Benjamin Ueland

Ames Laboratory Scientist II

Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

Phone: 515-294-2685
Email: bgueland@ameslab.gov
Office: A510 Zaffarano
Websites:
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Credentials

Education

  • Postdoctoral Associate (2012 – 2016)
    Ames Laboratory / Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    Advisors: Prof. Alan I. Goldman and Prof. Robert J. McQueeney
  • G. T. Seaborg Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (2010 – 2012)
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
    Advisor: Dr. Joe D. Thompson
  • National Research Council/National Institute of Standards and Technology Postdoctoral Associateship (2007 – 2010)
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
    Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey W. Lynn
  • Ph. D. Physics 2007
    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
    Dissertation: Cooperative magnetic relaxation in geometrically frustrated rare-earth pyrochlores
    Advisor: Prof. Peter Schiffer
  • M. S. Physics 2001
    Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
    Dissertation: The eigenstates of a CN- ion in various alkali halides
    Advisor: Prof. Robert L. Pompi
  • B. A. Physics 2000
    Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

Professional Appointments

  • Associate Scientist (Ames Laboratory Scientist II) (2020 – present)
    Ames Laboratory / Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    Co-Principal Investigator: Magnetic Interactions and Exciations in Quantum Materials
    Co-Principal Investigator: Center for Advancement of Topological Semimetals
    Co-Principal Investigator: Exploiting the Interplay of Mixed Valence and Magnetic Anisotropy in Rare Earths
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2023 – present)
    Department of Physics & Astronomy
    Iowa State University
  • Assistant Scientist (2016 – 2020)
    Ames Laboratory / Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    Member: Magnetic Interactions and Exciations in Quantum Materials
    Member: Center for Advancement of Topological Semimetals

Areas of Expertise

  • Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetism, Magnetic Frustration, Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Low-Temperature Experiment, Neutron Spectroscopy and Diffraction, x-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction, Magnetic-Susceptibility Experiment, Electrical-Transport Experiment, Heat-Capacity Experiment

Research

Research Interests

  • Quantum Materials, Strongly-Correlated Magnetic Materials, Itinerant Magnetism, Frustrated Magnetism, Discovery and Control of Topological Properties