CURRICULUM VITAE

NEIL S. SULLIVAN

08/08

Professor of Physics

Personal

Born January 18, 1942, New Zealand.

Married, Robyn A.; three children.

Naturalized U.S. citizen, 2004.

Education

B.Sc. (first class honors in physics) 1964, Otago University, New Zealand.

M.Sc., 1965, Otago University, New Zealand.

Ph.D., 1972, Harvard University.

Thesis: Nuclear Magnetism of Solid Hydrogen at Low Temperatures, Supervisor R. V. Pound.

Professional Positions

Postdoctoral Associate, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay, France. 1972-74

Physicist, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay, France. 1974-82

Professor of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville. 1983-present

Chair of the Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville. 1989-99

Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Univ. of Florida. 1999-2000

Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Florida. 2000-2001

Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Florida. 2001-2006

Membership in Professional Societies

American Physical Society (Fellow 1988).

Societe Francaise de Physique (France).

Institute of Physics (London).

European Physical Society.

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Groupement Ampere.

Honors and Fellowships

New Zealand Junior National Scholar, 1960-63.

New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Prize, 1961.

Beverly Scholar (Otago University, N.Z.), 1963-64.

Smeaton Scholar in Experimental Science (Otago University), 1964-65.

U.S. Fulbright Exchange Grant, 1965.

Frank Knox Memorial Fellow, Harvard University, 1965-70.

Prix Saintour, College de France, Paris, 1978.

Prix de Physique, L. La Caze, Academie des Sciences, Paris, 1983.

Teacher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida, 1988.

UF Superior Accomplishment Award for Service, 1992.

Extramural Service

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Co-Principal Investigator, 1990-2008.

Executive Committee, Instrumentation & Measurement Section, Am. Phys. Society, 1995-97.

Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Editor-in-Chief, 2003-present; Editorial Board, 1997- 2003.

National Research Council, Associates Program Review Panel, 1998-2005.

Board of Governors, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 1999-2000.

Organizer, Tutorial Session on Magnetic Resonance, American Physical Society, March Meeting, 2000.

Southern Universities Research Association, Jefferson Lab. External Advisory Committee, 2003 -2008.

International Union of Pure & Applied Physics, Working Group on Facilities, CMP, 2003-04.

Principal Organizer, XIIth Int’l Quantum Atomic & Molecular Tunneling Symposium, FL., June, 2003.

Advisory Committee, International Conference on Cryo-Crystals, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2004.

Member, External Advisory Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2005.

Chair, External Review Committee for Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of South Carolina, 2007.

Reviewer, Physics Frontiers Programme, Science Foundation of Ireland, 2007-08.

Intramural Service (University of Florida)

Director, Microkelvin Laboratory, University of Florida, 1999-2002, 2007-present.

Search Committee, University of Florida President, 2001.

University of Florida Research Foundation, board member, 2002-2006

UF Research Policy Advisory Group, 2003-2006.

Organizer, International Ultra-Low Temperature Physics Conference, University of Florida, 2005.

Dean’s Development Council (reporting to President), 2005- 2006

Search Committee, University of Florida Provost, 2004-05

Search Committee, Dean of College of Fine Arts, 2005.

University of Florida Community Campaign, Chair, Leadership Group 2005, Chair, Planning Group, 2006.

Invited Papers

  1. L’ordre Orientational dans L’Hydrogene Solide, Images de la Physique, CNRS Bulletin, No. 35, 1979.
  1. L’Hydrogene Solide: Un Verre Pas Comme les Autres, La Recherche, 111, 587 (1980).
  1. Orientational Ordering in Solid Hydrogen, ODIC Newsletter 5, No. 3, March 1985.
  1. Low Temperature MOSFET Regenerative Oscillator, Proc. RF Technology Exposition, Anaheim, CA, Feb.1987.
  1. A New Ultra-low Temperature Thermometer, Florida Microelectronics Conference, Florida Institute of Technology, May 10-11, 1990.
  1. Diffusion in Quantum Solids, ODIC Newsletter, October 1991.

7.  Quantum Solids at Very High Magnetic Fields, MRS Bulletin 1993 on Materials Science in High Magnetic Fields (with K. Bedell and I. Silvera); MRS Bull 18, 17 (1993).

  1. New Technologies and Materials Science Development at Very High Magnetic Fields, MRS Bulletin 1993, (with J. Crow and D. Parkin); MRS Bull. 18, 38 (1993).
  1. Cryogenic Colpitts Oscillators for High Sensitivity Detection of NMR, RF EXPO EAST, Orlando, FL, Nov. 1994.

10. Quantum Diffusion in the Solid Heliums, Applied Magnetic Resonance, Special Issue on Noble Gases, 1994-95.

11. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers, Encyclopedia of Scientific Instrumentation, 1995-96.

12. Cryomagnetic Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers, Recent Research Developments in Cryogenics, Research Signpost, India, 1996.

13. Ortho-Para Hydrogen at Low temperature, Contribution to Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, J. Wiley & Sons, NY, 1996.

14. New Orientationally Ordered Phases of H2 in 2D, Second International Conference on Cryocrystals, Polanica, September, 1997.

15. NMR Studies of Diffusion in Quantum Solids, IIIrd International Conference in Low Temperature Chemistry, University of Nagoya, Japan, July, 1999.

16. Diffusion of Impurities in Quantum Crystals, Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference, Tallahassee, November, 1999.

17. NMR Experiments on Quantum Solids at Low Temperatures. VIIIth Ampere Summer School, Zakopane, Poland, June, 2000.

18. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Ultra-High B/T Facility, International Conference on Research in High Magnetic Fields, Porto, Portugal, July, 2000.

19. NMR Studies of Diffusion in Quantum Crystals, ISMAR Conference, Jacksonville, Fl., October 28, 2004.

Invited Lectures at National and International Meetings

  1. NMR Studies of Solid H2 at Reduced Ortho Concentrations, Proc. Int. Conf. on Quantum Crystals, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colorado, Aug. 8-12, 1977.
  1. Quadrupole Glass Phases in Solid Hydrogen and Solid Deuterium, Bull. Am Phys. Soc. 25, 323 (1980). (Spring Meeting 1980, American Physical Society, New York.).
  1. Different Scenarios for the Orientational Ordering Seen for Intermediate Concentrations in Ortho-Para Hydrogen Alloys, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28, 712 (1983). (March Meeting 1983, American Physical Society, Baltimore.)
  1. NMR Studies of Motion in the Molecular Glasses, Gordon Research Conference on Orientational Disorder in Crystals, California, Jan 9-13, 1984.
  1. NMR Studies of Orientational Ordering of Diatomic Molecules in Two Dimensions, Gordon Conference on Magnetic Resonance, Wolfeboro, NH, June 17-21, 1985.
  1. Orientational Ordering in Solid Hydrogen, Proc. Int. Conf. on Quantum Fluids and Solids, Banff, Canada, Oct 13-17, 1986.
  1. Quantum Tunneling in Solid Hydrogen, 7thGeneral Condensed Matter Conference of European Physical Society, Pisa, Italy, April 1987.
  1. Molecular Dynamics in Solid Hydrogen, NMR Summer School 1987, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  1. Laboratory Searches for Dark Matter, 1989 Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Tuscaloosa, AL, Nov. 9, 1989.
  1. Low Frequency Dynamics of Quadrupolar Glasses, Gordon Research Conference on Solid Hydrogen, Oxnard, CA, Jan. 8-13, 1990.
  1. The Florida Refrigerator, E.D. Adams, G.G. Ihas, M.W. Meisel, Y.J. Qian, N.S. Sullivan, Y. Takano and J.S. Xia, Proc. Lancaster Conference on Ultralow Temperature Physics, 1990.
  1. Orientational Ordering in Molecular Solids, NMR Summer School 1991, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  1. The New National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 12th Waterloo NMR Summer Institute 1991, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  1. The US National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Current Status and Future, 1991 Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Duke University, November 9-12, 1991.
  1. Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields: Science and Research Opportunities, Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 8 January 1992, Orlando, Florida.
  1. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Facilities and Scientific Opportunities, (with J.E. Crow, D.M. Parkin, H.J. Schneider-Muntau and N.S. Sullivan), Sixth International Conference on Megagauss Field Generation, Santa Fe, NM, November 8-11, 1992.
  1. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: A New Facility in Support of Cryogenic and Low Temperature Materials Research, J. E. Crow, D. M. Parkin, H. J. Schneider-Muntau and N. S. Sullivan, Proc. Cryogenic Eng. Conf. July 12-16, 1993, LA-UR-93-318.
  1. High Magnetic Field Research: Overview of Facilities and Science and Technology, J.E. Crow, H. J. Schneider-Muntau, D. M. Parkin and N. S. Sullivan, Proc. 38th Annual Conf. on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Nov. 15-18, 1993, LA-UR-93-2458, 1993.
  1. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: A User Facility in Support of Research in High Magnetic Fields, J. E. Crow, H. J. Schneider-Muntau, D. M. Parkin and N. S. Sullivan, Cryogenic Proceedings, LA-UR-93-3120, 1993.
  1. NMR at Very Low Temperatures, NMR Summer Institute 1993, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  1. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Facilities and Scientific Opportunities, J.E. Crow, D.M. Parkin, H.J. Schneider-Muntau and N.S. Sullivan, Proc. of Sixth Inter. Conf. on Megagauss Mag. Field. Generator, November 8-11, 1992, Santa Fe, NM.
  1. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: A New Science Opportunity for the South. The Society of Physics Students, Spring 1993, Zone 6 Meeting, Stetson University, Florida.
  1. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Overview of Facilities and Science Opportunities, Proc. of XXth Int’l Conf. on Low Temperature Physics, Eugene, Oregon, August 4-11, 1993 (with J.E. Crow, D. Parkin and H. Schneider-Muntau).
  1. Cryogenic Colpitts Oscillators for High Sensitivity Detection of NMR, N.S. Sullivan and P.M. Andersen, Proceedings RF Expo-East, Orlando Fl., Nov. 17, 1994.
  1. NHMFL---Early Measurements and Science Opportunities, J.E. Crow, D.M. Parkin, H.J. Schneider-Muntau and N. S. Sullivan, Proc. of Conference on High Magnetic Fields, Nijmegen, Aug. 29-31, 1994.
  1. High Magnetic Fields in the USA, Second European Workshop on Science in 100 Tesla, Sep. 30- Oct. 1, 1994 (with L.J. Campbell, J.E. Crow, D.M. Parkin and H. J. Schneider-Muntau).
  1. NMR Studies of the Supercooling of Liquid Hydrogen in Zeolites, Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference, Univ. of North Carolina, Oct. 23-25, 1994.
  1. Diffusion of Isotopic Impurities in Quantum Solids, Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Quantum Solids, Fluids, Films and Clusters, Newport Beach, CA., Feb. 16-18, 1995.
  1. NMR Studies of Quantum Solids at High Magnetic Fields, International Conf. on Physical Phenomena at High magnetic Fields, NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL, May 7, 1995.
  1. Ultra-Low Temperature Physics, NSF Chautauga Summer School, NHMFL, Tallahassee, June 14, 1996.
  1. Molecular Spectroscopy at Very High Magnetic Fields, Workshop on Molecular Properties at High Magnetic Fields, NHMFL, Gainesville, October 24-25, 1996.
  1. New Orientationally Ordered Phases in Solid Hydrogen in 2D, IInd International Conference on Cryocrystals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polanica, September 7-12, 1997.

32. New Orientationally Ordered Phases in Solid Hydrogen in 2D, IInd International Conference on Cryocrystals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polanica, September 7-12, 1997.

33. NMR of Solids at Low Temperatures, IVth International Summer School for NMR, University of Waterloo, June18-22, 1997.

34. NQR Studies of Sb at Ultra-low Temperatures, Southeast Magnetic Resonance Conference, October 30-31, 1997.

35. Quantum Rotors in 2D: New Ordered Phases, Gordon Conference on Orientational Order and Disorder, July 14-21, 1998.

36. NMR Studies of Quantum Quadrupoles, Vth International Summer School for NMR, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 20-23, 1999.

37. Diffusion in Quantum Crystals, Vth International Summer School for NMR, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 20-23, 1999.

38. Orientational Ordering of Ortho-Para H2 Mixtures on a Triangular Lattice, IIIrd International Conference on Low Temperature Chemistry, University of Nagoya, Japan, July 22-27, 1999.

39. Order/Disorder Transitions of Quantum Quadrupoles, Universidade de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Nov. 18, 1999.

40. Frontiers of Imaging Sciences, Universidade de Minas Gerais, Brazil, November 20, 1999.

41. Orientational Ordering of Molecular H2 in 2D, Cryocrystals Conference 2000, Zakopane, Poland, June, 2000.

42. Scientific Program of the NHMFL High B/T Facility, Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro, May 10, 2001.

43. NMR Studies of Solid Hydrogen, XIth International Summer School for NMR, University of Waterloo, Canada, June 10-13, 2001.

44. Research Frontiers at High Fields and Low Temperatures, University of South Alabama, May 15, 2002.

45. Memory Effects in Solid N2-Ar Mixtures, CryoCrystals Conference 2004, Wroclaw, Poland, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2004.

Public Lectures

1. The U.S. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory - A Bold Step for Florida, The Retired Faculty Club of the University of Florida, January 18, 1992.

2. Frontiers in Science and Florida’s Future, Kiwanis Club, Gainesville, Florida, March 3, 1992.

3. New Science Frontiers in Florida, Rotary Club, Gainesville, Florida, May 5, 1992.

4. Using Resources Creatively, Council for Faculty Development, SUS (Florida), Camp Cerveny, April 5, 1993.

5. Career Day: The 20th Century Scientist, Fort Clarke Middle School, Gainesville, FL. May 23, 1994.

6. The Forces of Magnetism, UF Back to College Lecture Series, April 1, 1995.

7. Physics in the New Millennium, Lecture to Sigma-Xi Society at the University of Florida, September 24, 1998.

6. Magnetism and the Future, UF- Student Science Training Program, July 2, 2003.

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. N.S. Sullivan and R.V. Pound, Splitting of NMR Spectrum of Solid H2, Phys. Lett. 39A, 23-24 (1972).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, Nuclear Resonance Spectrometers Using FET’s, Rev. Sci. Instr. 43, 462-465 (1971).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and R.V. Pound, Nuclear Spin-lattice Relaxation of Solid Hydrogen at Low Temperatures, Phys. Rev. A6, 1102-1107 (1972).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and R.V. Pound, A Low Temperature UHF NMR System, Cryogenics, 13, 28-29 (1973).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and M. Chapellier, Nuclear Spin-lattice Relaxation Times in bcc 3He, J. Phys. C (Solid State) 7, L195-197 (1974).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, G. Deville and A. Landesman, Vacancy Induced Nuclear Spin-lattice Relaxation in Solid 3He, Phys. Rev. B11, 1858-1865 (1975).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, J. Vaissiere and C. Mauc, Simple Reliable Current-voltage Power Supply for Superconducting Solenoids, Rev. Sci. Instr. 46, 198-200 (1975).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, H. Vinegar and R. V. Pound, Orientational Ordering in Solid H2 at Reduced Ortho Concentrations, Phys. Rev. B12, 2596-2600 (1975).
  1. N..S. Sullivan, Theory of Orientational Ordering in Solid H2, J. de Phys. (Paris) 37, 981-988 (1976).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, Temperature Dependence of Orientational Order Parameters in Solid H2, J. de Phys. (Paris) 37, L209-211 (1976).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, Anomalous Nuclear Spin-lattice Relaxation of 3He Adsorbed on Porous Material, J. Low Temp. Phys. 22, 313-323 (1976).
  1. P. Deschamps, J. Vaissiere and N.S. Sullivan, Integrated Circuit Robinson Oscillator for NMR Detection, Rev. Sci. Instr. 48, 664-668 (1977).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and M. Devoret, Nuclear Spin-lattice Relaxation in Solid nD2, J. de Phys. (Paris) 39, C6-92-9 (1978).
  1. H.R. Wampach and N.S. Sullivan, A Low Dissipation Tunable rf Preamplifier for Low Temperature NMR Applications, Rev. Sci. Instr. 49, 1622-1624 (1978).
  1. N.S. Sullivan, M. Devoret, B.P. Cowan and C. Urbina, Evidence for Quadrupole Glass Phases in Solid H2, Phys. Rev. B17, 5016-5022 (1978).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and M. Devoret, Quadrupolar Glass Ordering in Solid D2, J. de Phys. (Paris) 40, L-559-564 (1979).
  1. M. Devoret, N.S. Sullivan, D. Esteve and P. Deschamps, Simple Thermal Conductivity Cell Using a Miniature Thin Film Printed Circuit, Rev. Sci. Instr. 51, 1220-1224 (1980).
  1. J.M. Delrieu and N.S. Sullivan, Quantum Tunnelling and Motional Narrowing of HD NMR Line Shapes in Solid hcp H2, Phys. Rev. B23, 3197-3207 (1981).
  1. N.S. Sullivan and D. Esteve, Ralentissement de la Dynamique a la Transition Verre Quadrupolaire de L’Hydrogene Solide, Proc. Congress de la Soc. Fse. de Phys., A-P9, P.91. Clermont-Ferrand, June 29-July 4, 1981.
  1. M. Devoret, D. Esteve and N.S. Sullivan, Un Ordre de Type Vitreux Dans L’Hydrogene Solide, Proc. Congres de la Soc. Francaise de Physique, A1-P81. Clermont-Ferrand, June 29-July 4, 1981.

21.  N.S. Sullivan and D. Esteve, Critical Slowing Down in Spin-glasses: Quadrupolar Glass Phase of H2, Physica 107, B + C, 189-191 (1981).