Associate Professor of Physics
254 Padnos Hall of Science
Department of Physics
Tel: (616) 331-2096
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNanoProbe

Education 

• Ph.D. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2011).
• M.S. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2006).
• B.S. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (2004).

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2023 - Present.
• Assistant Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2017 - 2023.
• Affiliate Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2014 - 2017.
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Hope College, 2013 - 2014.
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 2011 - 2013.

Teaching 

• PHY 309 - Experimental Methods in Physics
• PHY 302 - Modern Physics
• PHY 220/221 (algebra based) with Labs - General Physics I & II.
• PHY 230/231 (calculus based)  - Principles of Physics I & II.
• PHY 234 – Engineering Physics
• PHY 201 – Inquiry: The Mechanical and Thermal World
• PHY 200 – Physics for the Life Sciences.
• SCI 226 (inquiry based) –Integrated Physical Science for K-8 Teachers

Research Interests in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

• Thin-film ferroelectrics.
• Oxide nanoelectronics.
• Biological electron transfer.
• Scanning Probe Microscopies (AFM, STM, PFM).

Selected Publications

*denotes undergraduate student mentees

• Joshua P. Veazey, Randy Lindgren*, Tikran Kocharian, and Karl Brakora. Investigating electronic structure with a single-axis tunneling microscope. BFY4 Proceedings (to be published). [preprint]
• Joshua P. Veazey, Piecewise Grading Reform Year One: Lab Specifications. The Physics Teacher 62, 721-4 (2024, to be published). [preprint].
• Randy Lindgren*, Wesley Kozan*, Noah Fuerst*, Douglas Knapp*, and Joshua P. Veazey. A z-axis tunneling microscope for undergraduate labs. American Journal of Physics 90, 795-800 (2022). [preprint]
• Michelle Tomczyk, Guanglei Cheng, Hyungwoo Lee, Shicheng Lu, Anil Annadi, Joshua P. Veazey, Mengchen Huang, Patrick Irvin, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, and Jeremy Levy. Micrometer-scale ballistic transport of electron pairs in LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ nanowires. Physical Review Letters 117, 096801 (2016).
• Sanela Lampa-Pastirk, Joshua P. Veazey, Kathleen Walsh, et al. Thermally activated charge transport in microbial protein nanowires. Scientific Reports 6, 23517 (2016).
• Guanglei Cheng, Michelle Tomczyk, Schicheng Lu, Joshua P. Veazey, Mengchen Huang, et al. Electron Pairing Without Superconductivity Nature 521, 196-199 (2015).
• Joshua P. Veazey, Guanglei Cheng, Shicheng Lu, et al. Nonlocal current-voltage characteristics of gated superconducting sketched oxide nanostructures. Europhysics Letters 103, 57001 (2013).
• Joshua P. Veazey, Guanglei Cheng, Patrick Irvin, et al. Oxide-based platform for reconfigurable superconducting nanoelectronics. Nanotechnology 24, 375201 (2013).
• Guanglei Cheng, Joshua P. Veazey, Patrick Irvin, et al. Anomalous Transport in Sketched Nanostructures at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ Interface. Physical Review X 3, 011021 (2013).
• Rocio Contreras-Guerrero, Joshua P. Veazey, Jeremy Levy, Ravi Droopad. Properties of Epitaxial BaTiO₃ Deposited on GaAs. Applied Physics Letters 102, 012907 (2013).
• Patrick Irvin, Joshua P. Veazey, Guanglei Cheng, et al. Anomalous High Mobility in LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ Nanowires. Nano Letters 13, 364-8 (2013).
• R. Droopad, R. Contreras-Guerrero, J.P. Veazey, Q. Qiao, R.F. Klie, J. Levy, Epitaxial Ferroelectric Oxides on Semiconductors – A route towards negative capacitance devices, Microelectronic Engineering 109, 290-293 (2013).
• Joshua P. Veazey, Gemma Reguera, Stuart H. Tessmer. Electronic properties of conductive pili of the metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens probed by scanning tunneling microscopy. Physical Review E (Rapid Communication)  84, 060901 (2011).
• Aleksandra Tomic, Zsolt Rak, Joshua P. Veazey,  Malliakas, C.D.; Mahanti, S.D.; Kanatzidis, M.G.; Tessmer, S.H. Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the CeTe₃ charge density wave. Physical Review B 79, 085422 (2009).

Patents

• Microbial nanowires and products related thereto. Patent Number: US 08729233. Inventors: Gemma Reguera, Stuart Tessmer, Joshua Veazey, and Sanela Lampa-Pastirk.

Grants, Awards, & Honors

• Haynes Award for outstanding PhD Thesis.
• Graduated with High Distinction, University of Rochester, Dept. Physics & Astronomy.
• Sigma Pi Sigma, Society of Physics Students Honor Society.

Professional Service

• Referee for The Physics Teacher
• Conference Organizer, West Michigan Nanoscience and Quantum Technology (2018-2019)

Professional Affiliations

• Member of American Physical Society.
• Member of American Association of Physics Teachers.