james slezak

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publications and reports

An Australian Cost Curve for Greenhouse Gas Abatement  [PDF]
Published by McKinsey & Company, with S. Görner, A. Lewis, L. Downey, J. Michael and A. Wonhas, 2008
Related links: Sydney Morning Herald front page article, The Australian news article, The Australian editorial, The Australian article (2), Canberra Times front page article, Smart Company article, LIVENEWS report, Scopical article, Sydney Morning Herald blog, Radio Australia report, ABC News report, SBS World News report


Imaging the impact on cuprate superconductivity of varying the interatomic distances within individual crystal unit cells
Published in Procedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, with J. Lee, M. Wang, K. McElroy, K. Fujita, B. Andersen, P. Hirschfeld, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J.C. Davis, 2007
Related links: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences commentary article


Superconducting gap variations induced by structural supermodulation in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
Published in Physical Review B, with B. Andersen, P. Hirschfeld, 2007


Atomic-Scale Impact of Unit Cell Dimensions on Pairing in a High-Temperature Superconductor
PhD thesis for the Department of Physics, Cornell University, 2007


Interplay of electron-lattice interactions and superconductivity in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
Published in Nature, with J. Lee, K. Fujita, K. McElroy et al, 2006
Related links: Cornell press release, Nature news story, Physics Web news story, Davis Group page


Atomic-Scale Sources and Mechanism of the Nanoscale Electronic Disorder in
Bi2Sr2CaCuO8+δ

Published in Science,with K. McElroy, J. Lee et al, 2005
Related links: Cornell press release, Science news story, Physics Web news story, Davis Group page , PhysOrg news story, TerraDaily news story, Nano Electronics news story, EurekAlert! news story, Innovations Report news story


Spectroscopic imaging STM studies of high-Tc superconductivity
Published in J. Phys. Chem. Solids, with J. Lee and J. C. Davis, 2005


"Wave-Function Imaging" Studies of High-Tc Superconductivity
Published in MRS Bulletin, with J. Lee and J. C. Davis, 2005


Science and Sustainability:
The role of the scientific community in the Commission on Sustainable Development

Report for United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002


Coercion: What is it and when is it justified?
Essay for the Department of Economics, Cornell University, 2002


Measurement of the Speed of Light
Report for the Department of Physics, Cornell University, 2001


Idempotents of Semigroups
Honours thesis for the Department of Mathematics, University of Sydney, 2000

 

conferences

Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology: Wellington (New Zealand), February 2007
Invited talk: STM studies of high temperature superconductors: atomic resolution spectroscopic imaging


American Physics Society: Baltimore, March 2006
Invited plenary talk: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy studies of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ from the strongly underdoped to strongly overdoped regime


American Physics Society: Los Angeles, March 2005
Submitted talk: Characterization of Zn impurity resonances in strongly underdoped Bi-2212


UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-3): Kyoto, December 1997
Accredited media: articles published in Eco, radio interviews

 

personal information

Curriculum Vitae
(available on request)

 

external links to organizations

Cornell UniversityDepartment of Physics / Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics /
J. C Davis Group


United Nations
Division for Sustainable Development


McKinsey & Company
Sydney Office


University of Sydney
Faculty of Science / Department of Mathematics

 

contact

Email: james.slezak [at] gmail.com

 

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