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Paula Mariel Coelho, Ph.D

paulamariel.coelho@unf.edu    

Education

Ph.D. Applied  Physics| University of South Florida – Tampa | Aug. 2016-Jun. 2021.

  • Project: “MBE Growth and Modifications of Early Transition Metal Tellurides”

M.S. Physics| Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte , Brazil| Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015.

  • Thesis: “Study of Atomic and Electronic Structure: Multilayer Epitaxial Graphene and Topological Insulators”.

B.S Physics| Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte , Brazil| Mar. 2009-Mar. 2013.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Physics| University of North Florida – Jacksonville | Aug. 2021 – Present.

Graduate Research Assistant | University of South Florida – Tampa |  Aug. 2016 – Aug. 2021

Physics Teacher | Pitagoras High School – Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Feb. 2015-Jul 2016

Physics Lab Specialist | Pitagoras High School – Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Mar 2014-Jul 2016

Graduate Research Assistant | Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil| Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015

Undergraduate Research Assistant | Brazilian Synchrotron – Campinas, Brazil | Jan. 2012-Mar.2012

Undergraduate Research Assistant | Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil | Jan. 2011-Mar. 2013

Physics Lab Assistant |Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil |Mar. 2010 – Jan. 2011

Tutor – Physics, Math and Chemistry |Jan. 2009 – Jul. 2016

Scientific Publications

*Visit Dr. Coelho’s Google Scholar profile for a complete and updated list of publications.

  • K. Lasek, P.M. Coelho, P. Gargiani, M. Valvidares, K. Mohseni, H. Meyerheim, I. Kostanovskiy, K. Zberecki, M. Batzill. Van der Waals epitaxy growth of 2D ferromagnetic Cr(1+δ)Te2 nanolayers with concentration-tunable magnetic anisotropy. Applied Physics Reviews. 9, 011409. 2022.
  • J. Li, S. Kolekar, Y. Xin, P. M. Coelho, K. Lasek, F. Nugera, H. Gutiérrez, M. Batzill. Thermal Phase Control of Two-Dimensional Pt-Chalcogenide (Se and Te) Ultrathin Epitaxial Films and Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials. 33, 20, 8018–8027. 2021.
  • P. M. Coelho. MBE Growth and Modifications of Early Transition Metal Tellurides. University of South Florida. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 28644410, 2021.
  •  K. Lasek, J. Li, S. Kolekar, P. M. Coelho, L. Guo, M. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. Batzill. Synthesis and characterization of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: Recent progress from a vacuum surface science perspective. Surface Science Reports. 76, 100523. 2021.
  •  K. Lasek, P. M. Coelho, K. Zberecki, Y. Xin, S. K. Kolekar, J. Li, M. Batzill. Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Transition Metal (Ti-, V-, and Cr-) Tellurides: From Monolayer Ditellurides to Multilayer Self-Intercalation Compounds. ACS Nano. 14, 7, 8473–8484. 2020.
  •  M. Bonilla, S. Kolekar, J. Li, Y. Xin, P. M. Coelho, K. Lasek, K. Zberecki, D. Lizzit, E. Tosi, P. Lacovig, S. Lizzit, M. Batzill. Compositional Phase Change of Early Transition Metal Diselenide (VSe2 and TiSe2) Ultrathin Films by Postgrowth Annealing. Adv. Mater. Interf. 2000497. 2020.
  • P. M. Coelho, K. Lasek, K. N. Cong, J. Li, W. Niu, W. Liu, I. I. Oleynik, M. Batzill. Monolayer Modification of VTe2 and its Charge Density Wave. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10, 4987−4993. 2019.
  • P. M. Coelho, K. N. Cong, M. Bonilla, S. K. Kolekar, M. H. Phan, J. Avila, M. C. Asensio, I. I. Oleynik, M. Batzill. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123, 22, 14089–14096. 2019.
  • P. M. Coelho, H. P. Komsa, K. Lasek, V. Kalappattil, J. Karthikeyan, M. H. Phan, A. V. Krasheninnikov, M. Batzill. Room temperature ferromagnetism in MoTe2 by post-growth incorporation of vanadium impurities. Adv. Electron. Mater., 1900044. 2019.
  • P. M. Coelho, H. P. Komsa, H. C. Diaz, Y. Ma, A. V. Krasheninnikov, M. Batzill..“Post-synthesis modification of MoSe2 and MoTe2 with metallic grain boundaries by incorporation of extra Mo into the atomic network”. ACS Nano, 12 (4), 3975–3984. 2018.
  •  P.M. Coelho, D.D. dos Reis, M.J.S. Matos, T.G. Mendes-de-Sá, A.M.B. Goncalves, R.G. Lacerda, A. Malachias, R. Magalhães-Paniago. “Structural and Electronic Signatures of Layer Decoupling in Multilayer Epitaxial Graphene”. Surface Science, 644, 135-140. 2015.
  • P. M. Coelho, G. A. S. Ribeiro, A. Malachias, V. L. Pimentel, W. S. Silva, D. D. Reis, M. S. C. Mazzoni, R. Magalhães-Paniago.“Temperature-Induced Coexistence of a Conducting Bilayer and the BulkTerminated Surface of the Topological Insulator Bi2Te3”. Nano Letters, 13 (9), pp 4517–4521. 2013.
  •  T.G. Mendes-de-Sa, A.M.B. Gonçalves, M.J.S. Matos, P.M. Coelho, R. Magalhaes-Paniago and R.G. Lacerda. “Correlation between (in)commensurate domains of multilayer epitaxial graphene grown on SiC(0001) and single layer electronic behavior”., Nanotechnology, 23, 475602. 2012.

Citations

Peer Reviewed Publications: 13

Citations: 430 (as of January 2023)

Average Citations per Publication: 33

H-index: 9

Awards and Honors

Dean Leadership Council Faculty Fellowship| University of North Florida. 2021

Finalist on Nottingham Prize 2020 | 80th Physical Electronics Conference. Online. Dec. 2020

First Prize in the Surface Science and Condensed Matter Physics Poster Competition | 2020 Annual Symposium of the Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, Orlando – FL | Mar.2020.

Presidential Doctoral Fellowship | Office of Graduate Studies, University of South Florida-Tampa – FL | Aug. 2016-Jul2021.

Summer Research Scholarship| Brazilian Synchrotron – Campinas, Brazil | Jan.-Mar. 2012.

Latest Conference Participation

Annual Symposium of the Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society. “Synthesis, Modification and Characterization of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” – Invited. Orlando – FL. 2022.

Physics and Astronomy “New” Faculty Workshop. Online. 2021

80th Physical Electronics Conference. “Defect engineering of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Incorporation of Excess Metal Atoms into its Crystal Structure”. Online. 2020.

Annual Symposium of the Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society. “Modifications of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Incorporation of Excess Metal Atoms”. Orlando – FL. 2020.

Organization Committee Member at the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics – Tampa – FL. 2020.

79th Physical Electronics Conference. “Defect engineering of 2D TMDC by Incorporation of Excess Metal Atoms into its Crystal Structure”. Orlando – FL. 2019.

AVS 65th International Symposium and Exhibition. “Post-Synthesis Modifications of 2D Mo-Dichalcogenides by Incorporation of Excess Metal Atoms”. Long Beach – CA. 2018.

4th European Workshop on Epitaxial Graphene and 2D Materials (EWEG2D’2018). “Post-synthesis metal incorporation into MoSe2 or MoTe2 leads to crystal modifications into metallic line-network” Salamanca, Spain. 2018.

AVS 64th International Symposium and Exhibition. “Modification of MoTe2 with metallic mirror twin grain boundaries by post-synthesis incorporation of excess Mo”. Tampa – FL. 2017.

2nd International Symposium on Science and Technology of 2D materials. Orlando – FL. 2017

Teaching Experience

  • Microsoft Office, Internet
  • Programming ability in C++ and PHP
  • Fluent in German, French and Spanish

PHY3101L Modern Physics Lab | University of North Florida

PHY3101 Modern Physics | University of North Florida

PHY2048C Calculus Based Physics I | University of North Florida

PHZ 4434 Materials Physics | University of South Florida

PHZ 5430 Introduction to Physics of Materials | University of South Florida

FIS 055 Experimental Physics Mechanics | Federal University of Minas Gerais

FIS 055 Experimental Physics Thermodynamics | Federal University of Minas Gerais

Physics and Science | Pitagoras High School

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