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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Julie Karel earned her B.S in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (2005). From 2005-2007, Julie worked as a Materials Engineer for Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA and Chandler, AZ. Dr. Karel then obtained her M.S. (2010) and PhD (2012) also in MSE from the University of California – Berkeley. Her postdoctoral research was carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany (2012-2016). Since late 2016, Julie has been working as a research fellow at Monash University.
Research interests
My research focuses on utilising either thin film growth techniques or application of external electric fields to control the magnetic or electronic properties of advanced functional materials. I am particularly interested in the electronic modifications in materials resulting from application of very large electric fields during liquid electrolyte gating and how to utilise these changes to make novel computing devices. I also study magnetic thin films for spintronic applications (such as magnetic data storage) where we use disorder and nanostructuring to control the properties.
Education/Academic qualification
Materials Science and Engineering, PhD , University of California Berkeley
Award Date: 1 Dec 2012
Materials Science and Engineering, M.S. , University of California Berkeley
Award Date: 1 Dec 2010
Materials Science and Engineering, B.S. , University of Wisconsin-Madison
Award Date: 1 May 2005
Research area keywords
- Spintronics
- Thin film magnetism
- Ionic liquid gating
- Electronic and magnetotransport
Network
Projects
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ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-energy Electronics Technologies
Fuhrer, M., Bao, Q., Culcer, D., Davis, M., Davis, J. A., Hamilton, A., Helmerson, K., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Klochan, O., Medhekar, N., Ostrovskaya, E., Parish, M., Schiffrin, A., Seidel, J., Sushkov, O., Valanoor, N., Vale, C., Wang, X., Wang, L., Galitskiy, V., Gurarie, V., Hannon, J., Höfling, S., Hone, J., Rule, K. C., Krausz, F., Littlewood, P., MacDonald, A., Neto, A., Oezyilmaz, B., Paglione, J., Phillips, W., Refael, G., Sinova, J., Spielman, I., Tadich, A., Xue, Q., Cole, J., Perali, A., Neilson, D., Lin, H., Sek, G., Gaston, N., Hodgkiss, J. M., Tang, M., Karel, J., Nguyen, T. & Adam, S.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal School Contribution, Monash University – Internal Department Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal University Contribution, University of Wollongong, University of Queensland , Tsinghua University, University of New South Wales, Australian National University , RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology
29/06/17 → 28/06/24
Project: Research
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Facility for electric & magnetic probes of materials at extreme conditions
Fuhrer, M., Edmonds, M., Bach, U., Suzuki, K., Karel, J., Kalantar-zadeh, K., Wang, L., bansal, V., Ou, J., Seidel, J. & Lu, Y.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Other
Research output
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Dramatic grain refinement and magnetic softening induced by Ni addition in Fe-B based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys
Li, Z., Parsons, R., Zang, B., Kishimoto, H., Shoji, T., Kato, A., Karel, J. & Suzuki, K., May 2020, In : Scripta Materialia. 181, p. 82-85 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Unexpected dependence of the anomalous Hall angle on the Hall conductivity in amorphous transition metal thin films
Karel, J., Bouma, D. S., Fuchs, C., Bennett, S., Corbae, P., Song, S. B., Zhang, B. H., Wu, R. Q. & Hellman, F., 4 Nov 2020, In : Physical Review Materials. 4, 11, 8 p., 114405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Enhanced spin polarization of amorphous F ex S i1-x thin films revealed by Andreev reflection spectroscopy
Karel, J., Bouma, D. S., Martinez, J., Zhang, Y. N., Gifford, J. A., Zhang, J., Zhao, G. J., Kim, D. R., Li, B. C., Huang, Z. Y., Wu, R. Q., Chen, T. Y. & Hellman, F., 27 Jun 2018, In : Physical Review Materials. 2, 6, 6 p., 064411.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus) -
Enhanced magnetization and anisotropy in Mn-Ga thin films grown on LSAT
Karel, J., Casoli, F., Nasi, L., Lupo, P., Sahoo, R., Ernst, B., Markou, A., Kalache, A., Cabassi, R., Albertini, F. & Felser, C., 30 Oct 2017, In : Applied Physics Letters. 111, 18, 4 p., 182405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Influence of nanoscale order-disorder transitions on the magnetic properties of Heusler compounds for spintronics
Karel, J., Fischer, J. E., Fabbrici, S., Pippel, E., Werner, P., Vinicius Castergnaro, M., Adler, P., Ouardi, S., Balke, B., Fecher, G. H., Morais, J., Albertini, F., Parkin, S. S. P. & Felser, C., 2017, In : Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5, 18, p. 4388-4392 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)