Joanna S. Bettinger


Joanna S. Bettinger
Doctoral student
190 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Phone: (510)643-4705
Fax: (510)643-5792
E-mail: joannabettinger "at" berkeley.edu
curriculum vitae

Education:

Sc.B. Materials Science, 2001 - Brown University with Honors

Research:

My research focuses on the photomagnetic effect in complex magnetic oxides. The photomagnetic effect refers to a change in magnetic properties upon illumination. We have observed photomagnetism at and above room temperature in the spinel ferrite (Mn,Zn,Fe)3O4 and confirmed the mechanism using X-ray magnetic circular dichroism with and without illumination.

Interests:

Renewable energy materials, photomagnetism, photovoltaics, hiking, pilates, science education.

Honors and Awards:

Graduate Student Award Finalist, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference Nov. 2008
Best Poster Winner, Advanced Light Source User Meeting Oct. 2008
Best Poster Finalist, Advanced Light Source User Meeting Oct. 2007
Best Poster Nominee, Materials Research Society Conference Apr. 2006
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley Aug. 2004 - May 2006
Promotion to Staff Engineer, IBM May 2004
Member, Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society inducted Fall 2000
Member, Sigma Xi, Science Honor Society inducted Fall 2000

Selected Publications: