PERSONAL HISTORY
Ph.D. 1979, Solid State Physics, University of Hull, United Kingdom; D.Sc. 1990, Physics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979-81; Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 1981-84; Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1984-present; visiting professor, University of Hull, United Kingdom, 1991 and 1994; visiting professor, Fraunhofer Institute, University of the Saarland, 1992 and 1997; IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer, 1997-98; visiting scientist, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Physics, Prague, 1999; visiting professor, Technical University of Vienna, Austria, 2000 and 2003; visiting professor, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, 2004; and Professor and Director, Wolfson Centre for Magnetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2005-present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Magnetism. Magnetic materials. Elastic, mechanical and electronic properties of materials. Computer modeling of materials properties. Hysteretic phenomena. Magnetic measurements and sensors. Materials evaluation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
S.H. Song, A.O. Pecharsky, D. Wu, K.W. Dennis, V.K. Pecharsky, J.E. Snyder, D.C. Jiles, T.A. Lograsso, and R.W. McCallum
“Thermal expansion and Gruneisen parameters in Pr-Ni-Si compounds,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 97, 10M516 (2005).

M. Han, J.E. Snyder, W. Tang, T.A. Lograsso, D.L. Schlagel, and D.C. Jiles
“Anisotropy studies and magnetic transitions of single crystal Tb5(Si2.2Ge1.8),” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 97, 10M313 (2005).

D.C. Jiles, S.H. Song, J.E. Snyder, V.K. Pecharsky, T.A. Lograsso, D. Wu, A.O. Pecharsky, Y. Mudryk, K.W. Dennis, and R.W. McCallum
“Thermal expansion and magnetostriction in Pr-Ni-Si compounds,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. (in press).

S.H. Song, D.C. Jiles, and J.E. Snyder
“Thermal expansion and magnetostriction in Pr5Ni2Si3 compounds,” presented at the International Magnetics Conference, Nagoya, Japan, April 4-8, 2005. Accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. Magn., October 2005.

J.M. Park, S.J. Lee, J.E. Snyder, D.C. Jiles, D.L. Schlagel, T.A. Lograsso, A.O. Pecharsky, and D.W. Lynch
“Spectroscopic ellipsometry study optical anisotropy in Gd5Si2Ge2 and its comparison with reflectance difference spectroscopy measurement,” Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter(submitted).

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