Louis Frederick John Piper
Research Scientist
Lab: BNL, Room X1B. 631 344 5701
Email:
Skype: louis.piper
Selected papers:
- 02/05/09 X-ray spectroscopic study of the electronic structure of CuCrO2
- 01/12/09 Electronic Structure of In2O3 from Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
- 10/14/08 Band structure of ZnO from resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy
- 09/24/08 Observation of quantized subband states and evidence for surface electron accumulation in CdO from angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
- 04/25/08 Nature of the Band Gap of In2O3 Revealed by First-Principles Calculations and X-Ray Spectroscopy
Education:
1) Postdoctoral Fellow Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS)-55 Electronic Materials & Processing Division, October 2008.
2) PhD awarded May 2006, University of Warwick UK, Supervisor: Prof. Chris McConville:
“Physical properties of indium nitride: a highly cation-anion mismatched compound”
3) Young Scientists Award, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)
Spring Meeting, Nice, France. May 2006,
4) Young Scientists Award, E-MRS, Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland. Sep 2005,
5) BSc (Hons) Class I, July 2003, University of Warwick UK
I am currently employed by Prof. Kevin Smith at Boston University as senior post-doctorial research associate since August 2006. I am also the beamline contact scientist for the undulator beamline X1B at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Brookhaven National Labs (BNL) USA. I have also performed experiments at the undulator beamline 12 at the Advanced Light Source. My research interests have been interdisciplinary materials studies, employing x-ray spectroscopy techniques to investigate the electronic structure of solids, both within the bulk and the near-interface region. I have taken the lead role in various experimental studies of organic compounds, correlated oxides, rare-earth nitrides, transparent conducting oxides, nitride semiconductors, and solid oxide fuel cell cathodes. Along with these projects, I directly supervise the graduate students in their research, upkeep the major multi-technique spectroscopy system at X1B, and assist various international research groups (e.g. Oxford University, Case Western Reserve University, Trinity College Dublin, Victoria University of Wellington, Jefferson Laboratory). I have extensive experience of ultra-high vacuum (UHV) equipment, and am considered an expert in the application of various spectroscopies, such as: soft x-ray absorption, x-ray emission, (and angular) photoemission spectroscopy; resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS).
