2021 Ph.D. Applied Physics, Northwestern University
2012 B.A. Physics, University of California Berkeley
Awards
2017-2021 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
2017-2020 Ryan Fellowship, Northwestern Institute for Nanotechnology
Selected Publications
K. J. Harmon, N. Delegan, M. J. Highland, H. He, P. Zapol, F. J. Heremans and S. O. Hruszkewycz, “Designing silicon carbide heterostructures for quantum information science: challenges and opportunities,” Mater. Quantum. Technol. 2 023001 (2022). [Article Link]
K. J. Harmon*, K. Letchworth-Weaver*, A. P. Gaiduk, F. Giberti, F. Gygi, M. K. Y. Chan, P. Fenter, and G. Galli, “Validating first-principles molecular dynamics calculations of oxide/water interfaces with x-ray reflectivity data,” Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 113805 (2020). [Article Link]
F. Jiménez-Ángeles, K. J. Harmon, T. D. Nguyen, P. Fenter, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, “Nonreciprocal interactions induced by water in confinement,” Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043244 (2020). [Article Link]
K. J. Harmon, Y. Chen, E. J. Bylaska, J. G. Catalano, M. J. Bedzyk, J. H. Weare, and P. Fenter, “Insights on the Alumina–Water Interface Structure by Direct Comparison of Density Functional Simulations with X-ray Reflectivity,” J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 47, 26934 (2018). [Article Link]