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EDUCATION

M.S. and Ph.D. Cornell University, Physics (May 1989)
Thesis topic: 1/f Noise Produced by the Movement of Hydrogen in Palladium
Thesis adviser: Professor Watt Webb
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Physics (cum laude), May 1982

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

4/94 to present: Research physicist, NIST.
Applications for standards, and basic research in single electron
tunneling devices.

3/92 to 4/94: Research physicist, NRL.
Measured phonons/acoustics in microstructures.

8/89 to 2/92: Postdoctoral member of technical staff, AT\&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill).
Measured dynamics of individual tunneling defects at low temperatures in Bi.
Supervisors: Dr. Alice White and Dr. Brage Golding.

6/84 to 7/89: Graduate research assistant, Applied Physics Department, Cornell University. Measured 1/f noise due to motion of hydrogen in metal films.
Supervisor: Professor Watt Webb.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

List of publications since joining NIST.

EARLIER PUBLICATIONS

Neil M. Zimmerman, J. Alex Liddle, Alice E. White and Ken T. Short,
`` Transport in Submicrometer Buried Mesotaxial Cobalt Silicide Wires,''
Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 387 (1993).

Brage Golding, Neil M. Zimmerman, and S. N. Coppersmith,
``Dissipative Quantum Tunneling of a Single Microscopic Defect in a Mesoscopic Metal,''
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 998 (1992).

Neil M. Zimmerman, Brage Golding, and William H. Haemmerle,
``Magnetic Field-Tuned Energy of a Single Two-Level-System in a Mesoscopic Metal,''
Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1322 (1991).

R. C. Haddon, S. H. Glarum, S.B. Chichester, A. P. Ramirez, and N. M. Zimmerman,
``Microwave-loss Studies of Organic Superconductors,''
Phys. Rev. B 43, 2642 (1991).

A. Wallace Cordes, Robert C. Haddon, Richard T. Oakley, Lynn F. Schneemeyer, Joseph V. Waszczak, Kelly M. Young, and Neil M. Zimmerman,
``Molecular Semiconductors from Bifunctional Dithia and Diselenadizolyl Radicals. Preparation and Solid-State Properties of 1,4-[(E$_2$N$_2$C)C$_6$H$_4$(CN$_2$E$_2$)] (E = S, Se),'' Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc. 113, 582 (1991).

M. P. Andrews, A. W. Cordes, D. C. Douglass, R. M. Fleming, S.
H. Glarum, R. C. Haddon, P. Marsh, R. T. Oakley, T. T. M. Palstra, L. F.
Schneemeyer, G. W. Trucks, J. V. Waszczak, K. M. Young, and N. M. Zimmerman,
``One-Dimensional Stacking of Bifunctional Dithia- and Diselenadizolyl
Radicals: Preparation and Structural and Electronic Properties of
1,3-[(E$_2$N$_2$C)C$_6$H$_4$(CN$_2$E$_2$)] (E = S, Se),''
Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc. 113, 3559 (1991).\

Neil M. Zimmerman and Watt W. Webb,
``1/f Resistance Noise Complements Anelasticity Measurements of Hydrogen Motion in Amorphous Pd$_{80}$Si$_{20}$,''
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1040 (1990).

Neil M. Zimmerman and Watt W. Webb,
``Microscopic Scatterer Displacements Generate the 1/f Resistance Noise of H in Pd,''
Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 889 (1988).

Neil M. Zimmerman, John H. Scofield, Joseph V. Mantese, and Watt W. Webb,
``Volume versus surface origin of 1/f noise in metals,''
Phys. Rev. B 34, 773 (1986).

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Thin film sputter-, thermal-, and electron-gun-deposition;
photolithography and electron-beam-lithography; lithographic processing,
mostly involving subtractive and liftoff patterning; X-ray scattering
using powder diffractometers ; SEM including
energy-dispersive-spectroscopy; $^4$He cryostat construction and
operation, $^3$He cryostat operation; anvil pressure measurements;
low-noise, low-frequency electrical measurements.
 

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