Ciriculum Vitae
Employment & Education
- 2013 - present : Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Queensland
- 2011 - 2013 : Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- 2007 - 2011 : PhD, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Awarded 2012), University
of Queensland
- 2003 - 2006 : BSc (Hons I) (Physics), University of Queensland
Teaching
- Lecturer - Fields in Physics, 3rd year (2016)
- Tutor - Quantum Mechanics I, 3rd year (2013)
- Tutor - Quantum Mechanics II, 4th year (2012)
- Tutor & Tutorial Coordinator - Many Body Physics II, 4th year (2011, 2012)
- Tutor - Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (biennial course), 4th year (2007, 2009)
- Laboratory Demonstrator - Materials Physics and Engineering, 1st year (2005 - 2011)
- Tutor - Materials Physics and Engineering, 1st year (2005 - 2009)
Outreach
- Invited Speaker, Junior Physics Olympiad (2017)
- Panelist, The Science Nation (2017)
- Data Analyst, The Ninth Watch Pitch Drop Experiment (2014)
Conference Talks
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A. C. Jacko, A. Khosla, J. Merino, B. J. Powell,
Invited Talk New Frontiers of Molecular Materials (September 2017). Sendai, Japan
`First Principles Many Body Hamiltonians for Organic Charge Transfer Salts'
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A. C. Jacko, A. Khosla, J. Merino, B. J. Powell,
Late Breaking Topic Gordon Research Conference on Conductivity and Magnetism in Molecular Materials (August 2016). South Hadley, USA
`Why even is odd: spin-orbit coupling and strongly correlated effects in cyclic molecules'
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A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, J. Merino, B. J. Powell
International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors, and Magnets (ISCOM) (September 2015). Bad Gogging, Germany
‘Emergent 1D physics
in a 3D molecular crystal, Mo3S7(dmit)3’ -
A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology 7 (February 2015). Nelson, NZ
‘Understanding and controlling emergent interactions in molecular crystals’ -
A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
Australian Institute of Physics Congress (December 2014). Canberra, Aus
‘Kagomene lattice and Mo3S7(dmit)3, a spin liquid candidate’ -
A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
Invited Talk Australasian Workshop on Emergent Quantum Matter (December 2014). Dunwich, Aus
‘Designer Hamiltonians: Using molecular crystals to control strong correlations’ -
A. C. Jacko, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valentí
APS March Meeting (March 2013). Baltimore, USA
‘Microscopic models of Pd(dmit)2-based organic charge transfer salts’ -
A. C. Jacko, Hélène Feldner, E. Rose, Martin Dressel, Roser Valentí, Harald O. Jeschke
APS March Meeting (March 2013). Baltimore, USA
‘Microscopic investigation of Fabre charge transfer salts as function of temperature and pressure’ -
A. C. Jacko, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valentí
DPG Spring Meeting - Condensed Matter (March 2012). Berlin, Germany
‘Fabre charge transfer salts: an ab initio study’
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A. C. Jacko, B. J. Powell, Ross. H. McKenzie
International Conference on Science and
Technology of Synthetic Metals (July 2010). Kyoto, Japan
‘Modeling the sensitivity of organometallic complexes for
optoelectronic applications’
Scholarships & Awards
- 2007 - 2010 : Australian Postgraduate Award
- 2010 : School of Mathematics and Physics Student Conference Funding to attend the
International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Kyoto; $2000
- 2007 - 2010 : Condensed Matter Physics Group Top-Up Scholarship; $3000 p.a.
- 2007 : Scholarship from the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network to
attend the ARCNN Summer School on ‘Electronic Properties of Functional Materials for
Nanotechnology’; $600
- 2006 : Scholarship from the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network to
attend the ARCNN Summer School on ‘Foundations for Modeling Molecular Materials
for Nanotechnology’; $600
- 2005-2006 : School of Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship; $3000
- 2004-2005 : School of Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship; $3000