| Kevin Vallejo, Ph.D. | | https://bios.inl.gov/Lists/Researcher/DisplayOverrideForm.aspx?ID=1032 | Kevin Vallejo, Ph.D. | | | | | Kevin D. Vallejo was born in El Paso, Texas. He attended The University of Texas at El Paso where he received a B.S. degree in physics, after which he attended Boise State University to receive a M.Engr. in materials science, a graduate certificate in college teaching, and a Ph.D. in materials science with focus on semiconductor physics. He previously worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a graduate fellow for the National Nuclear Security Administration. Kevin completed his Ph.D. on semiconductor quantum dots’ synthesis and properties, pushing the limits of light emission obtained with these structures. He brought this expertise in epitaxial growth of materials to INL where he is currently working on the synthesis of nuclear fuel materials, their surrogates, novel antiperovskite compounds, and new ternary nitride materials with applications to corrosion resistance and material integration. In his free time Kevin engages in philosophical discussions of the foundations of physics, and a published collection of poems. | | <div class="ExternalClassBE0A180F9DCB46CFAB64B3E21340F4D3"><ul><li><p>Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering – Boise State University, Dec. 2021</p></li><li><p>Master of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering – Boise State University, May 2020</p></li><li><p>Bachelor of Science in Physics – The University of Texas at El Paso, Dec. 2016</p></li></ul></div> | | <div class="ExternalClass7A9F5393EBEC45B9BA89D31737880A48"><ul><li><p>Thin film synthesis</p></li><li><p>Molecular beam epitaxy</p></li><li><p>Actinide physics</p></li><li><p>Quantum dots</p></li></ul></div> | <div class="ExternalClass5D4BB586BC15450E83083EEF3CF1E7E4"><ul><li><p>American Physical Society</p></li><li><p>American Vacuum Society</p></li><li><p>American Chemical Society</p></li><li><p><em>Sociedad Mexicana de Fisica</em><br></p></li></ul></div> | <div class="ExternalClass1783C65104CE4EB081293B449D246D90"><ul><li>Kevin D. Vallejo, Firoza Kabir, Narayan Poudel, David H. Hurley, Paul J. Simmonds, Cody A. Dennett, and Krzysztof Gofryk. “Advances in actinide thin films: synthesis, properties, and future directions” Reports on Progress in Physics XX(XX) (2022): XXXXXX (in print)</li><li>Vallejo, Kevin D., Trent A. Garrett, Carlos I. Cabrera, Madison D. Drake, Baolai Liang, Kevin Grossklaus, and Paul J. Simmonds. “Tunable mid-infrared interband emission from tensile-strained InGaAs quantum dots” (under review) </li><li>Alzeidan, A., de Cantalice, T. F., Vallejo, K. D., Gajjela, R.S.R., Hendriks, A.L., Simmonds, P. J., Koenraad, P.M., & Quivy, A. A. “Effect of As flux on InAs submonolayer quantum dot formation for infrared photodetectors” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2021): 113357 (link) </li><li>Vallejo, Kevin D., Trent A. Garrett, Carlos I. Cabrera, Baolai Liang, Kevin Grossklaus, and Paul J. Simmonds. “Tensile-strained self-assembly of InGaAs on InAs(111)A” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B. 39 (2021): 062809 (link) </li><li>Sautter, Kathryn E., Kevin D. Vallejo, and Paul J. Simmonds. “Strain-driven quantum dot self-assembly by molecular beam epitaxy.” Journal of Applied Physics 128(3) (2020): 031101. (link)</li><li>Sautter, Kathryn E., Christopher F. Schuck, Trent A. Garrett, Ariel E. Weltner, Kevin D. Vallejo, Dingkun Ren, Baolai Liang, Kevin A. Grossklaus, Thomas E. Vandervelde, and Paul J. Simmonds. “Self-assembly of tensile-strained Ge quantum dots on InAlAs (111)A.” Journal of Crystal Growth 533 (2020): 125468. (link)</li><li>Haidet, Brian B., Leland Nordin, Aaron J. Muhowski, Kevin D. Vallejo, Eamonn T. Hughes, Jarod Meyer, Paul J. Simmonds, Daniel Wasserman, and Kunal Mukherjee. “Interface structure and luminescence properties of epitaxial PbSe films on InAs (111) A.” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 39, no. 2 (2021): 023404. (link)</li><li>Schuck, Christopher F., Kevin D. Vallejo, Trent Garrett, Qing Yuan, Ying Wang, Baolai Liang, and Paul J. Simmonds. "Impact of arsenic species on self-assembly of triangular and hexagonal tensile-strained GaAs (111) A quantum dots." Semiconductor Science and Technology 35, no. 10 (2020): 105001. (link)</li><li>Vallejo, Kevin D., Trent A. Garrett, Kathryn E. Sautter, Kevin Saythavy, Baolai Liang, and Paul J. Simmonds. "InAs (111) A homoepitaxy with molecular beam epitaxy." Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena 37, no. 6 (2019): 061810. (link)</li><li>Sautter, Kathryn E., Christopher F. Schuck, Justin C. Smith, Kevin D. Vallejo, Trent A. Garrett, Jake Soares, Hunter J. Coleman et al. "Self-Assembly of Ge and GaAs Quantum Dots under Tensile Strain on InAlAs (111) A." Crystal Growth & Design 21, no. 3 (2021): 1674-1682 (link)</li></ul></div> | Advanced Materials;Materials Characterization;Materials Properties and Performance;Materials Science and Engineering;Nuclear Fuels;Thermophysical Properties of Nuclear Fuel Materials | https://bios.inl.gov/SiteAssets/NST%20Photos/U_V/Kevin%20Vallejo.jpg | <div class="ExternalClass73D19CCB2DBB438BAD596F4EECE6E36E"><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-d-vallejo-aa74b940/">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-9456-6288">ORCID</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-d-vallejo-aa74b940/"></a><br></p></div> | | Distinguished “Russell L. Heath” Postdoctoral Associate | | <div class="ExternalClassA847328EEEF942788651F9D6D6EDE0D1"><p></p><ul><li>Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship - October 2021 Idaho National Laboratory (Idaho Falls, ID)<br></li><li>Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - June 2021 The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)<br></li><li>National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship - June 2020 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) <br></li><li>U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship - October 2014 <br></li><li>Funding to pursue studies abroad in Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland. <br></li><li>Best Graduate Student Poster – Department of Engineering, Boise State University <br></li><li>2nd Place – Graduate Student Oral Competition – 2021 Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Vacuum Society<br></li></ul><p></p></div> | | Kevin.Vallejo@inl.gov |
