Education/Professional activity:

Visiting scientist, University of California Los Angeles (Feb. 2009, present)

Research Scholar, California State University , Northridge (Oct. 2007 -Jan. 2009)

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (Sept. 2005- Oct. 2007)

Referee, Physical Review, American Physical Society (Nov. 2005-present)

PhD: Physics, University of Arkansas (Dec. 2005), Thesis advisor:Laurent Bellaiche

MS: Physics, Isfahn University of Technology, Isfahn, Iran, (1996)

BS: Applied Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, (1993)

Research interests:

Piezoelectrics and Ferroelectrics, Ferroelectric nanostructures (thin films, nanodots, nanowires); Thermodynamics of Solid State Hydrogen storage; Surface Electromigration, Defects on metallic surface;

Honors:

General Motors Travel Award, International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, Fundamentals and Applications, Oct. 2006.

Graduate Dissertation Research Award, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Dec. 2004, University of Arkansas.

IBM-Zerner Fellowship for Graduate Students, 44^th Sanibel Symposium, March 2004, University of Florida

http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~sanibel

Affiliations:

2005-current, Full Member of the Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, Fayetteville Chapter, University of Arkansas

2006-current, Regular Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)

2003-current, Regular Member of the American Physical Society (APS)

Publications:

10) V. Ozolins, A. R. Akbarzadeh, H. Gunaydin, K. Michel, C. Wolverton and E. H. Majzoub, "First-principles computational discovery of materials for hydrogen storage", Journal of Physics: Conference Series 180 , 012076 (2009)
9) K. Michel, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and V. Ozolins, "First-Principles Study of the Li-Mg-N-H System: Compound Structures and Hydrogen Storage Properties", Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 , 14551-14558 (2009)

8) S. Prosandeev, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and L. Bellaiche, "Discovery of incipient ferrotoroidics from atomistic simulations", Physical Review Letters 102 ,257601 (2009)

7) A.R. Akbarzadeh, Z.Z. Chen, and N. Kioussis, "Crucial role of surface in stability and mobility of vacancy clusters in metals", Physical Review B 79 195404 (2009)

6) A.R. Akbarzadeh, C. Wolverton, and V. Ozolins, "First-principles determination of crystal structures, phase stability, and reaction thermodynamics in the Li-Mg-Al-H hydrogen storage system", Physical Review B 79 , 184102 (2009), [Selected as Editor's Suggestion]

5) C. Wolverton, D. Siegle, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and V. Ozolins, "Discovery of Novel Hydrogen storage materials: An atomic scale computational approach", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 064228 (2008)

[Selecetd as top papers of 2008]

4) A.R. Akbarzadeh, V. Ozolins, and C. Wolverton, "First-principles determination of multicomponent hydride phase diagrams: Application to the Li-Mg-N-H system", Advanced Materials , 19, 3233-3239 (2007) [DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700843]

3) A.R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, J. Iniguez, and D. Vanderbilt, "Theoretical diagram of ultrathin films of incipeint ferroelectrics", Applied Physics Letters 90 , 24918 (2007) [DOI: 10.1063/1.2748844]

2) A.R. Akbarzadeh, I. Kornev, C. Malibert, L. Bellaiche and J. M. Kiat, "A combined and experimental study of the low temperature properties of BaZrO₃", Physical Review B 72 , 205104 (2005)

1) A.R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, K. Leung, J. Iniguez and David Vanderbilt, "Atomistic simulations of the incipient ferroelectric KTaO₃", Physical Review B 70, 054103 (2004)

			Education/Professional activity: Visiting scientist, University of California Los Angeles (Feb. 2009, present) Research Scholar, California State University , Northridge (Oct. 2007 -Jan. 2009) Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (Sept. 2005- Oct. 2007) Referee, Physical Review, American Physical Society (Nov. 2005-present) PhD: Physics, University of Arkansas (Dec. 2005), Thesis advisor:Laurent Bellaiche MS: Physics, Isfahn University of Technology, Isfahn, Iran, (1996) BS: Applied Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, (1993) Research interests: Piezoelectrics and Ferroelectrics, Ferroelectric nanostructures (thin films, nanodots, nanowires); Thermodynamics of Solid State Hydrogen storage; Surface Electromigration, Defects on metallic surface; Honors: *General Motors Travel Award,* International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, Fundamentals and Applications, Oct. 2006. *Graduate Dissertation Research Award, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Dec. 2004, University of Arkansas. IBM-Zerner Fellowship for Graduate Students, 44^th Sanibel Symposium, March 2004, University of Florida http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~sanibel Affiliations:* *2005-current, Full Member of the Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, Fayetteville Chapter, University of Arkansas* *2006-current, Regular Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)* *2003-current, Regular Member of the American Physical Society (APS)* Publications: 10) V. Ozolins, A. R. Akbarzadeh, H. Gunaydin, K. Michel, C. Wolverton and E. H. Majzoub, "First-principles computational discovery of materials for hydrogen storage", Journal of Physics: Conference Series 180 , 012076 (2009) 9) K. Michel, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and V. Ozolins, "First-Principles Study of the Li-Mg-N-H System: Compound Structures and Hydrogen Storage Properties", Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 , 14551-14558 (2009) 8) S. Prosandeev, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and L. Bellaiche, "Discovery of incipient ferrotoroidics from atomistic simulations", Physical Review Letters 102 ,257601 (2009) 7) A.R. Akbarzadeh, Z.Z. Chen, and N. Kioussis, "Crucial role of surface in stability and mobility of vacancy clusters in metals", Physical Review B 79 195404 (2009) 6) A.R. Akbarzadeh, C. Wolverton, and V. Ozolins, "First-principles determination of crystal structures, phase stability, and reaction thermodynamics in the Li-Mg-Al-H hydrogen storage system", Physical Review B 79 , 184102 (2009), [Selected as Editor's Suggestion] 5) C. Wolverton, D. Siegle, A.R. Akbarzadeh, and V. Ozolins, "Discovery of Novel Hydrogen storage materials: An atomic scale computational approach", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 064228 (2008) [Selecetd as top papers of 2008] 4) A.R. Akbarzadeh, V. Ozolins, and C. Wolverton, "First-principles determination of multicomponent hydride phase diagrams: Application to the Li-Mg-N-H system", Advanced Materials , 19, 3233-3239 (2007) [DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700843] 3) A.R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, J. Iniguez, and D. Vanderbilt, "Theoretical diagram of ultrathin films of incipeint ferroelectrics", Applied Physics Letters 90 , 24918 (2007) [DOI: 10.1063/1.2748844] 2) A.R. Akbarzadeh, I. Kornev, C. Malibert, L. Bellaiche and J. M. Kiat, "A combined and experimental study of the low temperature properties of BaZrO₃", Physical Review B 72 , 205104 (2005) 1) A.R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, K. Leung, J. Iniguez and David Vanderbilt, "Atomistic simulations of the incipient ferroelectric KTaO₃", Physical Review B 70, 054103 (2004)		Alireza Akbarzadeh, Ph. D. E-mail aakbarz@ucla.edu