Dr. Sunil Labroo Associate Professor Office: Physical Science #127 Voice: (607) 436-3323 E-Mail: labroos@oneonta.edu Web Page: employees.oneonta.edu/labroos Degree: Ph.D. Graduated From: Southern Illinois University Year: 1991 Year of Joining SUCO: 1998

Memberships:

• American Physical Society
• American Association of Physics Teachers
• Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society

Awards / Honors:

• Fulbright Lecturing Award, 2004
• Innovative Uses of Technology Award, 2002
• Sigma Pi Sigma
• Honorary Citizen of Carbondale, IL

Professional Interests:

• Magnetism of rare-earth based intermetallics and magnetic phase transitions
• High-temperature superconductors
• Thin-film materials and processes
• Material characterization using electrical transport, thermal and magnetic measurements
• Process control and data acquisition with PC's
• Carbon dioxide lasers and laser induced photochemistry

General Interests:

• Hiking, nature, travel, world cultures, music.

Recent Publications:

• "Investigation of the High Temperature Magnetic Phase in (Tb1-xNdx)Mn2Ge2", S. Labroo, T. Gibson, M. Oakes, N. Ali & S. Saha, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., Vol. 45, p. 91, (2000).
• "Investigation of the High Temperature Magnetic Phases in the Ternary System Sm(Mn1-xCrx)2Ge2", S. Labroo, N. Ali, S. Saha & D. Zych, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., Vol. 44, p. 1128, (1999).
• "Magnetic Transitions in Tb0.7Nd0.3Mn2Ge2 Compound", S. Saha, N. Ali, S. Labroo & D. Zych, J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 83, p.6974, (1998).
• "Mechanisms of Magnetic Separation of Fine Y - Ba - Cu - O Powders in a Gas Fluidized Bed", S. Labroo, J. Y. Park, R. J. Kearney & W. J. Yeh, Cryogenics, Vol. 33, p. 1063, (1993).
• "Power Law Behavior of the Magnetization Curves of YBCO Superconductors", W. J. Yeh, Z. Q. Yu, S. Labroo & J. Y. Park, Physica C, Vol. 194, p. 141, (1992).