Personnel
Dr. Jianxin Zhong
Computational Nanotechnology Group
Research Scientist
Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research
ORNL/CSMD
One Bethel Valley Road, PO Box 2008
Bldg. 6010, MS-6355
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Phone: 865-241-5097
Fax: 865-241-0381
zhongjn@ornl.gov
Dr. Zhong received his Ph.D. degree in condensed matter physics from the University of Cergy-Pontoise and the National Center for Scientific Research, France, in 1995. Science 1995, he worked successively at Xiangtan University in China, Göttingen Max Planck Institute and Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Texas at Austin, and Solid State Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 2001, he joined the Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research and the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
His research field is in theoretical condensed matter physics and computational materials science. He uses a variety of analytical and computational techniques to explain existing experimental results and make predictions that can be tested experimentally. His earlier research effort (before 1995) was devoted to quasicrystals, porous silicon, and nonlinear dynamics in complex quantum systems. In recent years, his research focus has been on fundamental mechanisms of growth of nanostructured materials and quantum dynamics in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems. Current research projects include pattern formation and thin-film growth, morphological evolution and control of surface-based nanostructures, strain-driven growth of quantum dots, laser-focused atomic deposition, nanoimprint lithography, quantum dynamics of ultra-cold atoms in laser fields, quantum diffusion, quantum fluctuation and quantum chaos in mesoscopic systems.
Dr. Zhong has published 50 articles in refereed journals and 5 articles in conference proceedings. He has also had a number of invited presentations in major international conferences including APS March meeting. He is a member of the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society. He serves as a referee for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Physics and Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General.
