
Dr Karen Livesey
Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Physics)
- Email:karen.livesey@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4055 7559
Career Summary
Biography
Karen Livesey is a theoretical condensed matter physicist, specializing in magnetic nanomaterials. Her research looks at magnetization dynamics in thin films and in nanoparticles, for a wide range of applications in biomedicine and in information technology.
She completed BSc and PhD degrees at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and postdoctoral training at CSIRO and at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs (UCCS), before joining UCCS as an Assistant Professor of Physics in 2012. In 2018, she was promoted to Associate Professor of Physics with tenure. In 2020, Karen relocated to Newcastle, Australia, during a global pandemic.
Karen has won awards for her teaching, research, talks, and service. She has attained research funding from the US National Science Foundation, the UK Royal Society, and the Perimeter Institute in Canada. In 2018-19 she was one of 8 women in the world chosen as a Emmy Noether fellow of the Perimeter Institute. She has given 8 invited talks at international conferences and 14 invited seminars at departments on three continents.
In terms of teaching, Karen has taught Physics at every level from first-year through to PhD classes. She coordinated the UCCS Physics PhD program as it grew in the past decade and as it attained a national ranking for the first time. Her PhD students have won poster awards, three-minute thesis competitions, and funded fellowships.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Western Australia
- Diploma in Modern Languages, University of Western Australia
Keywords
- Electromagnetic theory
- High-frequency dynamics
- Magnetic nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Australia |
Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/7/2018 - 30/6/2020 | Associate Professor of Physics | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs United States |
10/1/2012 - 30/6/2018 | Assistant Professor of Physics | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs United States |
Awards
Award
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2016 |
Europhysics Letters Distinguished Referee European Physical Society |
Research Award
Year | Award |
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2019 |
Emmy Noether Visiting Fellow, 2018-19 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Scholarship
Year | Award |
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2005 |
Seagate Technologies Postgraduate Top-up Scholarship The University of Western Australia |
2005 |
Hackett Postgraduate Award (3 years) The University of Western Australia |
Teaching Award
Year | Award |
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2018 |
LAS College Outstanding Teaching Award University of Colorado at Colorado Springs |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (2 outputs)
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2020 | Anderson N, Camley RE, Livesey K, 'Chapter 2: Probing Materials With Electromagnetic Waves: From Bulk Materials to Microstructures', Compendium on Electromagnetic Analysis From Electrostatics to Photonics : Fundamentals and Applications for Physicists and Engineers, World Scientific, Singapore (2020) | |||||||
2015 |
Livesey K, 'Nonlinear Behavior in Metallic Thin Films and Nanostructures', Handbook of Surface Science 169-214 (2015) In this chapter the nonlinear and chaotic behavior in primarily metallic nanostructures is reviewed. The article starts with a general discussion of macrospin dynamics and the way... [more] In this chapter the nonlinear and chaotic behavior in primarily metallic nanostructures is reviewed. The article starts with a general discussion of macrospin dynamics and the ways one may characterize and study the nonlinear and chaotic regimes. Then thin films are discussed and in particular nonlinear thresholds and nonlinear damping will be overviewed. Finally, some interesting results for nanostrips and for structures that are nanometer-sized in all three spatial dimensions will be shown. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
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Journal article (33 outputs)
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2020 |
Balakrishnan PB, Silvestri N, Fernandez-Cabada T, Marinaro F, Fernandes S, Fiorito S, et al., 'Exploiting Unique Alignment of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles, Mild Hyperthermia, and Controlled Intrinsic Cobalt Toxicity for Cancer Therapy', Advanced Materials, 2003712-2003712 (2020)
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2020 |
Flores CQ, Stuart AR, Buchanan KS, Livesey KL, 'Analytic calculation for the stray field above Neel and Bloch magnetic domain walls in a rectangular nanoribbon', JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 513 (2020)
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2020 |
Quispe Flores C, Chalifour C, Davidson J, Livesey KL, Buchanan KS, 'Semianalytical approach to calculating the dynamic modes of magnetic vortices with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions', Physical Review B, 102 (2020)
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2020 |
Munoz-Menendez C, Serantes D, Chubykalo-Fesenko O, Ruta S, Hovorka O, Nieves P, et al., 'Disentangling local heat contributions in interacting magnetic nanoparticles', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 102 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Godec G, Livesey K, 'Computing the effective permittivity of composite materials using a finite difference method', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 87 465-470 (2019)
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2019 |
Hankiewicz JH, Stoll JA, Stroud J, Davidson J, Livesey KL, Tvrdy K, et al., 'Nano-sized ferrite particles for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry', JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 469 550-557 (2019)
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2019 |
Yarbrough PM, Livesey KL, Camley RE, Macedo R, 'Far-Infrared Reflection from Heterostructures Made of Ultrathin Ferromagnetic Layers', PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED, 12 (2019)
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2018 |
Macedo R, Livesey KL, Camley RE, 'Using magnetic hyperbolic metamaterials as high frequency tunable filters', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 113 (2018)
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2018 |
Yarbrough PM, Livesey KL, 'Parallel pumping of a ferromagnetic nanostripe: Confinement quantization and off-resonant driving', JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 123 (2018)
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2018 |
Livesey KL, Ruta S, Anderson NR, Baldomir D, Chantrell RW, Serantes D, 'Beyond the blocking model to fit nanoparticle ZFC/FC magnetisation curves', SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8 (2018)
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2017 |
Livesey KL, Camley RE, Celinski Z, Maat S, 'Magnetic shielding of 3-phase current by a composite material at low frequencies', AIP ADVANCES, 7 (2017)
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2017 |
DeJong MD, Livesey KL, 'Domain walls in finite-width nanowires with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 95 (2017)
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2016 |
Livesey KL, Camley RE, 'Large, tunable microwave permittivity in a liquid doped with anisotropic particles', JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 120 (2016)
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2015 |
Phelps MG, Livesey KL, Ferona AM, Camley RE, 'Tunable transient decay times in nonlinear systems: Application to magnetic precession', EPL, 109 (2015)
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2015 |
DeJong MD, Livesey KL, 'Analytic theory for the switch from Bloch to Neel domain wall in nanowires with perpendicular anisotropy', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 92 (2015)
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2014 |
Fuller RO, Livesey KL, Woodward RC, McKinley AJ, Skelton BW, Koutsantonis GA, 'Magnetic Studies of Metal Ion Coordination Clusters Encapsulated with Thiacalixarene', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 67 1588-1594 (2014)
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2014 |
Saville SL, Qi B, Baker J, Stone R, Camley RE, Livesey KL, et al., 'The formation of linear aggregates in magnetic hyperthermia: Implications on specific absorption rate and magnetic anisotropy', JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 424 141-151 (2014)
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2014 |
Karwin CK, Livesey KL, 'Microwave properties of twisted and supertwisted nematic liquid crystals with weak anchoring', LIQUID CRYSTALS, 41 707-716 (2014)
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2014 |
Moore T, Camley RE, Livesey KL, 'Spin waves in a thin film with magnetoelectric coupling at the surfaces', JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 372 107-111 (2014)
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2013 |
Karwin CM, Livesey KL, 'Liquid crystal phase shifters with a twist', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 103 (2013)
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2013 |
Livesey KL, Ding J, Anderson NR, Camley RE, Adeyeye AO, Kostylev MP, Samarin S, 'Resonant frequencies of a binary magnetic nanowire', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 87 (2013)
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2012 |
Budrikis Z, Livesey KL, Morgan JP, Akerman J, Stein A, Langridge S, et al., 'Domain dynamics and fluctuations in artificial square ice at finite temperatures', NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 14 (2012)
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2011 |
Fal TJ, Livesey KL, Camley RE, 'Domain wall and microwave assisted switching in an exchange spring bilayer', JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 109 (2011)
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2011 |
Livesey KL, 'Strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling in magnetostrictive/piezoelectric heterostructures and resulting high-frequency effects', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 83 (2011)
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2011 |
Nembach HT, Livesey KL, Kostylev MP, Martin-Pimentel P, Hermsdoerfer SJ, Leven B, et al., 'Magneto-optical observation of four-wave scattering in a 15-nm Ni81Fe19 film during large-angle magnetization precession', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 84 (2011)
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2010 |
Livesey KL, Camley RE, 'Magnetic metal cladding gives better attenuation in small waveguides operating at high microwave frequencies than nonmagnetic metals', APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 96 (2010)
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2010 |
Livesey KL, Stamps RL, 'High-frequency susceptibility of a weak ferromagnet with magnetostrictive magnetoelectric coupling: Using heterostructures to tailor electromagnon frequencies', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 81 (2010)
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2010 |
Livesey KL, 'Exchange bias induced by domain walls in BiFeO3', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 82 (2010)
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2010 |
Livesey KL, Stamps RL, 'Effect of transverse magnetic correlations on a coupled order parameter: Shifted transition temperatures and thermal hysteresis', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 81 (2010)
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2007 |
Livesey KL, Kostylev MP, Stamps RL, 'Parametric spin wave excitation and cascaded processes during switching in thin films', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75 (2007)
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2006 |
Livesey KL, Crew DC, Stamps RL, 'Spin wave valve in an exchange spring bilayer', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 73 (2006)
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Conference (1 outputs)
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2004 |
Woodward RC, Livesey KL, Stamps RL, 'Effect of reversal field on domain structures in TbFeCo', JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS (2004)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 6 |
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Total funding | $321,200 |
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20183 grants / $273,700
Collaborative Research: How magnetic nanoparticles organize in extreme force gradients$253,000
Funding body: National Science Foundation
Funding body | National Science Foundation |
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Project Team | Karen Livesey, Thomas Crawford, Casey Chalifour, Jonathon Davidson, Alexandra Stuart |
Scheme | Division of Materials Research, Condensed Matter Physics |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
Fast skyrmion dynamics for low-energy magnetic nanotechnologies IES\R1\180135$10,700
Funding body: The Royal Society
Funding body | The Royal Society |
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Project Team | Paul S. Keatley, Karen Livesey |
Scheme | International Exchanges |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
Calculating the size and speed of magnetic skyrmions$10,000
Funding body: University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Funding body | University of Colorado - Colorado Springs |
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Project Team | Jonathon Davidson (PhD student), Karen Livesey |
Scheme | CRCW Research Seed Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20151 grants / $10,000
Magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanowires: energy absorption and the effect of temperature$10,000
Funding body: University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Funding body | University of Colorado - Colorado Springs |
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Project Team | Miriam DeJong (student), Karen Livesey |
Scheme | CRCW Research Seed Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20131 grants / $30,000
Magnetic shielding$30,000
Funding body: YTC America
Funding body | YTC America |
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Project Team | Robert Camley, Zbigniew Celinski, Karen Livesey |
Scheme | Industrial contract |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Non Competitive |
Category | 3IFB |
UON | N |
20121 grants / $7,500
Anchoring of liquid crystals$7,500
Funding body: University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Funding body | University of Colorado - Colorado Springs |
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Project Team | Chris Karwin (undergraduate student), Karen Livesey |
Scheme | CRCW Research Seed Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2018 | PhD | Magnetic nanoparticle dynamics in fluids | Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Sole Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Magnetic relaxation time in nanoparticle systems | Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Sole Supervisor |
2015 | PhD | Thermal properties of noncollinear magnetic structures | Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | High Frequency Magnetization Dynamics Affecting Parallel Pumping, Reflectivity and Thermal Properties of Magnets | Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Sole Supervisor |
2014 | Masters | Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hematite Nanoparticle Deposition Onto a Substrate | Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Sole Supervisor |
Dr Karen Livesey
Position
Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
College of Engineering, Science and Environment
Focus area
Physics
Contact Details
karen.livesey@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4055 7559 |
Office
Room | P112 |
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Building | Physics |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |