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Freelance Researcher, Data Analyst, and Outstanding Reviewer with 25+ years of experience in Condensed Matter Physics.
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing
Research
User Research,
Meta-Research,
Fact Checking,
Scientific and Technical Research
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Algorithm Design-ML,
Data Insights
Work Experience
Senior Lecturer
University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus
October 2016 - Present 
Senior Scientist
Johnson Matthey plc
April 2015 - September 2016
Research Scientist
Johnson Matthey plc
February 2013 - March 2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Pretoria
April 2011 - January 2013
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of the Witwatersrand
April 2008 - March 2011
Predoctoral Fellowship
University of Cape Town
April 2004 - March 2008
Assistant Lecturer
Federal University of Technology Akure
January 2003 - March 2004
Graduate Assistant
Federal University of Technology
March 1999 - December 2002
Education
PhD (Physics)
University of Cape Town
April 2004 - June 2008
MTech (Solid State Physics) (Physics)
Federal University of Technology Akure
March 1999 - December 2002
BSc(Hons) Physics (Physics)
University of Calabar
February 1992 - November 1996
Certifications
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Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Institute of Physics, UK
https://comms.iop.org/q/1HfBezL8nrFTx1tJdbmRX/wvMarch 2020 - Present
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
David O. Obada, Simeon A. Abolade, Shittu B. Akinpelu, Syam Kumar R, Aniekan M. Ukpong, Akinlolu Akande (2025). Tunable optoelectronic properties of Cs2GeX6 (X = Cl, Br) mixed-halide double perovskites using the supercell approach . Materials Letters.
Michael Tsamparlis, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2024). Lie Symmetries of the Wave Equation on the Sphere Using Geometry . Dynamics.
David O. Obada, Shittu Babatunde Akinpelu, Simeon A Abolade, Emmanuel Okafor, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong, Syam Kumar R, Akinlolu Akande (2024). Lead-Free Double Perovskites: A Review of the Structural, Optoelectronic, Mechanical, and Thermoelectric Properties Derived from First-Principles Calculations, and Materials Design Applicable for Pedagogical Purposes . Crystals.
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong(2023). Kondo resonance effects in emergent flat band materials . Frontiers in Physics. 10. Frontiers Media {SA}
Antonios Mitsopoulos, Michael Tsamparlis, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2023). Higher-Order First Integrals of Autonomous Non-Riemannian Dynamical Systems . Symmetry.
Ukpong, A.M.(2023). Inhibiting the Laydown of Polymeric Carbon and Simultaneously Promoting Its Facile Burn-Off during the Industrial-Scale Production of Hydrogen with Nickel-Based Catalysts: Insights from Ab Initio Calculations . Nanomaterials. 13. (1).
Squillante, Lucas, Ricco, Luciano S., Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus, Lagos-Monaco, Roberto E., Seridonio, Antonio C., de Souza, Mariano(2023). Grüneisen parameter as an entanglement compass and the breakdown of the Hellmann-Feynman theorem . Phys. Rev. B. 108. p. L140403. American Physical Society
Squillante, Lucas, Ricco, Luciano S, Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus, Lagos-Monaco, Roberto E, Seridonio, Antonio C, de Souza, Mariano (2023). Gruneisen parameter as an entanglement compass . ArXiv.
Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus (2023). Kondo resonance effects in emergent flat band materials . Frontiers in Physics.
Obada, David O., Okafor, Emmanuel, Abolade, Simeon A., Ukpong, Aniekan M., Dodoo-Arhin, David, Akande, Akinlolu (2023). Explainable machine learning for predicting the band gaps of<i> ABX3</i> perovskites . Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing.
Obada, D.O., Okafor, E., Abolade, S.A., Ukpong, A.M., Dodoo-Arhin, D., Akande, A.(2023). Explainable machine learning for predicting the band gaps of ABX<sub>3</sub> perovskites . Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 161.
Ukpong, A.M.(2023). Kondo resonance effects in emergent flat band materials . Frontiers in Physics. 10.
Mitsopoulos, A., Tsamparlis, M., Ukpong, A.M.(2023). Higher-Order First Integrals of Autonomous Non-Riemannian Dynamical Systems . Symmetry. 15. (1).
Mitsopoulos, Antonios, Tsamparlis, Michael, Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus (2023). Higher-Order First Integrals of Autonomous Non-Riemannian Dynamical Systems . Symmetry.
Obada, D.O., Abolade, S.A., R., S.K., Ukpong, A.M., Akande, A.(2023). Ab initio calculations of the properties of defective CsSnCl<sub>3</sub>: The role of anion-cation pair defect . Solid State Ionics. 399.
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2022). Inhibiting the Laydown of Polymeric Carbon and Simultaneously Promoting Its Facile Burn-Off during the Industrial-Scale Production of Hydrogen with Nickel-Based Catalysts: Insights from Ab Initio Calculations . Nanomaterials.
Musa A. M. Hussien, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2022). Quantum Phase Transition in the Spin Transport Properties of Ferromagnetic Metal-Insulator-Metal Hybrid Materials . Nanomaterials.
Hussien, M.A.M., Ukpong, A.M.(2022). Quantum Phase Transition in the Spin Transport Properties of Ferromagnetic Metal-Insulator-Metal Hybrid Materials . Nanomaterials. 12. (11).
Musa A. M. Hussien, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2021). Electrodynamics of Topologically Ordered Quantum Phases in Dirac Materials . Nanomaterials.
Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus(2021). Emergence of Nontrivial Spin Textures in Frustrated Van Der Waals Ferromagnets . Nanomaterials. 11. (7).
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2021). Emergence of Nontrivial Spin Textures in Frustrated Van Der Waals Ferromagnets . Nanomaterials.
K O Obodo and C N M Ouma and J T Obodo and G Gebreyesus and D P Rai and A M Ukpong and B Bouhafs(2021). Sn3C2 monolayer with transition metal adatom for gas sensing: a density functional theory studies . Nanotechnology. 32. (35). p. 355502. {IOP} Publishing
Obodo, K.O., Ouma, C.N.M., Obodo, J.T., Gebreyesus, G., Rai, D.P., Ukpong, A.M., Bouhafs, B.(2021). Sn<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>monolayer with transition metal adatom for gas sensing: A density functional theory studies . Nanotechnology. 32. (35).
Ukpong, A.M.(2021). Emergence of nontrivial spin textures in frustrated van der waals ferromagnets . Nanomaterials. 11. (7).
Hussien, M.A.M., Ukpong, A.M.(2021). Electrodynamics of topologically ordered quantum phases in dirac materials . Nanomaterials. 11. (11).
(2020). Ab initio studies of propane dehydrogenation to propene with graphene . Molecular Physics.
(2020). Controlling the crystallization of lithium borovanadate phases in an oxide glass composite using the CALPHAD approach . Materials Today: Proceedings.
Ukpong, A.M.(2020). Ab initio studies of propane dehydrogenation to propene with graphene . Molecular Physics.
Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus(2019). Axial field induced spin response in Fe/hBN-based tunnel junctions . Physical Review B. 100. p. 035424. American Physical Society
Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus (2019). Axial field induced spin response in Fe/hBN-based tunnel junctions . Physical Review B.
Andrew, R.C., Mapasha, R.E., Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2019). Erratum: Mechanical properties of graphene and boronitrene (Physical Review B (2012) 85 (125428) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.125428) . Physical Review B. 100. (20).
Ukpong, A.M.(2019). Axial field induced spin response in Fe/hBN-based tunnel junctions . Physical Review B. 100. (3).
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong(2018). Tunable magnetotransport in Fe/hBN/graphene/hBN/Pt(Fe) epitaxial multilayers . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 51. (9). p. 095302.
Ukpong, Aniekan Magnus (2018). Tunable magnetotransport in Fe/hBN/graphene/hBN/Pt(Fe) epitaxial multilayers . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
Ukpong, A.M.(2018). Tunable magnetotransport in Fe/hBN/graphene/hBN/Pt(Fe) epitaxial multilayers . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 51. (9).
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong(2017). Ab initio studies of coherent spin transport in Fe-hBN/graphene van der Waals multilayers . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 29. (28). p. 285302.
Ukpong, A.M.(2017). Ab initio studies of coherent spin transport in Fe-hBN/graphene van der Waals multilayers . Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29. (28).
(2017). Ab initio studies of coherent spin transport in Fe-hBN/graphene van der Waals multilayers . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
(2015). Atomic-Scale Modelling and its Application to Catalytic Materials Science Developing an interdisciplinary approach to modelling . JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY REVIEW.
Ukpong, A.M.(2015). First principles study of van der Waals heterobilayers . Computational Condensed Matter. 2. p. 1-10.
(2015). First principles study of van der Waals heterobilayers . Computational Condensed Matter.
Sarwar, M., Cooper, C., Briquet, L., Ukpong, A., Perry, C., Jones, G.(2015). Atomic-scale modelling and its application to catalytic materials science . Johnson Matthey Technology Review. 59. (3). p. 257-283.
Ukpong, Aniekan, Sarwar, Misbah, Cooper, Crispin, Briquet, Ludovic, Perry, Christopher, Jones, Glenn (2015). Atomic-Scale Modelling and its Application to Catalytic Materials Science Developing an interdisciplinary approach to modelling . Johnson Matthey Technology Review.
Cornish, L. A., Suess, R., Motha, S., Ukpong, A. M., Shongwe, M. B., Witcomb, M. J., Chown, L. H., Watson, A. (2015). Application of a thermodynamic database to predict the phases and microstructure of Pt-Al-Cr-Ru alloys . Materials Today: Proceedings.
Ukpong, A. M. and Chetty, N.(2012). Half-metallic ferromagnetism in substitutionally doped boronitrene . Physical Review B. 86. p. 195409. American Physical Society
A M Ukpong and N Chetty(2012). Density functional studies of the defect-induced electronic structure modifications in bilayer boronitrene . Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 367. (1). p. 012004.
Mapasha, R. E. and Ukpong, A. M. and Chetty, N.(2012). Ab initio studies of hydrogen adatoms on bilayer graphene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 85. p. 205402. American Physical Society
(2012). Mechanical properties of graphene and boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.
Andrew, R.C., Mapasha, R.E., Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2012). Mechanical properties of graphene and boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 85. (12).
Mapasha, R.E., Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2012). Ab initio studies of hydrogen adatoms on bilayer graphene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 85. (20).
(2012). Density functional studies of the defect-induced electronic structure modifications in bilayer boronitrene . Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
(2012). Ab initio studies of hydrogen adatoms on bilayer graphene . Physical Review B.
Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2012). Half-metallic ferromagnetism in substitutionally doped boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 86. (19).
(2012). Half-metallic ferromagnetism in substitutionally doped boronitrene . Physical Review B.
Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2012). First principles molecular dynamics study of nitrogen vacancy complexes in boronitrene . Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24. (26).
(2012). First principles molecular dynamics study of nitrogen vacancy complexes in boronitrene . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
Ukpong, A. M. and Chetty, N.(2012). Half-metallic ferromagnetism in substitutionally doped boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 86. p. 195409. American Physical Society
(2012). Mechanical properties of graphene and boronitrene . Physical Review B.
Ngwenya, T. B. and Ukpong, A. M. and Chetty, N.(2011). Defect states of complexes involving a vacancy on the boron site in boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 84. p. 245425. American Physical Society
Ngwenya, T.B., Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2011). Defect states of complexes involving a vacancy on the boron site in boronitrene . Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 84. (24).
(2011). Defect states of complexes involving a vacancy on the boron site in boronitrene . Physical Review B.
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2010). Tight-binding molecular dynamics study of the hydrogen-induced structural modifications in tetrahedral amorphous carbon . Molecular Physics. 108. (12). p. 1607-1618. Taylor & Francis
Ukpong, A.M.(2010). Tight-binding molecular dynamics study of the hydrogen-induced structural modifications in tetrahedral amorphous carbon . Molecular Physics. 108. (12). p. 1607-1618.
(2010). Tight-binding molecular dynamics study of the hydrogen-induced structural modifications in tetrahedral amorphous carbon . Molecular Physics.
(2009). Studies of the electronic and vibrational signatures of the unusual bonding geometries in melt-quenched amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics.
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2009). Computational studies of the effect of hydrogen on the thermalized positron state in amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics. 107. (16). p. 1655-1665. Taylor & Francis
(2009). Computer simulation of the influence of hydrogen on stress - order correlations in amorphous silicon . Molecular Simulation.
Ukpong, A.M.(2009). Computer simulation of the influence of hydrogen on stress-order correlations in amorphous silicon . Molecular Simulation. 35. (5). p. 395-404.
(2009). Computer simulation of the influence of hydrogen on stress-order correlations in amorphous silicon . Molecular Simulation.
Ukpong, A.M.(2009). Computational studies of the effect of hydrogen on the thermalized positron state in amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics. 107. (16). p. 1655-1665.
(2009). Computational studies of the effect of hydrogen on the thermalized positron state in amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics.
Ukpong, A.M.(2009). Studies of the electronic and vibrational signatures of the unusual bonding geometries in melt-quenched amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics. 107. (23-24). p. 2521-2530.
(2009). Studies of the electronic and vibrational signatures of the unusual bonding geometries in melt-quenched amorphous silicon . Molecular Physics.
Ukpong, A.M., Hrting, M., Britton, D.T.(2008). Theoretical study of strain fields and local order in hydrogenated amorphous silicon . Philosophical Magazine Letters. 88. (4). p. 293-302.
(2008). Theoretical study of strain fields and local order in hydrogenated amorphous silicon . Philosophical Magazine Letters.
(2007). An Investigation of the Effects of Hydrogen on Local Strain Fields and Structural Disorder-to-Order Transition in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon . Turkish Journal of Physics.
Ukpong, A.M.(2007). An investigation of the effects of hydrogen on local strain fields and structural disorder-to-order transition in hydrogenated amorphous silicon . Turkish Journal of Physics. 31. (6). p. 317-330.
Atomic-scale modelling and its application to catalytic materials science . Johnson Matthey Technology Review.
OTHER
Squillante, L., Ricco, L.S., Ukpong, A.M., Lagos-Monaco, R.E., Seridonio, A.C., de Souza, M.(2023). Grüneisen parameter as an entanglement compass . arXiv.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Ukpong, A.M.(2021). Controlling the crystallization of lithium borovanadate phases in an oxide glass composite using the CALPHAD approach . Materials Today: Proceedings. 38. p. 1059-1070.
(2015). Application of a Thermodynamic Database to Predict the Phases and Microstructure of Pt-Al-Cr-Ru Alloys . Materials Today: Proceedings.
Cornish, L.A., Süss, R., Motha, S., Ukpong, A.M., Shongwe, M.B., Witcomb, M.J., Chown, L.H., Watson, A.(2015). Application of a Thermodynamic Database to Predict the Phases and Microstructure of Pt-Al-Cr-Ru Alloys . Materials Today: Proceedings. 2. (7). p. 4090-4099.
Ukpong, A.M., Chetty, N.(2012). Density functional studies of the defect-induced electronic structure modifications in bilayer boronitrene . Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 367. (1).
JOURNAL ISSUE
(2015). First principles study of van der Waals heterobilayers . Computational Condensed Matter.
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong (2008). Theoretical study of strain fields and local order in hydrogenated amorphous silicon . Philosophical Magazine Letters. 108. (12). p. 1607-1618. Taylor & Francis
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