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<h1 ALIGN="CENTER"> Martin Gelfand </h1>
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<h3> Associate Professor of Physics  </h3>
 B.A., Physics and Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1984
<br> PhD, Physics, Cornell University, 1990
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<br> OFFICE: Room D217, Engineering Building (Note New Location!)
<br> PHONE: 970-491-5263, 
FAX 970-491-7947 
<br> EMAIL: gelfand@lamar.colostate.edu</P>
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<h2> University Teaching </h2> 
<p>Fall 93 through Spring 96: PH571/2, Mathematical Methods </p>
<p>Fall 96: PH661, Statistical Mechanics </p>
<p>Spring 97:  PH141, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I </p>
<p>Fall 97: PH661 </p>
<p>Spring 98:  PH141 </p>
<p>Fall 98: PH692, Physics Colloquiumeister</p>
<p>Spring 99: PH572, PH692</p>
<p>Fall 99: NS180, Phenomena of Matter and Energy</p>
<p>Spring 00: PH142 Honors, Physics for Scientists and Engineers II</p>
<p>Fall 00: NS101, Phenomena of Matter and Energy</p>
<p>Spring 01: PH142 Honors</p>

<h2> Research Interests </h2> 
Fundamental physics of novel materials or states of matter.
Recent subjects of study include
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<LI> quantum antiferromagnetism
<LI> fullerides
<LI> quantum Hall effect
<LI> heavy-fermion insulators
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<h2> Recent Honors </h2>
National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1994

<h2> Selected publications </h2> 
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<LI> &quot Spin-wave excitation spectra and spectral weights
in square lattice antiferrormagnets,&quot
R. R. P. Singh and MPG,
Phys. Rev. B <B>52</B>, 15695 (1995).

<LI> &quot Phase transitions in the symmetric Kondo-lattice
model in two and three dimensions,&quot
Z.-P. Shi, R. R. P. Singh, MPG, and Z. Wang,
Phys. Rev. B <B>52</B>, 15695 (1995).

<LI> &quot Alkali fullerides: theoretical perspectives, progress, 
and problems,&quot
MPG,
Superconductivity Review <B>1</B>, 103 (1994).

<LI> &quot Off-diagonal long-range order and scaling in a disordered
quantum Hall system,&quot
S. L. Sondhi and MPG,
Phys. Rev. Lett. <B>73</B>, 2119 (1994).

<LI> &quot A plane of weakly coupled Heisenberg chains: theoretical
arguments and numerical calculations,&quot
I. Affleck, MPG, and R. R. P. Singh,
J. Phys. A <B>27</B>, 7313 (1994).

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<h2> See also </h2>
my entry in the <a href="http://www.physics.colostate.edu/People/faculty/gelfand.html">
Physics department graduate handbook </a>

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