Education

1988 Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1984 M.S. Theoretical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1982 A.B. Physics, Harvard University

Employment and Professional Experience

2005-present, Head, Theory of Advanced Functional Materials Section, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

1994-present, Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

1998-99, Visiting Scientist, Theory Department, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany

1990-94, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania

1988-90, Postdoctoral Associate, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

2009 Top Navy Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award  link

2006 Fellow of the American Physical Society  link

1998 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship

1988 National Research Council Postdoctoral Associateship

Author or co-author of ~120 scholarly publications in theoretical condensed-matter physics  link

Invited speaker at ~110 professional conferences, university colloquia, and seminars

Member, American Physical Society

Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Paul Drude Institute (Berlin, Germany)  link

Organizer and initiator, 1st International Workshop on Doping Semiconductor Nanostructures, Washington DC, Jan 2006  link

Research Activities

Development and application of numerical methods in theoretical condensed-matter physics and materials science to the areas of nanocrystals and quantum dots, magnetism in semiconductors, surfaces and interfaces, and fulleride solids

Doped nanocrystals

• S.C. Erwin. Doping PbSe nanocrystals: Predictions based on a trapped-dopant model. Phys. Rev. B 81, 235433 (2010).  reprint
• D.J. Norris, Al.L. Efros, and S.C. Erwin. Review: Doped nanocrystals. Science 319, 1776 (2008).  reprint
• M.-H. Du, S.C. Erwin, and Al.L. Efros. Trapped-Dopant Model of Doping in Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Nano Letters 8, 2878 (2008).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin, L. Zu, M.I. Haftel, Al.L. Efros, T.A. Kennedy, and D.J. Norris. Doping semiconductor nanocrystals. Nature 436, 91 (2005).  reprint

Semiconductor surface reconstructions

• S.C. Erwin and F.J. Himpsel. Intrinsic magnetism at silicon surfaces. Nature Commun. 1:58 (2010).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin, I. Barke, and F.J. Himpsel. Structure and energetics of Si(111)-(5×2)-Au. Phys. Rev. B 80, 155409 (2009).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and C.S. Hellberg. Phase transition at finite temperature in one dimension: Adsorbate ordering in Ba/Si(111)3×2. Surf. Sci. Lett. 585, L171 (2005).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin, Self-Doping of Gold Chains on Silicon: A New Structural Model for Si(111)5×2-Au. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 206101 (2003).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin, A.A. Baski, L.J. Whitman, and R.E. Rudd. Frenkel-Kontorova Model of Vacancy-Line Interactions on Ga/Si(112). Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1818 (1999).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and H.H. Weitering. Theory of the `Honeycomb Chain-Channel' Reconstruction of M/Si(111)-(3×1). Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2296 (1998).  reprint

Dilute magnetic semiconductors and doped superconductors

• S.C. Erwin and I. Zutic. Tailoring ferromagnetic chalcopyrites. Nature Materials 3, 410 (2004).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and C.S. Hellberg. Predicted absence of ferromagnetism in manganese-doped diamond. Phys. Rev. B 68, 245206 (2003).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and I.I. Mazin. Toward one-band superconductivity in MgB₂. Phys. Rev. B 68, 132505 (2003).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and A.G. Petukhov. Self-Compensation in Manganese-Doped Ferromagnetic Semiconductors. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 227201 (2002).  reprint
• Y.D. Park, A. Hanbicki, S.C. Erwin, C.S. Hellberg, J.M. Sullivan, J.E. Mattson, T.F. Ambrose, A. Wilson, G. Spanos, and B.T. Jonker. A Group-IV Ferromagnetic Semiconductor: Mn_xGe_1-x. Science 295, 651 (2002).  reprint

C₆₀ fulleride solids

• O. Gunnarsson, S.C. Erwin, E. Koch, and R.M. Martin. Role of alkali atoms in A₄C₆₀. Phys. Rev. B 57, 2159 (1998).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin, G.V. Krishna, and E.J. Mele. Three-dimensional electronic instabilities in polymerized solid AC₆₀. Phys. Rev. B 51, 7345 (1995).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and W.E. Pickett. Theoretical Fermi-Surface Properties and Superconducting Parameters for K₃C₆₀. Science 254, 842 (1991).  reprint
• S.C. Erwin and M.R. Pederson. Electronic Structure of Crystalline K₆C₆₀. Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1610 (1991).  reprint