Curriculum Vitae

 

Martin E. Huber

 

EDUCATION

Institution                                                    Date                       Degree             Major

Massachusetts Institute of Technology       1982                      B. S.                Physics

Stanford University                                     1986                      M. S.               Physics

Stanford University                                     1988                      Ph. D.              Physics

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-present         Associate Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Denver

1991-1998             Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Denver

1988-1991             Research Associate, Cryoelectronic Metrology, NIST, Boulder, CO

1983-1988             Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Stanford University

1982-1987             Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Stanford University

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Journals

2001       M. E. Huber, P. A. Neil, R. G. Benson, D. A. Burns, A. M. Corey, C. S. Flynn, Y. Kitaygorodskaya, O. Massihzadeh, J. M. Martinis, and G. C. Hilton, “DC SQUID series array amplifiers with 120 MHz bandwidth,” IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity 11, 4048-4053.

2001       K. D. Irwin and M. E. Huber, “SQUID operational amplifier,” IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity 11, 1265-1270.

2001       G. C. Hilton, J. M. Martinis, K. D. Irwin, N. F. Bergren, D. A. Wollman, M. E. Huber, S. Deiker, and S. W. Nam, “Microfabricated transition-edge x-ray detectors,” IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity 11, 739-742.

2001       A. Steinbach, P. Joyez, A. Cottet, D. Esteve, M. H. Devoret, M. E. Huber, and J. M. Martinis, “Direct measurement of the Josephson supercurrent in an ultrasmall Josephson junction,” Phys. Rev. Lett 87, 137003 (2001).

2001       M. E. Huber, R. H. Ono, and A. H. Steinbach, “Planar geometry superconducting coil having internal damping resistors,” US Patent #6,169,397B1.

2001       M. E. Huber, A. H. Steinbach, and R. H. Ono, “Resonance damping in tightly coupled dc SQUIDs via intra-coil resistors,” Physica C 351, 85-90.

2000       R. Abusaidi, D. S. Akerib, P. D. Barnes, Jr., D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, P. L. Brink, R. Bunker, B. Cabrera, D. O. Caldwell, J. P. Castle, R. M. Clarke, P. Colling, M. B. Crisler, A. Cummings, A. Da Silva, A. K. Davies, R. Dixon, B. L. Dougherty, D. Driscoll, S. Eichblatt, J. Emes, R. J. Gaitskell, S. R. Golwala, D. Hale, E. E. Haller, J. Hellmig, M. E. Huber, K. D. Irwin, J. Jochum, F. P. Lipschultz, A. Lu, V. Mandic, J. M. Martinis, S. W. Nam, H. Nelson, B. Neuhauser, M. J. Penn, T. A. Perera, M. C. Perillo Isaac, B. Pritychenko, R. R. Ross, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, R. W. Schnee, D. N. Seitz, P. Shestople, T. Shutt, A. Smith, G. W. Smith, A. H. Sonnenschein, A. L. Spadafora, W. Stockwell, J. D. Taylor, S. White, S. Yellin, and B. A. Young, “Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84: 5699-5703.

1999       J. A. Chervanek, K. D. Irwin, E. N. Grossman, J. M. Martinis, C. D. Reintsema, and M. E. Huber, “Superconducting multiplexer for arrays of transition edge sensors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 74: 4043-5.

1998       M. E. Huber, A. M. Corey, K. L. Lumpkins, F. N. Nafe, J. O. Rantschler, G. C. Hilton, J. M. Martinis, and A. H. Steinbach, “DC SQUID series arrays with intracoil damping to reduce resonance distortions,” Applied Superconductivity 5, 425-9.

1997       R. H. Ono, J. A. Koch, A. Steinbach, M. E. Huber, and M. W. Cromar, “Tightly coupled dc SQUIDs with resonance damping,” IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity 7, 2538-41.

1993       C. E. Cunningham, G. S. Park, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Noise reduction in low-frequency SQUID measurements with laser-driven switching,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 63:1152-1154.

1993       C. E. Cunningham, G. S. Park, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Absolute magnetic penetration depth of thin-film niobium measured by fluxoid quantization,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62:2122-2124.

1993       G. S. Park, C. E. Cunningham, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Single trapped vortices induced in a superconducting film by laser switching,” J. Appl. Phys. 73:2419-2423.

1992       G. S. Park, C. E. Cunningham, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Vortex pinning force in a superconducting niobium strip,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 68:1920-1922.

1991       M. E. Huber, B. Cabrera, M. A. Taber, and R. D. Gardner, “Search for a flux of cosmic-ray magnetic monopoles with an eight-channel superconducting detector,” Phys. Rev. D 44:636-660.

1991       R. D. Gardner, B. Cabrera, M. E. Huber, and M. A. Taber, “Search for cosmic-ray magnetic monopoles using a three-loop superconductive detector,” Phys. Rev. D 44:622-635.

1990       M. E. Huber, B. Cabrera, M. A. Taber, and R. D. Gardner, “Limit on the flux of cosmic-ray magnetic monopoles from operation of an eight-loop superconducting detector,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64:835-838.

 

Conference Proceedings

2000       S. R. Golwala, R. Abusaidi, D. S. Akerib, P. D. Barnes, Jr., D. A. Nauer, A. Bolozdynya, P. Brink, B. Cabrera, D. O. Caldwell, J. P. Castle, R. M. Clarke, P. Colling, M. B. Crisler, A. Da Silva, A. K. Davies, R. Dixon, S. Eichblatt, D. D. Irwin, R. J. Gaitskell, E. E. Haller, J. Hellmig, M. E. Huber, J. Jochum, F. P. Lipschultz, J. Martinis, S. W. Nam, J. Nelson, B. Neuhauser, T. A. Perera, M. Perillo-Isaac, R. R. Ross, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, R. W. Schnee, P. Shestople, T. Shutt, A. Smith, A. H. Sonnenschein, A. L. Spadafora, S. Yellin, B. A. Young, “Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Scattering Cross-Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A, Accel. Spectrom. Detect. Assoc. Equip. 444:345-349.

2000       J. Olsen, E. C. Kirk, K. Thomsen, B. Van Den Brandt, Ph. Lerch, L. Scandella, A. Zehnder, S. Mango, H. R. Ott, M. Huber, G. C. Hilton, and J. M. Martinis, “First Steps towards Small Arrays of Mo/Au Microcalorimeters,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A, Accel. Spectrom. Detect. Assoc. Equip. 444:253-256.

1998       M. E. Huber, A. M. Corey, K. L. Lumpkins, F. N. Nafe, J. O. Rantschler, G. C. Hilton, J. M. Martinis, and A. H. Steinbach, “DC SQUID Series Arrays with Intracoil Damping to Reduce Resonance Distortions,” Appl. Supercon. 5:425-429.

1997       M. E. Huber, M. W. Cromar, R. H. Ono. Excess Low-Frequency Flux Noise in dc SQUIDs,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercon. 7:2882-2885.

1997       R. H. Ono, J. A. Koch, A. Steinbach, M. E. Huber and M. W. Cromar, “Tightly coupled dc SQUIDs with Resonance Damping,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercon. 7:2538-2541.

1995       M. E. Huber, A. T. Champion, M. W. Gleason, “Washer designs for SQUIDs with several junctions in a parallel array,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercon. 5:2168-2171.

1995       G. S. Park, S. W. Nam, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Improved design of an optically switched inductance modulation circuit for noise reduction in SQUID systems,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercon. 5:3214-3217.

1992       M. R. Condron II, G. M. Gutt, B. Muhlfelder, J. M. Lockhart, J. P. Turneaure, M. E. Huber, M. W. Cromar, E. K. Houseman, “Noise measurements on dc SQUIDs with varied designs,” Superconducting Devices and Their Applications, Springer Proceedings in Physics No. 64, H. Koch and H. Lubbig, eds. pp. 312-316 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1992).

1991       G. S. Park, C. E. Cunningham, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Trapped vortices in a superconducting microbridge,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 27:3021-3024.

1990       C. E. Cunningham, G. S. Park, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber, “Correlation of flux states generated by optical switching of a superconducting circuit,” Physica B 165 & 166:113-114.

1990       M. E. Huber and M. W. Cromar, “Excess low-frequency flux noise in dc SQUIDs incorporating Nb/Al-oxide/Nb Josephson junctions,” Physica B 165 & 166:77-78.

1989       M. E. Huber, B. Cabrera, M. A. Taber, and R. D. Gardner, “Status of Stanford magnetic monopole search with eight-loop superconducting detector,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 25:1208-1211.

1987       M. E. Huber, B. Cabrera, M. A. Taber, and R. D. Gardner, “Report on the Stanford octagonal magnetic monopole detector,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 23:1134-1137.

1987       M. E. Huber, B. Cabrera, M. A. Taber, and R. D. Gardner, “Operation of eight-loop superconducting magnetic monopole detector,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Suppl. 26-3:1687-1688.

1986       M. Taber, B. Cabrera, R. Gardner, and M. Huber, “Cosmic-ray monopole searches at Stanford using superconducting detectors,” Inner Space/Outer Space, eds. E. W. Kolb, M. S. Turner, D. Lindley, K. Olive, and D. Seckel (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986), pp. 426 - 429.

1984       R. Gardner, B. Cabrera, M. Taber, and M. Huber, “Large scale superconductive monopole detector,” LT-17 (Contributed Papers), eds. U. Eckern, A. Schmid, W. Weber, and H. Wühl (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., 1984), pp. 945 - 946.

Other Non-Refereed Publications

Conference Proceedings

1999       D. S. Akerib, P. D. Barnes Jr., D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, P. L. Brink, B. Cabrera, D. O. Caldwell, J. P. Castle, R. M. Clarke, P. Colling, M. B. Crisler, A. DaSilva, A. K. Davies, R. Dixon, S. Eichblatt, R. J. Gaitskell, S. R. Golwala, E. E. Haller, J. Hellmig, M. E. Huber, K. D. Irwin, J. Jochum, F. Lipschultz, J. Martinis, S. W. Nam, B. Neuhauser, H. Nelson, T. A. Perera, R. R. Ross, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, R. W. Schnee, T. Shutt, A. Smith, A. Sonnenschein, A. L. Spadafora, W. K. Stockwell, S. Yellin, B. A. Young, “Status of the CDMS Search for WIMPs,” COSMO-98: Second International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Asilomar, California, 15-20 November 1998, Ed. D. O. Caldwell (AIP, 1999) pp. 378-382.

1994       S. W. Nam, G. S. Park, B. Cabrera, and M. E. Huber. Optically induced inductance modulation of a Nb coil. Superconductive Devices and Circuits, Robert A. Buhrman, John Clarke, Ken Daly, Roger H. Koch, Jerome A. Luine, Randy W. Simon, Editors, Proc. SPIE 2160, pp. 187-194.

Technical reports

1991       M. E. Huber, Optimization of operating parameters in fabrication of Josephson tunnel junctions by reactive ion etching, U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology Internal Report, 164 pages.

 

PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION

Accepted          M. E. Huber, A. H. Steinbach, and R. H. Ono, “Resonance Damping in Tightly Coupled dc SQUIDs via Intra-Coil Resistors,” Physica C.

Submitted        A. Steinbach, P. Joyez, D. Esteve, M. H. Devoret, M. E. Huber, and J. M. Martinis, “Direct observation of the Josephson supercurrent peak in an ultrasmall Josephson junction,” submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

Accepted          M. E. Huber, P. A. Neil, R. G. Benson, D. A. Burns, A. M. Corey, C. S. Flynn, Y. Kitaygorodskaya, O. Massihzadeh, J. M. Martinis, and G. C. Hilton, “DC SQUID series array amplifiers with 120 MHz bandwidth,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity.

Accepted          K. D. Irwin and M. E. Huber, “SQUID operational amplifier,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity.

Accepted          G. C. Hilton, J. M. Martinis, K. D. Irwin, N. F. Bergren, D. A. Wollman, M. E. Huber, S. Deiker, and S. W. Nam, “Microfabricated transition-edge x-ray detectors,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Applied Superconductivity.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

General Astronomy I and II

Calculus-based Physics I

Modern Physics

Principles of Electricity and Magnetism

Solid State Physics

Junior/Senior Physics Laboratory I & II

 

PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS OR SEMINARS PRESENTED

2000       Microcalorimetry: Spectroscopy for Photon-Starved Applications, Club Natural Philosophy, Auraria Campus, Denver.

1999       DC Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Series Arrays and Their Role in Enabling a New Generation of Microcalorimeters for Particle Detection, Invited Colloquium, Colorado State University.

1999       NIST Superconducting Electronics Fabrication Technology, Invited Seminar, CEA-Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.

1999       High Frequency Characteristics of DC SQUID Series-Array Amplifiers Incorporating Intracoil Damping, Invited Colloquium, CEA-Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.

1999       High Frequency Characteristics of DC SQUID Series-Array Amplifiers Incorporating Intracoil Damping, International Superconducting Electronics Conference, Berkeley, CA.

1998       DC Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Series Arrays and Their Role in Enabling a New Generation of Microcalorimeters for Particle Detection – Invited physics colloquium, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

1998       DC SQUID Series Array Amplifier with Non-Resonant Transfer Function – Applied Superconductivity Conference, Palm Desert, CA.

1996       A practical introduction to superconducting electronics – Club Natural Philosophy, Auraria Campus, Denver.

1994       Flux Pinning Potential Studies – Applied Superconductivity Conference, Boston, MA.

1993       SQUID applications involving low-frequency measurements – Invited physics colloquium, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

1992       Make some noise!  The physics of everyday sounds – Stepping Stones Conference: Expanding Your Horizons, Denver, CO.

1992       Noise reduction in low-frequency SQUID measurements by laser-driven switching – Applied Superconductivity Conference, Chicago, IL.

1992       Single trapped vortices induced in a superconducting film by laser switching – Applied Superconductivity Conference, Chicago, IL.

1992       Status of Low Tc SQUIDs – Invited talk at the Inertial Sensors Development Conference, Vail, CO.

1991       Return of the SQUIDs – Club Natural Philosophy, Auraria Campus, Denver.

1991       SQUIDs: Measuring Magnetic Fields with Quantum-Limited Resolution – Club Natural Philosophy, Auraria Campus, Denver.

 

RECOGNITIONS, HONORS, ETC.

National Institute of Standards and Technology/National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988 - 1991

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship, 1987

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1982 - 1985

National Merit Scholarship (undergraduate), 1978 - 1982

Phi Beta Kappa

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Physical Society

Sigma Xi

 

OTHER INDICATORS OF SCHOLARSHIP

Research Support

   External:

1999       Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory/DOE: CDMS II Cold Electronics. $133,000.

1998       Stanford University/DOD: Electronics Development for CDMS II: Yield study for fabrication of dc SQUID Array Amplifiers. $24,974.

1996       Office of Naval Research: A high-bandwidth SQUID array amplifier system with resonance damping. $140,398.

1996       National Institute of Standards and Technology: Development of SQUID Array Amplifiers. $24,850.

1995       National Institute of Standards and Technology: NIST project transition: Stanford Relativity Gyroscope SQUIDs. $29,342.

1993       Research Corporation: Superconducting quantum interference gratings incorporating Nb/Al-oxide/Nb Josephson Junctions. $29,520.

1991       National Institute of Standards and Technology: Optimization of operating parameters in fabrication of Josephson tunnel junctions by reactive ion etching. $4,958.

 

   Internal:

1999       Matching Funds: CDMS II: Cold Electronics. $37,531.

1998       Matching Funds: Electronics Development for CDMS II: Yield study for fabrication of dc SQUID Array Amplifiers. $5,000.

1996       Matching Funds: A high-bandwidth SQUID array amplifier system with resonance damping. $45,000.

1996       Matching Funds: Development of SQUID Array Amplifiers. $8,250.

1996       Faculty Grant: Dissemination of Results in Superconducting Electronics. $1,000.

1995       Matching Funds: NIST project transition: Stanford Relativity Gyroscope SQUIDs. $10,000.

1993       Matching Funds: Superconducting quantum interference gratings incorporating Nb/Al-oxide/Nb Josephson Junctions. $18,242.

1993       CLAS Summer Stipend. $2,750.

1992       Faculty Seed Money Award. $450.

1991       Junior Faculty Development Award: Optimizing deposition parameters for high-quality superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson Tunnel Junctions. $4,900.

 

SERVICE

Department of Physics

1998                Merit Pay Evaluation Committee

1997                Search Committee for UCD Physics Chair

1994-1998       Joint UCD/MSCD Curriculum Committee

1994                Chair, RTP Service Subcommittee

1993-1999       Catalog Coordinator

1992                Chair, RTP Service Subcommittee

Campus

1999                Member Ad Hoc Merit Evaluation Grievance Committee

1999                Teaching Evaluation for Cathy Kemp Reappointment Committee

1998-1999       Chair, Core Curriculum Oversight Committee

1997-1999       Graduate Council

1996-1999       Core Curriculum Oversight Committee

1996                Core Curriculum Assessment Committee (Natural Sciences)

National

2000                NSF Review Panel for Division of Undergraduate Education