the intrinsic thermal Hall effect in high temperature cuprate superconductors. Delivered at UC Berkeley condensed matter seminar, University of California Berkeley. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2013, July). Electronic multicriticality in bilayer graphene. Delivered at Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany. (International)

Vafek, O. (2012, October). Electronic Multi-Criticality On the Graphene Bi- and Tri-Layers. Delivered at UC San Diego Physics department seminar, La Jolla, CA. (Regional) Retrieved from https://physics-calendar.ucsd.edu/ocas-bin/ocas.fcgi?sub=web&web=gbl&type=0&id=16785253/1/1&load=on&cs_initview=on&date=2012/11/1&viw=x59ExM21kKynmIW4rDSSCQ%3d%3d&xen=U07n10f1LSY%3d&ver=2&server=tbtzP

Vafek, O. (2012, October). Electronic multi-criticality on the graphene bi- and tri-layers. Delivered at California Insitute of Technology Physics department seminar, Pasadena, CA. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2012, October). Physics of Graphene. Delivered at Physics Department Colloquium, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. (Regional) Retrieved from http://physics.wustl.edu/events/2012/10/event-850

Vafek, O. (2012, August). Electronic multicriticality in bilayer graphene. Delivered at Lorentz Institute, Leiden, Netherlands. (International) Retrieved from http://casimir.researchschool.nl/upload/files/oskar_vafek.pdf

Vafek, O. (2012, May). Electronic multicriticality in bilayer graphene. Delivered at Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy, CM seminar, Baltimore, MD. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2012, May). Electronic multi-criticality in bilayer graphene. Delivered at Massachussetts Institute of Technology Chez Pierre Seminar, Boston, MA. (Regional) Retrieved from http://web.mit.edu/physics/cmt/chezp_abstracts/Vafek.pdf

Vafek, O. (2012, April). Electronic multi-criticality in bilayer graphene. Delivered at University of California Berkeley Physics seminar, Berkeley, CA. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2012, February). Theoretical Approach to Many-body Instabilities in Bilayer Graphene. Delivered at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. (Regional)

Vafek, O. (2011, April). Interacting fermions on the honeycomb and its bilayer. Delivered at Herb Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2010, October). Physics of Graphene. Delivered at Florida State University Physics Department, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2010, April). Physics of Graphene. Delivered at Florida State University Nuclear Physics, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2010, February). Interaction and disorder effects in single and double layer graphene. Delivered at University of Florida Physics Department, Gainsville, FL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2009, September). Quasiparticles in the vortex state of d-wave superconductors. Delivered at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2009, May). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Delivered at Stanford University Physics Department, Stanford, CA. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2009, April). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Delivered at Princeton University Physics Department, Princeton, NJ. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2009, April). Coulomb interaction, ripples, and the minimal conductivity of graphene. Delivered at Johns Hopkins University Physics Department, Baltimore, MD. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2009, April). Graphene Flatland. Delivered at Goucher College, Baltimore, MD. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2007, October). Massless Dirac Fermions in Condensed Matter. Delivered at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2007, October). Two dimensional massless Dirac fermions in condensed matter. Delivered at Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2006, March). Quasiparticles and vortices in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at Florida State University Physics Department, Tallahassee, FL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2006, February). Quasiparticles and vortices in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at McMaster University Physics Department, Toronto, Canada. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2006, February). Quasiparticles and vortices in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Physics Department, Urbana-Champaign, IL. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2006, January). Quasiparticles and vortices in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at University of South Carolina Columbia Physics Department, Columbia, SC. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2005, December). Quasiparticles and vortices in d-wave superconductors. Delivered at University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2005, February). Nodal Quasiparticles and Quantum Vortices in Cuprate Superconductors: QED3. Delivered at UC Berkeley Department of Physics, Berkeley, CA. (Local)

Vafek, O. (2004, October). Pair Density Wave in the Pseudogap State of High Temperature Superconductors. Delivered at Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics, Baltimore, MD. (Local)

Information and Communication Technology

Internet Web Site Development

Vafek, O. (2008). Department of Physics Wiki. Retrieved from FSU Physics: http://wiki.physics.fsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Vafek, Oskar (PI). (Sep 2015–Aug 2018). Interplay Between Symmetry Breaking, Quasiparticles and their Topology in Quantum Condensed Matter Systems. Funded by National Science Foundation. (1506756). Total award $196,199. 

Vafek, Oskar (PI). (Jul 2010–Sep 2015). CAREER: Theoretical Approach to Dirac and Related Critical Materials. Funded by National Science Foundation. (0955561). Total award $420,000. 

Vafek, Oskar (PI). (May 2007–Aug 2007). FYAP_Theory of Dirac Criticality Away from Equilibrium. Funded by FSU CRC. Total award $16,000. 

Contracts and Grants Pending

Vafek, Oskar (PI). (Oct 2014). Interplay Between Symmetry Breaking, Quasiparticles And Their Topology In Quantum Condensed Matter Systems. Submitted to National Science Foundation. 

Postdoctoral Supervision

Murray, J. M. (Sep 2013–present). 

Cvetkovic, V. (Sep 2011–Jun 2014). 

Reviews of My Research and Original Creative Work by Other Authors

Reviews Appearing in Journals

Tesanovic, Z. (2010). Copper-oxide superconductivity: The mystery and the mystique. Nature Physics, 7, 283-284. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v7/n4/full/nphys1973.html

Reviews Appearing in Magazines or Newsletters

Perez-Hernandez, D. (2014, June). A Textbook Case in Physics. The Chronicle of Higher Education, N/A, N/A. Retrieved from http://www.chroniclecareers.com/article/A-Textbook-Case-in-Physics/147107/

Reviews Appearing on a Web Site

Kivelson, S. A. (2014). Non-Fermi Liquid Phases and Intertwined Orders in Semimetals with Quadratic Band-Touching. Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics. Retrieved from http://www.condmatjournalclub.org/?p=2447

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Senator: Physics Department representative, Faculty Senate (2010–present).

FSU Department Service

Representative, Graduate qualifying exam committee (2008–present).

Chair, NHMFL Condensed matter seminar committee (2008–present).

Representative, Saturday morning Physics committee (2007–2011).

Condensed Matter Theory Representative, High energy theory faculty search committee (2008–2009).

The Profession

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Europhysics Letters (Aug 2011–present).

Physical Review Letters (2006–present).

Physical Review B (2004–present).

Nature Physics (Jul 2011).

Science (Dec 2010–Feb 2011).

Nature Nanotechnology (Apr 2009).

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

NHMFL User Collaboration Grants Program (2009–present).

National Science Foundation (2007–present).

Israel Science Foundation (2010).

Department of Energy (2009–2010).

National Science Foundation (2009).

U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (2009).

The Community

demonstrations volunteer, Flying Circus of Physics, FSU Department of Physics (2007–present).

demonstrations volunteer, NHMFL Open House, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (2007–present).

lecturer and committee member, Saturday Morning Physics, FSU Department of Physics (2007–2011).