Faculty

Listed below are the faculty for the Physics & Astronomy program.

Mari-Anne Rosario

Overview

Department: 
School of Science » Physics and Astronomy
SMC Email Address: 
mrosario@stmarys-ca.edu
Contact Information: 

Office
Galileo Hall - 108A

Phone: (925) 631.4837/8837
Email: mrosario@stmarys-ca.edu
Mail: PMB 4237, Moraga, CA  94575

Education

  • PhD Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, May 2003
    Effects of disorder and geometric constraints on superconductivity in systems of reduced dimensions
  • BS Physics, Harvey Mudd College, May 1996

Professional Experience

Teaching Experience:

  • Assistant Professor - Saint Mary's College of California (July 2003 - Present)
  • Research Assistant - The Pennsylvania State University (1998 - 2003)
  • Teaching Assistant - The Pennsylvania State University (1996 - 2003)

Other Experience:

  • Technician - Pacific Environmental Services (1994 - 1995)

Courses Taught

Recently Taught:

Service

College service:

  • Faculty Rep, Celebrating Diversity Committee
    (2008 - Present)
  • School of Science Rep, AAEC
    (2007 - Present)
  • Parliamentarian, Academic Senate
    (2006 - 2007)
  • Faculty Rep, Technology Advisory Committee
    (2005 - 2007)
  • School of Science Rep, Faculty center for the advancement of technology
    (2005 - 2007)
  • Faculty Rep, Committee for Teaching and Scholarship
    (2004 - 2006)

Presentations

Selected Presentations

  • Hemispherical differences in the visual and auditory oddball paradigms. Rosario, Mari-Anne, Nakano, Hiroko and Ray, Chris (poster, co-author)
    Cognitive Neuroscience Society
    (2008)
  • Superconductivity in ultrathin superconducting cylinders and rings. Rosario, M.M. (invited)
    March Meeting, American Physical Society
    (2003)
  • Superconductivity in 1D. Rosario, M.M. and The Liu Group, (invited)
    Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University
    (2002)

Selected Presentations

  • Hemispherical differences in the visual and auditory oddball paradigms. Rosario, Mari-Anne, Nakano, Hiroko and Ray, Chris (poster, co-author)
    Cognitive Neuroscience Society
    (2008)
  • Superconductivity in ultrathin superconducting cylinders and rings. Rosario, M.M. (invited)
    March Meeting, American Physical Society
    (2003)
  • Superconductivity in 1D. Rosario, M.M. and The Liu Group, (invited)
    Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University
    (2002)

Publications

  • Rosario, M, Wang, H, Zadorozhny, Yu and Liu, Y. 2007. Observation of a possible metallic state induced by a parallel magnetic field in superconducting Au0.7In0.3 samples with very low normal-state sheet resistance, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, vol. 141, pg.623
  • Fobes, D, Yu, M H, Zhou, M, Hooper, J, OConnor, C J, Rosario, M and Mao, Z Q. 2007. Phase diagram of the electronic states of trilayered ruthenate Sr4Ru3O10, Physical Review B, vol. 75, pg.094429
  • Wang, H, Rosario, M M, Russell, H L and Liu, Y. 2007. Observation of double resistance anomalies and excessive resistance in mesoscopic superconducting Au0.7In0.3 rings with phase separation, Physical Review B, vol. 75, pg.064509
  • Wang, H, Rosario, M, Kurz, N A, Rock, B Y, Tian, M, Carrigan, P T and Liu, Y. 2005. Possible observation of phase separation near a quantum phase transition in doubly connected ultrathin superconducting cylinders of Al, Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, pg.197003
  • Wang, H, Wang, J, Tian, M, Bell, L, Hutchinson, E, Rosario, MM, Liu, Y, Amma, A and Mallouk, T. 2004. Metallic contacts with individual Ru nanowires prepared by electrochemical deposition and the suppression of superconductivity in ultrasmall Ru grains, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, pg.5171
  • Rosario, M M, Zadorozhny, Yu, Rock, B Y, Carrigan, P T, Wang, H and Liu, Y. 2003. Superconducting fluctuations in the destructive regime of ultrathin, superconducting cylinders, Physica B, vol. 329-333, pg.1415
  • Mao, Z Q, He, T, Rosario, M M, Nelson, K D, Okuno, D, Ueland, B, Deac, I G, Schiffer, P, Liu, Y and Cava, R J. 2003. Quantum phase transition in quasi-one-dimensional BaRu6O12, Physical Review Letters, vol. 90, pg.186601
  • Mao, Z Q, Rosario, M M, Nelson, K D, Wu, K, Deac, I G, Schiffer, P, Liu, Y, He, T, Regan, K A and Cava, R J. 2003. Experimenal determination of superconducting parameters for the intermetallic perovskite superconductor MgCNi3, Physical Review B, vol. 67, pg.094502
  • Rosario, M M and Liu, Y. 2002. Electrical transport properties of quench condensed Bi films at the initial stage of film growth, Physical Review B, vol. 65, pg.094506
  • Liu, Y, Zadorozhny, Yu, Rosario, MM, Rock, BY, Carrigan, PT and Wang, H. 2001. Destruction of the global phase coherence in ultrathin, doubly connected superconducting cylinders, Science, vol. 294, pg.2332
  • Rosario, MM, Zadorozhny, Yu and Liu, Y. 2000. Cutoff length in the logarithmic interaction between a vortex-antivortex pair in quench condensed superconducting Bi films, Physical Review B, vol. 61, pg.7005

Interests

Scholarly Interests: 

Interests

  • Solid State Physics, Experimental