BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Muhammad Aziz Majidi received a Sarjana degree (equivalent to B.Sc. plus) in physics in 1993 from University of Indonesia Department of Physics, and a master’s degree in 1997, in the same field from the same department. Further, he was selected to participate in the Diploma Programme on Condensed Matter Physics held by ICTP, in Trieste, Italy (1997-1998). He received his Ph.D. degree from the Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, USA, in 2006, with a dissertation entitled Computational Studies of Ferromagnetism in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems (under advisory of Prof. Mark Jarrell). Before returning to Indonesia, he had worked as a postdoctoral research associate (2006-2008) at Physics Dept. of University of North Dakota, USA (under supervision of Prof. Juana Moreno).

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Dr. Majidi is a member of the Condensed-Matter Physics group and his field of interest is Theoretical-Computational Condensed Matter Physics. His research focuses on modeling of strongly-correlated systems such as manganites, cuprates, and dilute magnetic semiconductors, and recently, also graphene, to predict their thermodynamic, transport, and optical properties. In most of his research, he employs the method of Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) and its extentions. In addition, recently, he has also started developing algorithmic implementions of Feynman diagrammatic – based techniques, such as GW and Ladder Diagram approximations, to study effects of electron-electron and electron-hole interactions revealed in optical responses of strongly-correlated systems. Since the past few years, his research has mainly been in collaboration with Dr. Andrivo Rusydi’s research group of the Department of Physics, National University of Singapore (NUS).

TEACHING:

Undergraduate courses: General Physics, Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Computational Physics.

Graduate courses: Graduate Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Advanced Solid State Physics, Selected Topics in Condensed Matter Physics.
PUBLICATIONS: [See publications in Scopus, Google Scholar, or Web of Science]

Journal articles: [Click on the journal name to link to the URL]

1. Angga Dito Fauzi, Muhammad Aziz Majidi, and Andrivo Rusydi, Mechanisms of Spin-Flipping and Metal-Insulator Transition in Nano-Fe₃O₄, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Volume 29, Number 13 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aa5bf4.
2. T. C. Asmara, Y. Zhao, M. A. Majidi, C.T. Nelson, M. C. Scott, Y. Cai, D-Y. Wan, D. Schmidt, M. Yang, P. E. Trevisanutto, M. R. Motapothula, M. B. H. Breese, M. Sherburne, M. Asta, A. Minor, T. Venkatesan, A. Rusydi, New Tunable and Low-Loss Correlated Plasmons in Mott-Like Insulating Oxides, Nature Comm. (accepted on December 1, 2016).
3. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Annamaria Bupu, and Angga Dito Fauzi, Modeling and calculation of RKKY exchange coupling to explain Ti-vacancy-induced ferromagnetism in Ta-doped TiO₂, Physica B (accepted on August 20, 2016), available on http://dx.doi.org/10.101/j.physb.2016.08.031
4. Xinmao Yin, Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Xiao Chi, Peng Ren, Lu You, Natalia Palina, Xiaojiang Yu, Caozheng Diao, Daniel Schmidt, Baomin Wang, Ping Yang, Mark BH Breese, Junling Wang, Andrivo Rusydi, Unraveling how electronic and spin structures control macroscopic properties of manganite ultra-thin films, NPG Asia Materials 7 (7), e196 (2015).
5. L. H. Yeo, A. Srivastava, M. A. Majidi, R. Sutarto, F. He, S. M. Poh, C. Diao, X. Yu, M. Motapothula, S. Saha, S. Ojha, D. Kanjilal, P. E. Trevisanutto, M. B. H. Breese, T. Venkatesan, and A. Rusydi, Anomalous spectral-weight transfers unraveling oxygen screening and electronic correlations in the insulator-metal transition of VO₂, Phys. Rev. B 91 (Rapid Comm), 081112(R) (2015).
6. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Syahril Siregar, and Andrivo Rusydi, Theoretical study of optical conductivity of graphene with magnetic and non-magnetic adatoms, Physical Review B 90, 195442 (2014).
7. M. A. Majidi, E. Thoeng, P. K. Gogoi, F. Wendt, S. H. Wang, I. Santoso, T. C. Asmara, I. P. Handayani, P. H. M. van Loosdrecht, A. A. Nugroho, M. Rübhausen, and A. Rusydi, Temperature-dependent and anisotropic optical response of layered Pr_1.5Ca_0.5MnO₄ probed by spectroscopic ellipsometry, Phys. Rev. B 87, 235135 (2013). 
8. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Haibin Su, Yuan Ping Feng, Michael Ruebhausen, Andrivo Rusydi, Theory of High Energy Optical Conductivity and the Role of Oxygens in Manganites,   Phys. Rev. B 84, 075136 (2011).
9. I. Santoso, P.K Gogoi, H.B. Su, H. Huang, Y. Lu, D. Qi, W. Chen, M.A. Majidi, Y. P. Feng, A. T. S. Wee, K. P. Loh, T. Venkatesan, R. P. Saichu, A. Goos, A. Kotlov, M. Ruebhausen, A. Rusydi, Direct observation of room temperature high-energy resonant excitonic effects in graphene,  Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm) 84, 081403 (2011).
10. M. A. Majidi, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell, R.S. Fishman, and K. Aryanpour, Dynamics of Impurity and Valence Bands in Ga_1-xMn_xAs within the Dynamical Mean Field Approximation,  Phys. Rev. B 74, 115205 (2006).

Proceeding articles:

1. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, As’ad Saleh Umar, and Andrivo Rusydi, Dynamical Mean-Field Theoretical Approach to Explore the Temperature-Dependent Magnetization of Ta Doped TiO₂, IoP Conference Proceedings (accepted November 2016)
2. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Regi Kusumaatmaja, Angga Dito Fauzi, Wileam Yonatan Phan, Ardiansyah Taufik, Rosari Saleh, and Andrivo Rusydi, Theoretical Exploration of the Optical Response of Fe₃O₄-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoparticle System, IoP Conference Proceedings (accepted November 2016)
3. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Yusuf Wicaksono, Angga Dito Fauzi, Ardiansyah Taufik, Rosari Saleh, and Andrivo Rusydi, Theoretical investigation on the magnetization enhancement of Fe₃O₄ – reduced graphene oxide nanoparticle system, IoP Conference Proceedings (accepted November 2016)
4. Angga Dito Fauzi, Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Andrivo Rusydi, Role of temperature-dependent O-p – Fe-d hybridization parameter on the metal-insulator transition of Fe₃O₄: A theoretical study, IoP Conference Proceedings (accepted November 2016)
5. Annamaria Bupu, Muhammad Aziz Majidi, and Andrivo Rusydi, Theoretical study on the magnetic moments formation in Ta-doped anatase TiO₂, IoP Conference Proceedings (accepted November 2016)
6. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Wileam Yonatan Phan, and Andrivo Rusydi, Investigation of the effects of the graphene-substrate hybridization on the optical conductivity of graphene, AIP Conf. Proc. 1729, 020016 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946919, ISCPMS 2015, Depok, INDONESIA, 3–4 November 2015.
7. Muhammad Aziz Majidi, Muhammad Avicenna Naradipa, Wileam Yonatan Phan, Ahmad Syahroni, and Andrivo Rusydi, Development of tight-binding based GW algorithm and its computational implementation for graphene, AIP Conf. Proc. 1729, 020013 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946916, ISCPMS 2015, Depok, INDONESIA, 3–4 November 2015.
8. Yudi Darma, Freddy Giovanni Setiawan, Muhammad Aziz Majidi, and Andrivo Rusydi, Theoretical Investigation on Electronic Properties of ZnO Crystals Using DFT-Based Calculation Method, Advanced Materials Research and Production, Vol 1112, p41, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1112.

ArXiv pre-print articles:

1. A.-M. Nili, M. A. Majidi, P. Reis, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell, The effect of spin-orbit interaction and attractive Coulomb potential on the magnetic properties of Ga_1-xMn_xAs,  available on arXiv:1006.0998.
2. M. A. Majidi, D.G.S.P. Doluweera, B. Moritz, P.R.C. Kent, J. Moreno, and M. Jarrell, Charge Density Wave Driven Ferromagnetism in the Periodic Anderson Model,  available on arXiv:0710.5937.

SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS:

Previous Students:

Master’s degree:

1. Albert Zicko Johannes, Role of electron-phonon interactions in the formation of energy gap in manganites within the Dynamical Mean Field Approximation  (graduated in July 2011). Position after graduation: Lecturer at Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Techonolgy, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, INDONESIA.
2. M. Khabib Junaeni, Effects of electron-phonon interactions on the magneto-resistance and magneto-caloric properties of manganites within the Dynamical Mean Field Approximation (graduated in July 2012).
3. Gobi Hemerli, Effects of anisotropic exchange interactions on the tendency toward a first-order ferromagnetic transition in manganites (graduated in July 2012).
4. Gagus Ketut Sunnardianto, Density Functional Theory study of hydrogenated graphenes (graduated in July 2012). Position after graduation: Another Master degree at Prof. Koichi Kusakabe’s Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (graduated in July 2014). Current position: PhD student at the same lab under the same advisor.
5. Ahmad Subkhi Aziz Agus, A model to investigate the stability of Hund’s coupling in a magnetic ion against heating and photon irradiation (graduated in July 2013).

Undergraduate degree:

1. Syahril Siregar, Possible formation of energy gap in graphenes doped with elements from groups III and V: a Dynamical Mean Field Theory Study (graduated in July 2012).  Position after graduation: Master student at Prof. Riichiro Saito’s Lab, Physics Dept. of Tohoku University, Japan(graduated in July 2015). Current position: PhD student at Graduate school of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Imaging laboratory, Tohoku University (August 2015 – …)
2. Seno Aji, Calculations employing 8 k.p bands for the magnetic and electronic properties of ZnO doped with transition metal elements within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory (graduated in June 2013 ). Current position: Master student under Prof. Ishihara’s group, Physics Dept. of Tohoku University, Japan(August 2015 – …).
3. Wileam Yonatan Phan, Theoretical study on the effects of substrates on the optical conductivity of graphene (graduated in June 2014). Current position: PhD student in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (August 2016 – …).
4. Wisnu Tantyo Hadmojo, Calculations of electric permittivity and magnetic permeability as functions of frequency using the experimental data of scattering parameters of a radar absorbing material (graduated in June 2013). Current position: Master student at Jang Research Group, Dept. of Chemistry, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea (January 2014 – …)
5. Ryanda Enggar Anugrah Ardhi, Calculations employing 8 k.p bands for the magnetic and electronic properties of GaN doped with transition metal elements within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory (graduated in June 2013). Current position: Master student at Advanced Energy Materials Processing Laboratory, Center for Energy Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (January 2016 – …)
6. Ahmad Syahroni, Tight-Binding based GW algorithm for graphene (graduated in June 2014).
7. Choirun Nisaa Rangkuti, Modeling and calculations of optical conductivity of layered Pr_1.5Ca_0.5MnO₄ within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory (graduated in June 2014). Current position: Master student in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics at the Dept. of Physics, University of Indonesia (August 2016 – …).
8. Jaka Septian Kustanto, Calculations employing 8 k.p bands for the magnetic and transport properties of GaAs:Mn Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory (graduated in June 2014). Current position: Master student in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics at the Dept. of Physics, University of Indonesia (August 2016 – …).
9. A. Ramadhan Pratama, Calculation of Remanence, Magnetization, Coercivity, and Anisotropy Constant of Barium Hexaferrite doped with Mn/Ti within Heisenberg Model (graduated in June 2014).
10. Angga Dito Fauzi, Tight-binding based modeling to investigate spin-flipping mechanism in Fe₃O₄ due to oxygen vacancies (graduated in December 2014). Current position: Master student in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics at the Dept. of Physics, University of Indonesia (August 2015 – …).
11. Muhammad Avicenna Naradipa, Calculation of optical conductivity of graphene employing tight-binding based GW algorithm (graduated in June 2015). Current position: Master student in Condensed-Matter Physics at the Dept. of Physics, National University of Singapore (August 2016 – …).
12. Gerry Resmi Liyana, Tight-binding based modeling to study metal-insulator transition in Vanadium Dioxide within Mott-Hubbard picture (graduated in June 2015).
13. Bagus Hermawan Putranto, Exploration of correlation effects through optical responses of wide- and narrow-band gap semiconductors using Density Functional Theory based implementation of GW – Bethe-Salpeter equation (graduated in June 2016).
14. Yusuf Wicaksono, Dynamical Mean-Field Theoretical study to explore magnetic field dependence of Fe₃O₄ – reduced graphene oxide nano-particle system (graduated in June 2016)
15. Annamaria Bupu, Theoretical study of the formation of magnetic moments and the ferromagnetic ordering in Ta-doped TiO₂ (graduated in June 2016).
16. Regi Kusumaatmaja, Theoretical study of optical response of Fe₃O₄ – reduced graphene oxide nano-particle system within Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (graduated in June 2016)
17. As’ad Saleh Umar, Dynamical Mean-Field Theoretical study to explore temperature-dependent magnetization of Ta-doped TiO₂ (graduated in June 2016)

Current Students:

Doctorate degree:

1. Listiana Satiawati, Modeling and calculations within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory for the temperature-dependent magnetic and transport properties of layered manganite systems exhibiting orbital, charge, and spin orderings (in progress).

Master’s degree:

1. Angga Dito Fauzi, Theoretical exploration of magnetism and transport in Fe₃O₄ systems with and without oxygen vacancies (started in August 2015).
2. Anugrah Azhar, Modeling of full Heusler alloys within tight-binding approximation (started in August 2015).
3. Sugiyanto, Modeling of half Heusler alloys within tight-binding approximation (started in August 2015).
4. Achmad Prayogi, Algorithmic implementation of Ladder diagram approximation to study effects of electron-electron and electron-hole interactions in strongly-correlated metals and semiconductors (started in August 2015).
5. Choirun Nisaa Rangkuti, Modeling of CE-type orbital and charge orderings in Pr_1.5Ca_0.5MnO₄ (started in August 2016).
6. Jaka Septian Kustanto, Exploring various possible magnetic exchange couplings in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors (tentative) (started in September 2016).

Undergraduate degree:

1. Maryam Nurhuda, Optical conductivity calculation of a Luttinger-Kohn model for GaAs incorporating electron-hole interactions through a vertex function within ladder approximation (in progress).
2. Humaira Khairunnisa, Optical conductivity calculation of a k.p model ZnO incorporating electron-hole interactions through a vertex function within ladder approximation (in progress).
3. Altifani Rizky Hayyu, Theoretical study of band structure renormalization of Luttinger-Kohn model semiconductor by incorporating GW self-energy (in progress).
4. Lentara Pundi Syaina, Algorithmic implementation of Dynamical Mean-Field Theory employing stochastic exact diagonalization as the impurity solver (in progress).
5. Habib Rizqa Karima, A toy model to investigate the emergence of excitons in the ground state of a strongly-correlated semiconductor (in progress).
6. Naima Amaliah Asmah Ramadhani, Density Functional Theory (DFT) – based calculation of optical properties of Al_xGa_1-x-N incorporating GW self-energy and Bethe-Salpeter Equation (in progress).
7. Wardatu Aulia, Density Functional Theory (DFT) – based calculation of optical properties of Ta-doped TiO₂ incorporating GW self-energy and Bethe-Salpeter Equation (GW-BSE) (in progress).
8. Aslamic Adika, Density Functional Theory (DFT) – based calculation of optical properties of Sr_1-xNbO_3-d incorporating GW self-energy and Bethe-Salpeter Equation (in progress).

Note:

Most student projects are intended for publications in journals or proceedings. However, depending on the situation, a student project may require an extended work after the student’s graduation before it becomes ready for a publication.

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