Curriculum Vitae of Christine Berven, Ph.D.
Department of Physics 208-885-6194 (off)
University of Idaho 208-885-4055 (fax)
Moscow, ID 83844-0903 berven@uidaho.edu
Education
B.A., Physics, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, May 1989
M.S., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, March 1991
Ph.D., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, December 1995
Research Focus
Physics of charge and thermal transport in systems where finite- and quantum-size effects predominate. Nano-device physics: Nanowires, CNTs, nanoparticles. Nanosensors. Mostly experiment and some theory.
Appointments/Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Physics: Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (2008 to present)
Assistant Professor of Physics: Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (2002 to 2008)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (2000, -2001)
Research Associate: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (1998 - 2002)
Research Associate: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (1996 - 1998)
Key Publications
Berven, C.A. and Dobrokhotov, V.V. “Towards Practicable Sensors Using One-Dimensional Nanostructures,” Int. J. Nanotechnology 5 (4-5) 402-449 (2008) Invited Review Article Submission for Special edition on Nanosensors (link) V.V. Dobrokhotov and C. Berven, “A practicable model of a carbon nanotube-based ionic sensor” Physica E 36 58–64 (2007)
V.V. Dobrokhotov, D.N. McIlroy, M.G. Norton, and C. Berven, “Transport Properties of Hybrid Nanoparticle-Nanowire Systems and Their Application to Gas Sensing,” Nanotechnology 17 4135–4142 (2006) (link) [one of top 10% most popular downloaded manuscripts from IOP]
V.V. Dobrokhotov, D.N. McIlroy, M.G. Norton, A. Abuzir, W. J. Yeh, I. Stevenson, R. Pouy, J. Bochenek, M. Cartwright, L. Wang, J. Dawson, M. Beaux, and C.A. Berven, "Principles and Mechanisms of Gas Sensing by GaN-Nanowires Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles," Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 104302-1
V.V. Dobrokhotov and C.A. Berven, "Band Structure Changes of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes by the Presence of an Ionic Shell", Physica E 31 (2) 160-164 (2006)
V.V. Dobrokhotov and C.A. Berven, "Electronic Transport Properties of Metallic CNTs in an Axial Magnetic Field at nonzero Temperatures: A Model of an Ultra-small Digital Magnetometer", Physica E 31 (2) 111-116 (2006)
C.A. Berven, M. N. Wybourne, L. Longstreth and J. E. Hutchison, "Nanoparticle based boolean logic", Physica E 19 246 (2003) (link)
C.A. Berven, M.N. Wybourne, L. Clarke, L. Longstreth, J.E. Hutchison, J.L. Mooster, "Background Fluctuations and the Transport Properties of Biopolymer-Gold Nanoparticle Complexes", J. Appl. Phys. 92 4513 (2002) (pdf copy)
A.E. Krishnaswamy, S.M. Goodnick, M.N. Wybourne, and C. Berven, "Nonlinear Transport in Quantum Point Contact Structures", Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic Structures, November 25-30, 2001 Microelec. Eng. 63 123 (2002)
C.A. Berven and M.N. Wybourne, "The Effect of Self-Capacitance on the Tunneling Thresholds in Linear Arrays of Nanoparticles", Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 3893 (2001) (pdf copy)
C.A. Berven, L. Clarke, J.L. Mooster, M.N. Wybourne, J.E. Hutchison, "Defect-Tolerant Single Electron Charging at Room Temperature in Metal Nanoparticle Decorated Biopolymers," Adv. Mater. 13 109 (2001) (pdf copy)
C.A. Berven, M.N. Wybourne, L. Clarke, J.E. Hutchison, L.O. Brown, J.L Mooster, M.E. Schmidt, "The Use of Biopolymer Templates to Fabricate Low-Dimensional Gold Particle Structures," Superlattices and Microstructures 27 489 (2000)
Author or co-author of additional eleven articles in refereed journals, co-author of three papers presented at American Chemical Society National Meetings and a co-author of one patent.
Professional Societies
American Physical Society, 1992 - present
American Physical Society Northwest Section, 2002 - present
American Physical Society Forum on Education, 1992 - present
American Physical Society Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, 1995 - present
American Physical Society Topical Interest Group on Instrument and Measurement Science, 1996 - present
American Association of Physics Teachers, 2002 - present
Society of College Science Teachers, 2007 - present
Pacific Northwest Association for College Physics, 2008 - present
Service
Manuscript reviewer: APL, IEEE, MRS, Langmuir, Nanoletters, Int. J. of Unconventional. Comp
Proposal reviewer: NSF, NSF-SBIR, PRF
Textbook reviewer: College Physics by Giambattista, Richardson and Richardson, (McGraw-Hill) (2004) and Essential University Physics, Richard Wolfson Pearson Addison Wesley (2006)
Collaborators and Affiliations (within last five years)
University of Idaho: Leah Bergman (Physics), David McIlroy (Physics), You Qiang (Physics), Pam Shapiro (Chemistry), Eric Aston (Chemical Engineering), Yang-Ki Hong (Materials Science)
Washington State University: Grant Norton (Materials Science)
Boise State University: Frank Lamelas (Physics), Alex Punnoose (Physics), Charles Hanna (Physics)
Recent/Past Funding Support
DOE-EPSCoR: "Incorporation of Novel Nanostructured Materials into Solar Cells and Nanoelectronic Devices", Co-PI
W.M. Keck Foundation; "Nanosprings: Exploring Mechanics at the Nanoscale", Co-PI
ONR; "Development of Multi-Layer Thin Films (Magnetic Tunneling Junction) for Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (MRAM) Applications", Co-PI
ONR; "Development of Soft Magnetic Films for Thin Film Inductor for High Frequency Applications", Co-PI
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