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Katherine J. Harmon

Argonne Scholar

Biography

Education

  • 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]