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T. Joshi - Resume
TOYANATH JOSHI
MATER IAL FABR ICATION LAB
WEST V IRGIN IA UNERSITY
MORGANTOWN, WV 26506
TEL : 573-***-****
EMA IL : TJOSH *@***.***.***
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PROFILE
• Optimized growth process for various oxide thin films (6+ years)
• Synthesized epitaxial and polycrystalline oxide thin films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Thin film structural characterization using XRD, XPS, SEM, AFM, Raman, PPMS, SQUID
• Advance knowledge of volatile, non-volatile memory and RRAM
• 100 and 1000 class clean room experience, nano-device fabrication
• Expertise in UH-vacuum systems: disassembling and reassembling experience of MBE system with 3 ultra-high vacuum growth chambers interconnected with a UFO EDUCATION
08/2010
-
present
Ph.D. in Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown (GPA: 3.67, Expected graduation: May 2017)
Prof. David Lederman (*********@****.***)
Memory cell / select device elements using strongly correlated oxide material with MIT/Mott transition at high temperature
Supported by FAME [http://fame-nano.org] under theme 1 (Multiferroic & Multifunctional Material)
Work Status: Green Card (PR).
01/2008
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10/2010
Master’s of Science, California State University, Long Beach (GPA: 3.77) Advisor: Prof. Chuhee Kwon (*****@*****.***)
Understanding Gold nano-island formation using transport measurement 1994 -
1998
Bachelor of Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal Major: Physics, Elective: Advanced Solid State Physics RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
08/2010-
present
Graduate Research Assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown
• Designed and conducted experiments, authored research articles, and presented findings to scientific community
• Maintained and operated ultra-high vacuum chambers including MBE, PLD and sputtering system
• Maintained and operated other laboratory equipment including XRD, XPS, AFM, VSM, PPMS and SQUID
• Optimized growth process for various oxide thin films and performed structural, electrical and magnetic characterization
• Developed threshold switching device applicable to RRAM current switch T. Joshi - Resume
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element and current oscillatory devices from NbO2 epitaxial and polycrystalline thin films
01/2008
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10/2010
Graduate Research Assistant, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
• Designed in situ transport measurement experiment with LabVIEW automation
• Solved structural instability problem in gold nanoislands using transport measurement
1998 –
2007
Inspector, Nepal Bureau of Standard and Metrology (Government Job)
• Involved in Quality, Standards, Testing and Metrology (QSTM) activities
• Basic concept of product certification and quality management system (ISO:9000 series)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• (4+ years) Taught introductory physics lab, designed quizzes and grading rubrics
• Graded homework and exams for non-major, major and graduate level physics courses SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
• Dr. Mohindar S. Seehra Research Award, 2015, Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown
• The Richard and Florence Scalettar Scholarship, 2009, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Long Beach, CA
• ECAS Graduate Student Travel Grant, WVU - 2015 and 2016 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• Oxide thin film deposition: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(MBE) and sputtering system
• Structural and Chemical Characterization: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Reflectivity
(XRR), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Step-height Profilometer, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Ram Spectrometry
• Electrical and magnetization measurements: Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS), Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), Mechanical Probe Station, Conductive AFM, Cryostat, Hall Effect Measurement System
• Nanometer sized device fabrication: Photolithography, E-beam lithography, Dry/Wet Etch Technique
• Computer/Software: Microsoft Office, LaTeX, Origin, LabVIEW, CAD, and MATLAB PUBLICATIONS
• T. Joshi, P. Borisov, and D. Lederman, AIP Advances 6, 125006 (2016)
• T. Joshi, T. R. Senty, R. Trappen, J. Zhou, S. Chen, P. Ferrari, P. Borisov, X. Song, M. B. Holcomb, A. D. Bristow, A. L. Cabrera, and D. Lederman, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 013908
(2015)
• T. Joshi, T. R. Senty, P. Borisov, A. D. Bristow and D. Lederman, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48, 335308 (2015)
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
• President: Nepalese Student and Scholar Association, WVU – 2013-2014
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