MARKUS HÜCKER

Address: Physics Department

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone: (631) 344-3817

Fax: (631) 344-2918

E-mail: huecker@bnl.gov

Educational Background:

Diploma in Physics, University of Cologne, Germany, (1994)

Thesis: "Magnetic susceptibility of the normal and superconducting state of La2-x-ySrxEuyCuO4+d."

Advisor: H. Micklitz

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Cologne, Germany, (2000)

Thesis: "Development and construction of a high field magnetometer and investigation of the magnetic order in doped La2CuO4"

Advisor: R. Gross

Professional Experience:

1993-1994:        Student Assistant, University of Cologne, Germany

1994-2000:        Scientific Assistant, University of Cologne, Germany

2000-2001:        Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Paris, France

2001-2003:        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory

2003-present:    Assistant Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Professional Affiliations:

Member, American Physical Society

Member, German Physical Society

Member, Neutron Scattering Society of America

Other Professional Activities:

Conference organizing committee for the 2001 OXSEN meeting (Oxide Spin Electronics Network), France

Honors and Awards:

Karl Liebrecht Award, University of Cologne, Germany, 2000

Recent Publications

1.       M. Hücker, K. Chung, M. Chand, T. Vogt, J. M. Tranquada, and D. J. Buttrey, “Oxygen and Strontium Codoping of La2NiO4: Room Temperature Phase Diagrams”, Phys. Rev. B 70, 64105 (2004).

 2.       M. Hücker, Y.-J. Kim, G. D. Gu, B. D. Gaulin, J. W. Lynn, and J. M. Tranquada, “Neutron scattering study on La1.9Ca1.1Cu2O6+d and La1.85Sr0.15CaCu2O6+d”, cond-mat/0408298, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B.

 3.       M. Hücker, V. Kataev, J. Pommer, U. Ammerahl, A. Revcolevschi, J.M. Tranquada, and B. Büchner, “Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya Spin Canting in the LTT Phase of La2-x-yEuySrxCuO4”, cond-mat/0309461, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B.

 4.       B. Simovic, M. Hücker, P.C. Hammel, B. Büchner, U. Ammerahl, and A. Revcolevschi, “The local structure of La1.65Eu0.2Sr0.15CuO4 determined by 63Cu NMR spectroscopy and Van Vleck Paramagnetism of Eu3+ ions”, Phys. Rev. B 70, 224508 (2003).

 5.       H.-H. Klauss, W. Wagener, M. Hillberg, W. Kopmann, H. Walf, F.J. Litterst, M. Hücker, and B. Büchner, “From antiferromagnetic order to static magnetic stripes: The phase diagram of (La,Eu)2-xSrxCuO4”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4590 (2000).