ILYA VEKHTER. Work experience: Education: Other appointments: Professional service: Conference organization:

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1 ILYA VEKHTER Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA , USA. Phone: (225) (day), (225) (cell); FAX: (225) Webpage: vekhter Work experience: Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA pres. Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Director s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Education: Ph. D. (Physics), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA 1998 M. Sc. (Physics), Brown University, Providence, RI, USA 1993 B.S. (Chemical Physics), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia 1989 Other appointments: Consultant/Assoc. faculty, Los Alamos National Laboratory pres. Visiting Professor, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France 2011 Visiting Professor, Inst. for Solid State Physics, Tokyo University, Japan 2010 Visiting Scientist, CEA-Saclay, France 2007 Visiting Scientist, University of Augsburg, Germany 2002 Professional service: Member, Science Steering Committee, Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter pres. Guest Editor, Physica B special issue 2008 NSF and DOE review panels. Referee for Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Europhysics Letters. Conference organization: International School Multiband and multiorbital effects in novel materials, Cargese, France. 2011, Co-Chair. Program Correlated Behavior and Quantum Criticality in Heavy Fermion and Related System, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, Organizer. Workshop Spin helicity and chirality in Superconductor and Semiconductor Nanostructures, Karlsruhe, Germany, Co-chair. International conference Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES-07), Houston, TX, Member of the organizing committee, co-chair of the publication committee. International conference Excitations in Unconventionally Ordered Metals, Santa Fe, NM, Co-chair.

2 Ilya Vekhter Page 2 Current Funding: PI: Inhomogeneous disordered Dirac Fermions, DOE-EPSCoR, , $412,000. PI: Interfaces and heterostructures with topological superconductors, NSF, , $300,000. co-pi: LASigma: Louisiana Alliance for Simulation-Guided Materials Applications, NSF- EPSCoR Center, , 3% credit of $9,123,947. Student and Postdoc supervision: Ph.D. students: Haoyu Qi (2012- ); R. Beaird (LSU, Ph. D. 2011, Coates Research fellowship, ), currently Instructor of Physics at LSU. M. Sc. students: J. Thibodaux (LSU, M. Sc. 2010, Board of Regents Fellowship). Postdoc supervision: L. Isaev (current postdoc); K. Seo ( ), currently postdoc at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; A. B. Vorontsov ( ), currently Asst. Prof., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Submitted but not yet published: Publications 1. N. Haldolaarachchige, J. Prestigiacomo, W. A. Phelan, Y. M. Xiong, G. McCandless, J. Y. Chan, J. F. DiTusa, I. Vekhter, S. Stadler, D. E. Sheehy, P. W. Adams, D. P. Young, Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in FeGa 3 Tuned by Mixed-Valence Fe Dimers, arxiv: P. Baireuther, P. Orth, I. Vekhter and J. Schmalian, Manipulation of a two-photon pump in superconductor - semiconductor heterostructures, arxiv: Refereed journal publications: 1. L. Isaev, K. Aoyama, I. Paul, and I. Vekhter, Orbital order and Hund s rule frustration in Kondo lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, (2013). 2. A. Romano, P. Gentile, C. Noce, I. Vekhter, and M. Cuoco, Magnetic edge states in spin triplet superconductors,phys. Rev. Lett., 110, (2013). 3. T. Das, A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, and M. J. Graf, Field-angle-resolved anisotropy in superconducting CeCoIn 5 using realistic Fermi surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 87, (2013). 4. K. Aoyama, R. Beaird, D. E. Sheehy, and I. Vekhter, Inhomogeneous Superconducting States of Mesoscopic Thin-Walled Cylinders in External Magnetic Fields, Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, (2013). 5. L. Isaev and I. Vekhter, Heavy antiferromagnetic phases of the Kondo lattices, Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, (2013). 6. Y. Kato, C. D. Batista, I. Vekhter, Structure of magnetic order in Pauli limited unconventional superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 86, (2012). 7. J. Li, C. E. Ekuma, I. Vekhter, M. Jarrell, J. Moreno, S. Stadler, A. Karki, and R. Jin, Physical properties of Ba 2 Mn 2 Sb 2 O single crystals, Phys. Rev. B 86, (2012).

3 Ilya Vekhter Page 3 8. T. Das, A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, M. J. Graf, Gap structure probed by field-angle resolved thermal oscillations in A y Fe 2 Se 2 superconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, (2012) 9. R. Beaird, I. Vekhter, J.-X. Zhu, Impurity states in multiband s-wave superconductors: analysis of iron pnictides, Phys. Rev. B, 86, (R) (2012) (Rapid Communication). 10. L. Isaev, D. F. Agterberg, and I. Vekhter, Kondo effect in the presence of spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. B 85, (R) (2012) (Rapid Communication). 11. Y. Wang, P. J. Hirschfeld and I. Vekhter, Theory of quasiparticle vortex bound states in Fe-based superconductors: application to LiFeAs, Phys. Rev. B 85, (R) (2012) (Rapid Communication). 12. Y. Wang, J.S. Kim, G. R. Stewart, P.J. Hirschfeld, S. Graser, S. Kasahara, T. Terashima, Y. Matsuda, T. Shibauchi, I. Vekhter, Volovik effect in a highly anisotropic multiband superconductor: experiment and theory, Phys. Rev. B 84, (2011). Editor s suggestion. 13. Y. Kato, C. D. Batista, I. Vekhter, Antiferromagnetic Order in Pauli Limited Unconventional Superconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, (2011). 14. M. Yamashita, Y. Senshu, T. Shibauchi, S. Kasahara, K. Hashimoto, D. Watanabe, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, I. Vekhter, A. B. Vorontsov, Y. Matsuda, Nodal gap structure of BaFe 2 (As 1 x P x ) 2 determined by the angle resolved thermal conductivity, Phys. Rev. B 84, (R) (2011) (Rapid Communication). 15. A. B. Karki, Y. M. Xiong, N. Haldolaarachchige, S. Stadler, I. Vekhter, P. W. Adams, W. A. Phelan, J. Y. Chan, D. P. Young, Physical properties of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor Nb 0.18 Re 0.82, Phys. Rev. B 83, (2011). 16. K. Gofryk, A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, A. S. Sefat, T. Imai, E. D. Bauer, J. D. Thompson, F. Ronning, Effect of annealing on the specific heat of Ba(Fe 1 x Co x ) 2 As 2, Phys. Rev. B 83, (2011). 17. D.-J. Jang, A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, K. Gofryk, Z. Yang, S. Ju, J. B. Hong, J. H. Han, Y. S. Kwon, F. Ronning, J. D. Thompson, and T. Park, Calorimetric Evidence for Nodes in the Overdoped Ba(Fe 0.9 Co 0.1 ) 2 As 2, New J. Phys. 13, (2011). 18. N. Kurita, H.-O. Lee, Y. Tokiwa, C. F. Miclea, E. D. Bauer, F. Ronning, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk, P.-C. Ho, M. B. Maple, P. Sengupta, I. Vekhter, R. Movshovich, Thermal and magnetic properties of a low-temperature antiferromagnet Ce 4 Pt 12 Sn 25, Phys. Rev. B 82, (2010). 19. A. B. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Nodes vs. minima in the energy gap of iron-pnictides from field-induced anisotropy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, (2010) 20. C. Capan, Y-J. Jo, L. Balicas, R. G. Goodrich, J. F. DiTusa, I. Vekhter, T. P. Murphy, A. D. Bianchi, L. D. Pham, J. Y. Cho, J. Y. Chan, D. P. Young, Z. Fisk, Fermi surface evolution through a heavy fermion superconductor-to-antiferromagnet transition: de Haas-van Alphen effect in Cd-substituted CeCoIn 5, Phys. Rev. B 82, (2010).[Editor s suggestion]. 21. A. B. Karki, Y. M. Xiong, I. Vekhter, D. A. Browne, P. W. Adams, D. P. Young, E. K. Okudzeto, J. Y. Chan, R. Prozorov and H. Kim, Structure and physical properties of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor Mo 3 Al 2 C, Phys. Rev. B 82, (2010). [Editor s suggestion, selected for Physics Synopsis]. 22. R. Beaird, A. B. Vorontsov, and I. Vekhter, Pauli-Limited Superconductivity with Classical Magnetic Fluctuations, Phys. Rev. B 81, (2010). 23. A. B. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Vortex state in d-wave superconductors with strong

4 Ilya Vekhter Page 4 paramagnetism: transport and specific heat anisotropy, Phys. Rev. B (2010). 24. E. Nazaretski, J. P. Thibodaux, I. Vekhter, L. Civale, J. D. Thompson, R. Movshovich, Direct measurements of the penetration depth in a superconducting film using magnetic force microscopy, Applied Physics Letters 95, (2009). 25. V. Mishra, A. Vorontsov, P.J. Hirschfeld, I. Vekhter, Theory of thermal conductivity in extended-s state superconductors: application to ferropnictides, Phys. Rev. B 80, (2009). 26. Z. Nussinov, I. Vekhter, and A. V. Balatsky, Glassy incommensurate electronic surfactant phases driven by competing orders, Phys. Rev. B 79, (2009). 27. G. R. Boyd, P. J. Hirschfeld, I. Vekhter, A. B. Vorontsov, Inversion of specific heat oscillations with in-plane magnetic field angle in 2D d-wave superconductors, Phys. Rev. B, 79, (2009). 28. A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter and M. J. Graf, Pauli-limited upper critical field in dirty d-wave superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 78, (R), (2008). 29. A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, and M. Eschrig, Surface bound states and spin currents in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, (2008) 30. V. Aji, C. M. Varma, and I. Vekhter, Kondo effect in an Antiferromagnetic metal: Renormalization group analysis and a variational calculation, Phys. Rev. B 77, (2008). 31. Y. Kasahara, T. Iwasawa, Y. Shimizu, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, I. Vekhter, and Y. Matsuda, Thermal conductivity evidence for d x2 y2 pairing symmetry in the heavyfermion CeIrIn 5 superconductor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, (2008). 32. A. B. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Unconventional superconductors under rotating magnetic field I: density of states and specific heat, Phys. Rev. B 75, (2007). 33. A. B. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Unconventional superconductors under rotating magnetic field II: thermal transport, Phys. Rev. B 75, (2007). 34. I. Vekhter and A. B. Vorontsov, Interplane and intraplane heat transport in quasitwo-dimensional nodal superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 75, (2007). 35. Y. Matsuda, K. Izawa, and I. Vekhter, Nodal structure of unconventional superconductors probed by the angle resolved thermal conductivity measurements, topical review, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 18, R705-R752 (2006). 36. A. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Nodal structure of quasi-2d superconductors probed by a magnetic field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, (2006). 37. A. V. Balatsky, I. Vekhter, and J.-X. Zhu, Impurity-induced states in conventional and unconventional superconductors, Rev. Mod. Phys., 78, 373 (2006). 38. N. Harrison, U. Alver, R. G. Goodrich, I. Vekhter, J. L. Sarrao, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno, L. Balicas, Z. Fisk, D. Hall, R. T. Macaluso, and J. Y. Chan, 4f-electron localization in Ce x La 1 x MIn 5, where M = Co, Rh and Ir, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, (2004). 39. I. Vekhter and A. V. Chubukov, Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior in Itinerant Antiferromagnets, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, (2004). 40. T. Park, E. E. M. Chia, M. B. Salamon, E. D. Bauer, I. Vekhter, J. D. Thompson, E. M. Choi, H. J. Kim, S.-I. Lee, and P. C. Canfield, Evidence for the Coexistence of an Anisotropic Superconducting Gap and Nonlocal Effects in the Nonmagnetic Superconductor LuNi 2 B 2 C, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, (2004) 41. A. Bianchi, R. Movshovich, I. Vekhter, P. G. Pagliuso, and J. L. Sarrao, Avoided antiferromagnetic order and quantum critical point in CeCoIn 5, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, (2003).

5 Ilya Vekhter Page I. Vekhter and C. M. Varma, A proposal to determine the spectrum of pairing glue in high temperature superconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett., 90, (2003). 43. A. V. Shytov, I. Vekhter, I. A. Gruzberg, and A. V. Balatsky, Tail states in clean superconductors with magnetic impurities, Phys. Rev. Lett., 90, (2003). 44. I. Vekhter, P. J. Hirschfeld, and E. J. Nicol, Thermodynamics of d-wave superconductors in a magnetic field, Phys. Rev. B 64, (2001). 45. I. Vekhter, L. N. Bulaevskii, A. E. Koshelev, and M. P. Maley, Interlayer quasiparticle transport in the vortex state of Josephson coupled superconductors, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1296 (2000). 46. I. Vekhter and A. Houghton, Quasiparticle thermal conductivity in the vortex state of high-t c cuprates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4626 (1999). 47. I. Vekhter, P. J. Hirschfeld, J. P. Carbotte and E. J. Nicol, Anisotropic thermodynamics of d-wave superconductors in the vortex state, Phys. Rev. B 59, R9023 (Rapid Communications) (1999). 48. I. Vekhter, E. J. Nicol and J. P. Carbotte, Ultrasonic attenuation in clean d-wave superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 59, 7123 (1999). 49. I. Vekhter, J. P. Carbotte and E. J. Nicol, Quasiparticle transport in the vortex state of d-wave superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 59, 1417 (1999). 50. A. Houghton and I. Vekhter, Quasiclassical approach to transport in the vortex state and the Hall Effect, Phys. Rev. B 57, (1998). 51. I. Vekhter and A. Houghton, Hall effect in the mixed state of moderately clean superconductors, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 9, L397 (1997). Refereed conference proceedings: 1. R. Movshovich, N. Kurita, H-O. Lee, P.-C. Ho, M. B. Maple, Y. Tokiwa, C. F. Miclea, E. D. Bauer, F. Ronning, P. Sengupta, I. Vekhter, Z. Fisk and J. D. Thompson, Thermal and magnetic properties of a low-temperature antiferromagnet Ce 4 Pt 12 Sn 25, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 273, (2011). 2. R. G. Goodrich, C. Capan, A. D. Bianchi, Z. Fisk, J. F. DiTusa, I. Vekhter, D. P. Young, L. Balicas, Y-J. Jo, T. Murphy, J. Y. Cho, and J. Y. Chan, SC-to-AFM transition in CeCo(In 1 x Cd x ) 5 : de Haas-van Alphen Measurements, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 273, (2011). 3. Y. Kasahara, T. Iwasawa, Y. Shimizu, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, I. Vekhter, and Y. Matsuda, Pinning down the pairing symmetry of heavy-fermion compound CeIrIn 5, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 150, (2009). 4. A. B. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, and M. Eschrig, Surface States in Superconductors with No Inversion Symmetry, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 77 Suppl. A, 165 (2008). 5. I. Vekhter and A. Vorontsov, Searching for zeroes: unconventional superconductors in a magnetic field, Physica B 403, 958 (2008). 6. R. Beaird, A. Vorontsov, and I. Vekhter, Pauli-limited superconductors with fluctuating magnetic moments, Physica B 403, 1083 (2008). 7. A. Vorontsov, I. Vekhter, and M. Eschrig, Andreev bound states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, Physica B 403, 1095 (2008). 8. A. Vorontsov and I. Vekhter, Anisotropy of the heat capacity in Pauli limited unconventional superconductors, Physica C , 742 (2007) 9. S. H. Curnoe, T. R. Abu Alrub, I. A. Sergienko, and I. Vekhter, Superconducting gap nodes in PrOs 4 Sb 12, J. Magn. Mag. Mat., 310, 605 (2007). 10. A. Bianchi, R. Movshovich, I. Vekhter, P.G. Pagliuso and J.L. Sarrao, Avoided anti-

6 Ilya Vekhter Page 6 ferromagnetic order and QCP in CeCoIn 5, Physica B , 74 (2005). 11. I. Vekhter, A. V. Shytov, I. A. Gruzberg, and A. V. Balatsky, Tail states in superconductors with weak magnetic impurities, Physica B , 1446 (2003), (LT-22, Hiroshima, Japan, 2002). 12. I. Vekhter and P. J. Hirschfeld, Angle-dependent magnetothermal conductivity in d-wave superconductors, Physica C: , (2000); (M 2 S-HTSC-VI, Houston, 2000). 13. I. Vekhter and A. Houghton, Thermal conductivity in the vortex state of d-wave superconductors, Physica C: , (2000); (M 2 S-HTSC-VI, Houston, 2000). 14. I. Vekhter and A. Houghton, Hall effect in the mixed state of clean superconductors, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 59, (1998); (SNS-97). Other conference proceedings: 1. I. Vekhter, J. P. Carbotte, P. J. Hirschfeld, and E. J. Nicol, Quasiparticle properties of d-wave superconductors in the vortex state, in High-Temperature Superconductivity, edited by S. E. Barnes et al., (American Institute of Physics, NY, 1999), p E. J. Nicol, I. Vekhter, and J. P. Carbotte, Fermi surface geometry and the ultrasonic attenuation of a clean d-wave superconductor, in High-Temperature Superconductivity, edited by S. E. Barnes et al., (American Institute of Physics, NY, 1999), p I. Vekhter, P. J. Hirschfeld, J. P. Carbotte and E. J. Nicol, Anisotropic thermodynamics and T/ H scaling of d-wave superconductors in the vortex state, in Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields-III, edited by Z. Fisk, L. Gor kov, and R. Schrieffer, (World Scientific, 1999), p Talks and presentations Invited talks at international conferences: 1. Thermal transport in iron-based superconductors, International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M 2 S), Washington, DC, August Field-induced antiferromagnetism in superconducting CeCoIn 5, International Conference on Heavy Fermions and Novel Phases, Gyeongju, Korea, July Probing superconducting gap in complex materials with magnetic field, International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism,, Istanbul, Turkey, April Quantum impurities in old and new superconductors, conference on Developments and Prospects in Quantum Impurity Physics, Dresden, Germany, June Antiferromagnetic order in Pauli limited superconductors, conference Superconductivity: 100 years young, Natal, Brazil, May Microscopic analysis of the surface states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, launch meeting of the Topological Matter program, Kyoto, Japan, Dec Thermal transport in unconventional superconductors, International Symposium on Superconductivity, Tsukuba, Japan, Nov Spin properties of the surfaces of non-centrosymmetric superconductors, Superconductivity and Magnetism SM-2010, Paestum, Italy, Sept Field-induced anisotropy in specific heat and transport properties of unconventional

7 Ilya Vekhter Page 7 superconductors, 9th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity, Tokyo, Japan, Sept Field-induced anisotropy in specific heat and transport properties of unconventional superconductors, conference Emergent Quantum Phenomena from the Nano to the Macro World, Cargese, Corsica, France, July Surfaces, spin currents, and topological states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, two invited lectures at the workshop and school Spin behavior in noncentrosymmetric materials, Choroni, Venezuela, Nov Field-induced anisotropies in specific heat and transport measurements of unconventional superconductors, ICAM-DCHEM workshop on emergent behavior in correlated electron systems, Aspen, CO, Aug Andreev bound states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, International Conference New Quantum Phenomena in Skutterudite and Related Systems, Kobe, Japan, Sept Invited Lecturer at the summer school 50th anniversary of BCS: From BCS to Exotic Superconductivity, Cargese, Corsica, France, July Three lectures: Basics of pairing ; Disorder and Superconductivity ; Quasiparticles in magnetic field. 15. Anisotropic properties of nodal superconductors in the vortex state, International conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES 07), Houston, TX, May Anisotropic properties of nodal superconductors in the vortex state revisited, International workshop Evolution of New Quantum Phenomena in the Filled Skutterudite Structure and New Phases of Matter under Multiple Extreme Conditions, Tokyo, Japan, Nov Non-fermi liquid behavior and superconductivity in itinerant antiferromagnets, International Conference on Ultra-Low Temperature Physics, Gainesville, FL, August Inhomogeneous phases driven by competing orders, workshop on Nanoscale Fluctuations in Magnetic and Superconducting Systems, Dresden, Germany, May Anisotropic properties of nodal superconductors in a magnetic field, International Workshop on Materials Science and Nano-Engineering, Osaka, Japan, December Non-Fermi liquid behavior of itinerant antiferromagnets, Workshop on Emerging Issues in Heavy Fermion Materials Physics, Lorentz Center, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, July Anisotropic properties of nodal superconductors in a magnetic field, Workshop on Novel States and Phase Transitions in Highly Correlated Matter, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July Thermodynamics and transport in the vortex state of d-wave superconductors, 1999 Miami conference on High Temperature Superconductivity, Coral Gables, FL, January Selected recent invited seminars and colloquia: 1. Probing anisotropic superconductivity with magnetic fields, colloquia City College, CUNY, New York, NY, Nov Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Oct Field-induced magnetic order in Pauli limited superconductors, University of Florida, Sept Antiferromagnetic order in Pauli limited unconventional superconductors, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, Aug. 2012

8 Ilya Vekhter Page 8 4. Magnetic field-induced antiferromagnetism in superconducting CeCoIn 5, Rice University, Houston, TX, Dec McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Sept Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, Sept Université de Montreal, Canada, Sept Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany, June Probing anisotropic superconducting states with magnetic field, University of Augsburg, Germany, June Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, June 2011 Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, June 2011 University of Oxford, United Kingdom, April 2011 Royal Holloway University, London, United Kingdom, April 2011 University of Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, April 2011 University degli studi di Salerno, Italy, April 2011 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 2011 Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Dec RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan, Nov Spin properties of the surface states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France, March 2011 Institute for Solid State Physics, Tokyo University, Japan, Nov Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Oct Condensed matter physics on the bayou: probing anisotropic superconductivity, colloquium, Institute for Solid State Physics, Tokyo University, Japan, Oct Testing anisotropic superconducting gap(s), Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Dec Field-induced anisotropies in specific heat and transport properties of unconventional superconductors, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Oct Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Oct CNRS Toulouse, France, June Institut Neel, Grenoble, France, June University of Calfornia, Riverside, Sept University of Calfornia, San Diego, Sept University of Wisconsin-Madison, Oct Surface bound states in non-centrosymmetric superconductors, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 2009 Max Planck Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, June Probing superconductivity with magnetic field: anisotropy revealed (colloquium), University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, Nov Curie-Weiss behavior in sodium cobaltates, Montana State University, Bozeman, May Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 2007; Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris, France, June Anisotropic thermodynamics of unconventional superconductors, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 2007; Commissariat à l Énergie Atomique, Grenoble, France, June 2007; Thèorie de la Matière Condensée sur le Plateau, Orsay, France, June 2007; Rice University, Houston, TX, November 2006; University of California, Irvine, October 2006;

9 Ilya Vekhter Page 9 Universität Karlsruhe, Germany, August 2006; University of Bristol, United Kingdom, June Simple metals, exotic states, and quantum criticality, (colloquium), Yeshiva University, New York, NY October Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, January Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John s, Canada, May 2005; Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, January Non-Fermi liquid behavior of itinerant antiferromagnets Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John s, Canada, May 2005; University of Florida, Gainesville, March 2005; Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan, Dec University of Texas at Austin, October 2004; Argonne National Laboratory, July 2004; 16. Anisotropic thermodynamics and transport in the vortex state of unconventional superconductors, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos, April Marching orders for electrons: from simple metals to high temperature superconductors, (colloquium) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, April University of Alberta, Canada, February University of Guelph, September Thermal and transport properties of unconventional superconductors in a magnetic field, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, April Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, August ETH-Zürich, Switzerland, April Walter Meissner Institute, Munich, Germany, April University of Alberta, Canada, February Can photoemission uncover the pairing glue in high temperature superconductors? University of Chicago, January 2003, University of Illinois at Chicago, January 2003, Argonne National Laboratory, January Tail states in superconductors with magnetic impurities, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, Germany, April Thermodynamics and transport in the vortex state of unconventional superconductors Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, December Los Alamos National Laboratory, July University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, June Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, April Heat transport in the High-T c cuprates, (joint seminar with L. Taillefer), Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, June 1999.