Laszlo Mihaly | Department of Physics and Astronomy

LASZLO MIHALY
Professor
Physics and Astronomy
laszlo.mihaly@stonybrook.edu | 631-632-8178, Physics B-145 | 631-632-8155, Physics S-259
Teaching Website | Personal Website

Biography
Laszlo Mihaly is a Professor of Physics and SBU. He was born and educated in Hungary. He worked in Paris (Universite Paris-Sud), Grenoble (Institute Laue Langevin) and in Los Angeles (UCLA) before moving to Stony Brook in 1989. His research interest is condensed matter physics. He was the Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 2010 to 2016. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society and the AAAS and he is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Research Statement
My research exerience is in infrared spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, electrical transport measurements and materials preparation. The main research goal is the understanding the nature and consequences of the electron correlations in solids. For 20 years I had an experiment operating at the NSLS I in Brookhaven Lab.

Highlight Publications

Published a graduate-level textbook on "Solid State Physics: Problems and Solutions" by L. Mihaly and M.C. Martin (J. Wiley&Sons, 1996). Revised and enlarged edition published by Wiley-VCH, 2009
WEB of Science data (2019):
Publications: 138
Total number of citations: ~4,700, 10 papers with 100 or more citations, the most cited paper has 680 citations.
h-index: 33.

Most influential Publications:

P.W. Stephens, L. Mihaly, P.L. Lee, R.L. Whetten, S.M. Huang, R. Kaner, F. Diederich, K. Holczer, Structure of single phase, superconducting KC60 Nature 351, 632 (1991)

S. Pekker, A. Janossy, L. Mihaly, O. Chauvet, M. Carrard, L. Forro, Single crystalline (KC60)x: a conducting linear alkali fulleride polymer Science 265 1077 (1994)

L. Mihály and L. Forró, Electronic properties of doped fullerenes (review) Reports on Progress in Physics, 64 649-699 (2001)

D. Mandrus, L Forro, D. Koller and L. Mihaly, Giant tunneling anisotropy in the high T superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Nature 351, 460, (1991)

V. Golovanov, L. Mihaly, A.R. Moodenbaugh, Magnetoresistance in La1-xSrxCoO3 Phys. Rev. B 53, 8207 (1996)

J. Miklossy, A. Kis, A. Radenovic, L. Miller, L. Forro, R. Martins, K. Reiss, N. Darbinian, P. Darekar, L. Mihaly, Beta-amyloid deposition and Alzheimer's type changes induced by Borrelia spirochetes. Neurobiology of Aging, 27, 228-236 (2006)

L. Mihály, B. Dóra, A. Ványolos, H. Berger and L. Forró, Spin-Lattice Interaction in the Quasi-One-Dimensional Helimagnet LiCu2O2 Phys. Rev. Letters, 97, 067206 (2006)

- 2015 - 2016 Sabbatical/research leave at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne and the Technical University, Budapest
- 2014 - Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, SBU
- 2009 - 2015 Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy, SBU
- 2005 - 2006 Sabbatical leave at the Technical University, Budapest
- 2003 - 2009 Director of the Graduate Program, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, SBU
- 1998 - Sabbatical leave at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne
- 1989 - present: Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- 1987 - Senior Research Scientist, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest
- 1983 - 86 Visiting Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1982 - Research Scientist, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
- 1980 - 82 Post-doctoral Associate, University of Paris (Orsay), France
- 1978 - Research Associate, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
- 1975-76 Graduate Student, Institute Max von Laue - Paul Langevin Grenoble, France
- 1975-77 Graduate Student, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
- 2017 - Sttate University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
- 2013 - Elected Fellow of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- 2010 - Elected external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- 2008 - Dean's Award for Excellence in Service to Education by a Graduate Program Director
- 2006 - Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2005 - Szent-Gyorgyi fellowship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
- 2003 - State University of New York Chancellor's award for Excellence in Teaching
- 1993 - Doctor of Physical Sciences, awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- 2021- 2024 Co-chair of the Steering Committee (reporting to the President and the Provost) responsible for the re-accreditation of the University.
- 2018 - Member of a Committee (reporting to the Dean) to review Departmental Strategic Plans
- 2014 - Member of the Committee (reporting to the Provost) on Administrative Support
- 2014 - 2015 Member of the Committee (reporting to the President), IDC revenue distribution
- 2013 - Member of Search Committee (reporting to the President) to select the CIO.
- 2013 - Member of Committee (reporting to the Provost) to review overhead allocation policies.
- 2012 - Member of Search Committee (reporting to the President) to select VPR
- 2011 - Member of Committee (run by Bain Consulting) to review overhead allocation policies.
- 2010 - Member of Search Committee (reporting to the President) to select new CIO.
- 2018 - National Research Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) Grants Review Panel
- 2017 - National Research Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) Grants Review Panel
- 2018 - European Research Council Grants Review Panel
- 2017 - Hungarian Academy of Sciences "Lendulet" Grants Review Panel
- 2014 - NSF Proposal Review Panel on Condensed Matter Physics
- 2018 - European Research Council Grants Review Panel
- 2014 - Site Review Panel, Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC), Functional Materials Program
- 2014 - NSF Proposal Review Panel on the Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
- 2010 - External Review Board, Research Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest
- 2010 - European Research Council Starting Grants Review Panel
- 2010 - NSF Proposal Review Panel on Superconductivity
- 2007 - European Research Council Starting Grants Review Panel
- 2006 - Proposal reviews for OTKA, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
- 2004 - Site review of the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) at the University of Wisconsin
- 2004 - NSF CAREER review, Condensed Matter Panel
- 2003 - NSF DMR proposal review
- 2001 - NSF CAREER Award Panel
- 2000 - NSF/Division of Materials Research (DMR) Site Visit to the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), Madison, Wisconsin

Ph.D. Students

David John Brown, co-advised with LANL staff (currently staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Vladimir Golovanov (currently at Greenville Capital Management )

Chris Kendziora (group leader at the Naval Research Laboratory)

Daniel Koller (currently staff member at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

David Mandrus (currently group leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tenessee)

Michael Martin (currently group leader and Deputy Director at the Advanced Light Source, Berkeley)

Diyar Talbayev (currently Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulene University)

Current Teaching

PHY 251, Modern Physics. Tu/Th 8:00-9:20 AM, Physics P-118. Course website.

PHY 598, Graduate Seminar I. Th 4:45-6:05 PM, Melville Library W4530.