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Joseph M. Gonzalez
Department of Physics, University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave. Tampa, FL 33620
jmgonza6@mail.usf.edu
December 22, 2016
EDUCATION
2013 – Present Ph.D. candidate in Applied Physics, University of South Florida
(GPA 3.77/4.00)
2009 – 2013 B.S. in Physics, University of South Florida, (GPA 3.75/4.00)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2012 – Present Member, American Physical Society
2015 – Present Member, American Physical Society Topical Group of Shock
Compression of Condensed Matter
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 Student/Early Career Travel Award for APS Topical Group on
Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
2014 International travel grant to attend the CECAM EXCITING summer
school, Berlin, Germany
2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) Fellowship, College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA
2011 USF College of Arts and Sciences, Deans List of Scholars
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Theoretical and computational condensed matter and materials physics: first-principles
evolutionary prediction of novel two-dimensional materials, nanomechanics of
polycrystalline graphene; development and application of inter-atomic potentials for
large scale molecular dynamics simulations; massively parallel atomistic simulations.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013 – Present Graduate Research, Materials Simulation Laboratory, Department
of Physics, University of South Florida.
Mentor: Prof. Ivan I. Oleynik
First-principles prediction of novel two-dimensional materials with
unique atomic, electronic, optical and mechanical properties;
nanomechanics of polycrystalline graphene.
2012 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates at Optics and Laser
Group, Department of Applied Sciences, College of William and
Mary.
Mentor: Prof. Gunter Luepke
Theoretical investigation of the excitation mechanism of
precessional motion of ferromagnetic spins in an exchange biased
bi-layer of Fe/CoO/MgO.

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TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
System administrator: Construction, deployment and maintenance of Linux cluster at
Materials Simulation Laboratory, (2012 – Present)
First principles Density Functional Theory Codes: Vienna Ab-Initio Simulation
Package (VASP), Quantum Espresso, exciting Code, DMol3, Berkeley GW.
Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Codes: Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively
Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS)
Supercomputers: Stampede, TACC, University of Texas at Austin; , CIRCE, University
of South Florida
Applications: Architecture specific code optimizations (matrix-matrix multiplication),
spatial domain decomposition
Libraries: BLAS, Intel MKL, NVIDIA CUDA, GTK+2.0, Open GL
Programming Models: Distributed memory (MPI/MVAPICH2), Shared memory (Open
MP)
Programming and scripting(order of fluency): C/C++,Bash scripting, Fortran, HTML
5, Perl scripting, Matlab, Python
OUTREACH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016 Invited lecturer at the Scientific Computing Workshop, USF 3/5/16
Gave a one-hour lecture on shell scripting for use in High
Performance Computing applications.
2015 – Present Teaching assistant for I. I. Oleynik graduate Quantum Mechanics
(PHY6645 & PHY 6646), USF
Problem solving tutoring
2015 – Present APS Bridge Student Mentor, USF
Met weekly with new graduate students to provide help and insight
into the life of a physics graduate student.
2013 – Present Instructor, General Physics 1 Lab (2048/2053), USF
Covered introductory mechanics and thermodynamics through
hands on group activities
2013 REU student mentor, USF
Provided mentoring and assistance in theory and simulation of
materials for an undergraduate student working in our lab through
the REU program
2010 – 2012 Teaching assistant for Calculus 1, USF
Covered introductory calculus through hands on group activities
2010 – 2012 Tutor in Calculus I/II/III, Physics I/II, Chemistry I/II, USF
Paid position providing free tutoring in STEM fields

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PUBLICATIONS
1. J. M. Gonzalez, A. C. Landerville, and I. I. Oleynik, “Vibrational and
Thermophysical Properties of PETN from First Principles”, AIP Conference
Proceedings (in print 2015).
2. J. M. Gonzalez and I. I. Oleynik, “Layer-dependent properties of SnS2 and SnSe2
two-dimensional materials”. Phys. Rev. B. 94 125443 (2016)
3. J. M. Gonzalez, R. Perriot, and I. I. Oleynik, “Mechanical Properties and Failure
Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Graphene”. (in preparation)
4. J.T. Willman, J.M. Gonzalez and I. I. Oleynik, “The Effect of Defect Density on
the Mechanical Properties of Graphene”. (in preparation)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. J.M. Gonzalez, R. Perriot, and I.I. Oleynik, “Mechanical Properties and Failure
Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Graphene”, American Physical Society March
Meeting 66, Baltimore, MD 2016.
2. J.M. Gonzalez, R. Perriot, and I.I. Oleynik, “Mechanical Properties and Failure
Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Graphene”, 62d American Vacuum Society
International Symposium, San Jose, CA ,2015.
3. J.M. Gonzalez, A.C. Landerville, and I. I. Oleynik, “Vibrational and
Thermophysical Properties of PETN from First Principles”. American Physical
Society International Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
(SCCM-2015), Tampa, FL, 2015.
4. J.M. Gonzalez, R. Perriot, and I. I. Oleynik, “Mechanical Properties of 2D-
Materials”. 61th American Vacuum Society International Symposium, Baltimore,
MD 2014.
5. J.M. Gonzalez, R. Schlaf, and I.I. Oleynik, “Layer-Dependent Atomic Structure,
Electronic Structure and Vibrational Properties of SnS2 and SnSe2 2D Materials”,
American Vacuum Society International Symposium 61, Baltimore, MD, 2014.
6. J.M. Gonzalez, R. Schlaf, and I.I. Oleynik, “Layer-Dependent Electronic Structure
and Vibrational Properties of SnS2 and SnSe2 2D Materials.” American Physical
Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, 2014.
7. J.M. Gonzalez, and C.A. Beneteau, “Facial Recognition in Static Images Using
the Haar Wavelet Transform”, 95th meeting Mathematical Association of America,
Boston, MA, 2011.
8. J.M. Gonzalez, B.H. Chow Lin-on, M. Miller, R. Le, and C.A. Beneteau,
“Efficiently Programming the RGB to HSI Conversion”, 94th meeting
Mathematical Association of America, Louisiana, 2010.