Frank Y. Fradin

Research and Professional Experience

• Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2002-present
• Interim Laboratory Director, Argonne National Laboratory, 1998-1999
• Assoc. Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory, 1987-2002
• Division Director, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1984-1987
• Visiting Professor (part-time), Physics Department, Northern Illinois University, 1980-1988
• Senior Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1977-1987
• Assoc. Division Director, Materials Science Div., Argonne National Laboratory, 1977-1984
• Visiting Professor (part-time), Physics Department, Northern Illinois University, 1977-1978
• Group Leader, Alloy Properties Group, Materials Science Div., Argonne National Laboratory, 1971-1977
• Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1970-1977
• Visiting Professor (part-time), Materials Science Department, Northwestern University, 1970
• Visiting Associate Professor (part-time), Department of Physics, Northern Ill. University, 1969-1970
• Assistant Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1967-1970
• Research assistant in the Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, with Profs. C. P. Slichter and T. J. Rowland, 1964-1967
• Undergraduate research in diffusion in metals with Dr. Morris Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963

Education

• Ph.D.; Metallurgy & Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; 1967
• M.S..; Metallurgy & Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; 1964
• Sc.B.; Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass; 1963

Recent Publications (from more than 100)

• "Strong magnetic anisotropy in single atomic layers of Co and Fe on Pt(997)," Ruihua Cheng, J. Pearson, Dongqi Li, and F. Y. Fradin, JAP 100,073911 (2006)
• "Vortex dynamics in patterned ferromagnetic ellipses," Kristen S. Buchanan, Pierre E. Roy, Frank Y. Fradin, Konstantin Yu. Guslienko, Marcos Grimsditch, Sam D. Bader, and Val Novosad, JAP 99, 08C707 (2006)
• "Magnetic field tunability of the vortex translational mode in micron-sized permalloy ellipses," K. Buchanan, P. E. Roy, M. Grimsditch, F. Y. Fradin, K. Yu. Guslienko, S. D. Bader, and V. Novosad, Phys. Rev. B 74, 064404 (2006)
• "Coherent dynamic scattering from magnetic nano-arrays," M. Grimsditch, F. Y. Fradin, J. Yi, V. Metlushko, A. Hoffmann, and V. Novosad, Phys. Rev Lett. 96, 047401 (2006)
• "Soliton-pair dynamics in patterned ferromagnetic ellipses," K. Buchanan, P. E. Roy, M. Grimsditch, F. Y. Fradin, K. Yu. Guslienko, S. D. Bader, and V. Novosad, Nature Phys 1, 172-176 (2005)

Professional Society Memberships

• Fellow-American Physical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Materials Research Society

Research Interests

• Nanomagnetism
• Quantum Computing with Electron Spins