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
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Quantum microscopy facility for ultrasensitive nanoscale magnetic imaging
Seidel, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Tetienne, J. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lu, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hollenberg, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lisé-Pronovost, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tretiakov, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hamilton, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Daeneke, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Laucht, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Meneses, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kennedy, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bedford, N. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Broadway, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
11/06/24 → 10/06/25
Project: Research
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Facility for growth and characterisation of advanced materials and devices
Hamilton, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Karel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Valanoor, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bhaskaran, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Suzuki, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hudson, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Akhgar, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Xiang, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karakoti, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cole, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Medhekar, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Sharma, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Other
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X-Ray Nanolithography Facility: Towards the ultimate resolution
Van Riessen, G. A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Voelcker, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ivanova, E. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dzurak, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Santos, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abbey, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tan, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Martyniuk, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crawford, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Uddin, M. H. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Cadarso Busto, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Unnithan, R. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ng, S. H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Putrino, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), James, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Foley, C. (Partner Investigator (PI))
30/11/20 → 29/11/21
Project: Research
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Facility for electric & magnetic probes of materials at extreme conditions
Fuhrer, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Edmonds, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bach, U. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Suzuki, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Karel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kalantar-Zadeh, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bansal, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ou, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Seidel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Lu, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-energy Electronics Technologies
Fuhrer, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bao, Q. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Culcer, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Davis, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Davis, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hamilton, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Helmerson, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Klochan, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Medhekar, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ostrovskaya, E. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Parish, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schiffrin, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Seidel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sushkov, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Valanoor, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, X. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Galitskiy, V. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gurarie, V. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hannon, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Höfling, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hone, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Rule, K. C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Krausz, F. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Littlewood, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), MacDonald, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Neto, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Oezyilmaz, B. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Paglione, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Phillips, W. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Spielman, I. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Tadich, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Xue, Q. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Cole, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Perali, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Neilson, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Sek, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gaston, N. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hodgkiss, J. M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Tang, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Karel, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nguyen, T.-L. (Project Manager), Adam, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Granville, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Kumar, P. V. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Daeneke, T. (Chief Investigator (CI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, 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 (UNSW), Australian National University (ANU), RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology
29/06/17 → 28/06/24
Project: Research
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Enhancement of magnetostriction in laser powder bed fusion Fe-Ga alloy by texture formation
Huo, R., Cruz De Faria, V., Brodie, E., Karel, J. & Suzuki, K., 1 Mar 2025, In: Scripta Materialia. 257, 6 p., 116471.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Field-effect modulated water-splitting by photoinduced charge carriers on BiFeO3 film
Tan, K. H., Liu, H.-J., Yang, J.-C., Karel, J. & Chang, W. S., Feb 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 2, 10 p., e20182.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Giant berry curvature in amorphous ferromagnet Co2MnGa
Zhao, W., Zhang, Y., Yin, Y., Xing, K., Zhou, S., Bake, A., Akhgar, G., Cortie, D., Chen, L., Wang, X., Rule, K. C., Medkehar, N. V., Granville, S. & Karel, J., 5 Mar 2025, In: Matter. 8, 3, 10 p., 101988.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Room temperature quantum metric effect in TbMn6Sn6
Zhao, W., Xing, K., Zhao, Y., Chen, L., Hong, M., Yin, Y., Liu, Y., Le, D. K., Gayles, J., Tang, F., Fang, Y., Yan, B. & Karel, J., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 8 p., 6837.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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High valley-degeneracy electron gas at double perovskite - strontium titanate interface
Wang, Z.-C., Chen, L., Zhao, W., Li, S.-S., Zhang, Y., Ying, J.-S., Zhang, S.-J., Luo, F.-S., Chen, T.-W., Ye, M., Chen, L., Li, D.-F., Cortie, D., Karel, J., Rule, K., Wang, X., Dai, J.-Y. & Zheng, R.-K., 22 Mar 2024, In: Communications Physics. 7, 1, 8 p., 106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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