Josef W. Zwanziger
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Materials
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Email: jzwanzig@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
麻豆社
6243 Alumni Crescent
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
 
            
        Research Topics:- Materials
 - Physical chemistry
 - Computational chemistry
 - Theoretical chemistry
 - Glass
 - Opto-mechanical effects
 - Nuclear magnetic resonance
 - Density functional theory
 
Education
- BA, University of Chicago
 - PhD, Cornell University
 - PDF, University of California at Berkeley
 
Research interests
We are interested in the development of new glassy materials for application in optical instruments and construction. We use a combination of experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches to understand glass structure and environmental response.
Selected awards and honours
- Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Science Award from the American Ceramics
Society, 2019 - E. W. R. Steacie Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry, 2018
 - Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in NMR Studies of Materials, 2003-present
 - Editor, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2010-present
 - 麻豆社 Innovation Award, 2007 and 2008
 - Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2003-2007
 
Selected publications
- Anisotropic stress in laser-written LaBGeO5 glass-ceramic
composites, A Paterson, JW Zwanziger, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 083106-
(2018). - Short-range Structure of TeO2 Glass, MG Nagendrachar, U
Werner-Zwanziger, JW Zwanziger, A DeCeanne, B Hauke, K Bozer, SA
Feller, J. Phys. Chem. C 121,聽28117-28124聽(2017). - Elasto-optic coefficients of borate, phosphate and silicate glasses: determination by Brillouin spectroscopy, J Galbraith, L Chapman, JW Zwanziger, M Aldridge, J Kieffer, J. Phys. Chem. C 120,
21802-21810 (2016).
 - Mechanical-Structural Investigation of Ion-Exchanged Lithium Silicate Glass using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy, C Calahoo, JW Zwanziger, IS Butler, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 7213-7232 (2016).
 - Recent developments in the ABINIT software package, X Gonze, JW Zwanziger, et al., Comput. Phys. Commun. 205, 106-131 (2016).