• B.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2001
• M.Sc. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2002
• Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2002-present

Research Interests:

• Micromagnetic simulations
• Vortices in type-II superconductors
• Computational modelling of colloidal systems
• Granular system dynamics

Selected Recent Publications:

1. A. Libal, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, Realizing Colloidal Artificial Ice on Arrays of Optical Traps, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2006)
2. C.J. Olson Reichhardt, A. Libal, C. Reichhardt, Vortex Configurations and Dynamics in Elliptical Pinning Sites for High Matching Fields, Phys. Rev. B 73, 184519 (2006)
3. A. Libal, C. Reichhardt, B. Janko, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, Dynamics, Rectification, and Fractionation for Colloids on Flashing Substrates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 188301 (2006)
4. Z. Neda, R. Florian, M. Ravasz, A. Libal, G. Gyorgyi, Phase Transition in an Optimal Clusterization Model, Physica A 362, 357 (2006)
5. A. Libal, M. Grimsditch, V. Metlushko, P. Vavassori, B.Janko, Control of Magnetic Vortex Chirality in Square Ring Micromagnets, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 083904 (2005)
6. P. Redlinski, T. Wojtowicz, T. G. Rappoport, A. Libal, J. K. Furdyna, B. Janko, Zero- and One-Dimensional Magnetic Traps for Quasi-Particles, Phys. Rev. B 72, 085209 (2006)
7. P. Redlinski, T. G. Rappoport, A. Libal, J. K. Furdyna, B. Janko, T. Wojtowicz, Optical Response of a Ferromagnetic/DMS Hybrid Structure, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 113103 (2005)