University of Maryland
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), Bldg. 223
College Park, MD 20742
(lab) 301-405-7986 (fax) 301-314-9437 dsz@physics.umd.edu
EDUCATION
Received BS in Physics, with Great Distinction, from Clarkson University, 2001.
Fourth year in Physics Ph.D. program (Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics) at
UMCP.
RESEARCH
Development and construction of a 3 meter diameter liquid sodium geodynamo model, with Daniel P. Lathrop, August 2001 to present
Anomalous decay experiments in scintillating crystals, temperature dependence with Martin Nikl, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, July 2000
Fast Fourier Transform Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (experiments on electrochemical interfaces) with Dipankar Roy, Clarkson University
PUBLICATIONS
"Temperature dependence of anomalous decay: theory and experiment. " E. Mihokova, L. S. Schulman, M. Nikl, B. Gaveau,K. Polak, K. Nitsch, D. Zimmerman
,
Phys. Rev. B66, 155102 (1-7) (2002).
"Modification of PbWO4 scintillator characteristics by doping,"
M. Nikl et. al.,
J. of Crystal Growth 229 (2001) 312-315
"The doping of PbWO4 in shaping its scintillator characteristics,"
M. Nikl et. al.,
Rad. Meas. 33 (2001) 705-708 63 027602 (2001).
"Weak Adsorption of Anions on Gold: Measurement of Partial Charge Transfer Using Fast Fourier Transform Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, " M.J. Walters, J.E. Garland, C.M. Pettit, D.S. Zimmerman, D.R. Marr and D. Roy, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 499 (2001) 48-60