Professor, Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, (804) 828-8991, FAX (804)828-8073, email: pjena@vcu.edu

Geometries, electronic structure, and magnetic properties of atomic clusters, cluster assembled materials, supported metal clusters, defects in metals and semiconductors

Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1970.
M.Sc., Utkal University, India, 1966.
B.Sc.,(Honors with Distinction) Utkal University, 1964.

Fellow,American Physical Society
Member, Indian Physical Society
Member, Sigma Pi Sigma
Member, Phi Kappa Phi

Co-chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Hydrogen Metal Systems, 1993
Chairman, International Symposium on Science and Technology of Atomically Engineered Materials, Richmond, VA 1995
Chairman, International Symposium on Clusters and Nano-structure Interfaces, Richmond, VA, 1999

Compound Metal Clusters and Cluster Assemblies, Department of Energy 1999-2002
Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Clusters NSF (pending)

The following articles have been chosen from a total publication of 240 articles and 8 edited books.

1. Merikoski, J., Timonen, M., and Jena, P.: Ferromagnetism in Small Clusters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 938 (1991).
2. Nayak, S.K. and Jena, P.: Anomalous Magnetism of Small Mn Clusters, Chem. Phys. Lett. 289, 473 (1998).
3. Nayak, S.K. and Jena, P.: Giant Magnetic Moments and Magnetic Bistability of Small MnO Clusters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2970 (1998).
4. Gutsev, G. L., Khanna, S. N., Rao, B. K., and Jena, P.: Structure, Stability, and Magnetic Properties of FeO_n and FeO_n^- Clusters, J. Phys. Chem. 103, 5812 (1999).
5. Gutsev, G. L., Rao, B. K., Jena, P., Li, X., and Wang, L-S.: On the Origin of the Unusual Stability of MnO₄^-, Chem. Phys. Lett. 312, 598 (1999).