Ciriculum Vitae


Employment & Education

  • 2013 - present : Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Queensland
  • 2011 - 2013 : Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2007 - 2011 : PhD, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Awarded 2012), University of Queensland
  • 2003 - 2006 : BSc (Hons I) (Physics), University of Queensland

Teaching

  • Lecturer - Fields in Physics, 3rd year (2016)
  • Tutor - Quantum Mechanics I, 3rd year (2013)
  • Tutor - Quantum Mechanics II, 4th year (2012)
  • Tutor & Tutorial Coordinator - Many Body Physics II, 4th year (2011, 2012)
  • Tutor - Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (biennial course), 4th year (2007, 2009)
  • Laboratory Demonstrator - Materials Physics and Engineering, 1st year (2005 - 2011)
  • Tutor - Materials Physics and Engineering, 1st year (2005 - 2009)

Outreach

  • Invited Speaker, Junior Physics Olympiad (2017)
  • Panelist, The Science Nation (2017)
  • Data Analyst, The Ninth Watch Pitch Drop Experiment (2014)

Conference Talks

  • A. C. Jacko, A. Khosla, J. Merino, B. J. Powell,
    Invited Talk New Frontiers of Molecular Materials (September 2017). Sendai, Japan
    `First Principles Many Body Hamiltonians for Organic Charge Transfer Salts'
  • A. C. Jacko, A. Khosla, J. Merino, B. J. Powell,
    Late Breaking Topic Gordon Research Conference on Conductivity and Magnetism in Molecular Materials (August 2016). South Hadley, USA
    `Why even is odd: spin-orbit coupling and strongly correlated effects in cyclic molecules'
  • A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, J. Merino, B. J. Powell
    International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors, and Magnets (ISCOM) (September 2015). Bad Gogging, Germany
    ‘Emergent 1D physics in a 3D molecular crystal, Mo3S7(dmit)3’
  • A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
    Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology 7 (February 2015). Nelson, NZ
    ‘Understanding and controlling emergent interactions in molecular crystals’
  • A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
    Australian Institute of Physics Congress (December 2014). Canberra, Aus
    ‘Kagomene lattice and Mo3S7(dmit)3, a spin liquid candidate’
  • A. C. Jacko, C. Janani, A. Khosla, Klaus Koepernik, B. J. Powell
    Invited Talk Australasian Workshop on Emergent Quantum Matter (December 2014). Dunwich, Aus
    ‘Designer Hamiltonians: Using molecular crystals to control strong correlations’
  • A. C. Jacko, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valentí
    APS March Meeting (March 2013). Baltimore, USA
    ‘Microscopic models of Pd(dmit)2-based organic charge transfer salts’
  • A. C. Jacko, Hélène Feldner, E. Rose, Martin Dressel, Roser Valentí, Harald O. Jeschke
    APS March Meeting (March 2013). Baltimore, USA
    ‘Microscopic investigation of Fabre charge transfer salts as function of temperature and pressure’
  • A. C. Jacko, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valentí
    DPG Spring Meeting - Condensed Matter (March 2012). Berlin, Germany
    ‘Fabre charge transfer salts: an ab initio study’
  • A. C. Jacko, B. J. Powell, Ross. H. McKenzie
    International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (July 2010). Kyoto, Japan
    ‘Modeling the sensitivity of organometallic complexes for optoelectronic applications’

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2007 - 2010 : Australian Postgraduate Award
  • 2010 : School of Mathematics and Physics Student Conference Funding to attend the International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Kyoto; $2000
  • 2007 - 2010 : Condensed Matter Physics Group Top-Up Scholarship; $3000 p.a.
  • 2007 : Scholarship from the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network to attend the ARCNN Summer School on ‘Electronic Properties of Functional Materials for Nanotechnology’; $600
  • 2006 : Scholarship from the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network to attend the ARCNN Summer School on ‘Foundations for Modeling Molecular Materials for Nanotechnology’; $600
  • 2005-2006 : School of Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship; $3000
  • 2004-2005 : School of Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship; $3000