Joshua L Cohn
Professor
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Education
1989 | Ph.D. Physics, with distinction, University of Michigan |
B.A. Physics, with honors, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
Professional Experience
- | Co-Founder, University of Miami Center for Advanced Microscopy |
2010 - 2013 | Professor and Associate Chair, University of Miami, Department of Physics |
2004 - 2010 | Professor, University of Miami, Department of Physics |
1998 - 2004 | Associate Professor, University of Miami, Department of Physics |
1992 - 1998 | Assitant Professor, University of Miami, Department of Physics |
1985 - 1989 | Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Department of Physics |
1983 - 1986 | Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Department of Physics |
1981 - 1983 | Research Assistant, Wesleyan University, Department of Physics |
1981 - 1983 | Teaching Assistant, Wesleyan University, Department of Physics |
1989 - 1992 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory |
Honors & Acknowledgements
University of Miami 2011 Provost Research Award (2010)
Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society (240 selected out of 40,000) (2009)
University of Miami Research Council Summer Research Award (2005)
University of Miami Research Council General Research Award (1994)
University of Miami Research Council Summer Research Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering (1994)
University of Miami Research Council Summer Research Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering (1993)
Knight Faculty Fellow, University of Miami (1992)
Co-author of “Understanding Superconductivity in the Cuprates: Theory and Experiment,” selected as most outstanding article in the annual Naval Research Laboratory Review (1992)
Nominee for outstanding Ph.D thesis in Physics, University of Michigan (1989)
Bertman Prize in Physics, Wesleyan University (1983)
Inducted Member, Sigma Xi, Wesleyan University (1983)
Conferences & Events
Jan. 7-13, 1999 | University of Miami HTS99, Conference on High-Temperature Superconductivity and, other Oxides | Coral Gables, FL.Co-organizer |
Jan. 5-11, 1995 | University of Miami Workshop on High-Temperature Superconductivity: Physical Properties and Mechanisms | Coral Gables, FLCo-organizer |
Memberships
Member, American Physical Society
Member, Materials Research Society
Member, American Association of Physics Teachers
Transport, magnetic, and dielectric studies of correlated and low-dimensional systems, Superconducting and mangetic oxides, Thermoelectrics, Disorder, weak localization, electron-electron interaction effects, percolation in granular metal films; intergrain tunnel resistance and charging energy (Coulomb blockade)
Research Projects
Funded Research
Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, 9/15/15-9/14/18, $455,823
“Thermoelectric Effects and Spin-mediated Transport in Oxide
Conductors and Insulators”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, 9/15/12-9/14/15, $395,000
“Extreme Thermoelectric Behavior in Low-Dimensional Oxide Conductors”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Research Corporation Opportunity Award, 11/6/05-12/31/09, $75,000
“Dielectric Studies of Low-Dimensional and Competing-Order
Ground States in Transition-Metal Oxides
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
National Science Foundation, 9/1/00-8/31/04, $297,000
“Transport and Magnetic Studies of Phase Separation
and Electron Correlations in Magnetic and
Superconducting Oxides,”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
National Science Foundation, 9/1/98-12/31/02, $360,000
“Molecular Materials from Complexes with Bipyridine-like
Ligands: Novel Electrides,”
Principal Investigator: L. Echegoyen (Chemistry Department)
Co-Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
National Science Foundation, 9/1/96-8/31/00, $235,000,
“Thermal Transport in Copper and Manganese Oxides:
Lattice Interactions and the Superconducting and
Magnetic Phase Behavior,”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Defense Advanced Research Projects Admin. through the Office
of Naval Research, 12/20/98-12/19/99, $5,000
“University of Miami Conference on High-Temperature
Superconductivity and Related Topics, 7-13 January, 1999,”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Co-PI’s: J. Ashkenazi, S. Barnes, F. Zuo
Marlow Industries, Inc., 8/1/98-7/31/99, $9,000
Financial Agreement between UM and Marlow for
measurements of transport properties of thermoelectrics,
Project Coordinator for UM: J. L. Cohn
Naval Research Laboratory, 9/1/95-10/31/97, $20,000,
“Development and Application of an AC-Technique for
Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Superconducting and
Cryocooling Materials,”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
National Science Foundation, 6/1/95-5/31/96, $130,000,
“Acquisition of a Pulsed Laser Deposition System
and an X-ray Diffractometer,”
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Office of Naval Research, 12/15/94-12/14/95, $7,673
“University of Miami Workshop on High-Temperature
Superconductivity:Physical Properties and Mechanisms,”
Jan. 5-11, 1995 Coral Gables, FL,
Principal Investigator: J. L. Cohn
Co-PI’s: J. Ashkenazi, S. Barnes, F. Zuo
Editorial Responsibilities
NY), Vol. 483.
Co-editor, Proceedings of the University of Miami Workshop on High-Temperature Superconductivity: Physical Properties and Mechanisms, Journal of Superconductivity, Vol. 8, No.’s 4 and 5 (1995).
Publications
S. Moshfeghyeganeh, A. N. Cote, J. J. Neumeier and J. L. Cohn "Anisotropic transport in the quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor Li0.33MoO3" 095105119 (Journal of Applied Physics. 2016). [Link]
S. H. Masunaga, A.Rebello, A.T.Schye, N.Prasai, J.J.Neumeier, and J.L.Cohn "“Heat capacity, thermal expansion and heat transport in the Han Blue (BaCuSi4O10): Observation of structural phase transitions" Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 6985 (2015).
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