Dr. Amer Lahamer
Professor of Physics; Chairperson of the Department of Physics
Science, Room 26
CPO 1872
Office Hours: TBA
Phone: 859-985-3277
Fax: 859-985-3303
E-Mail: amer_lahamer@berea.edu
At Berea College since 1989
Degrees
- B.S., University of Iowa, 1980
- M.S.E.E., University of Iowa, 1981
- M.S., University of Iowa, 1984
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1990
Affiliations
- American Physical Society
- American Chemical Society
- Kentucky Academy of Science
- Kentucky Association of Physics Teachers
Papers and Publications
- Investigation of the Fragmentation and Oxygen Reactivity of Endohedral Metallofullerenes M@C60; Robert Hettich, Amer Lahamer, Ling Zhou, and Robert Compton; International Journal of Mass Spectroscopy and Ion Processes 182/183 (1999) 335-348
- “Endohedral Metallofullerenes”; Amer Lahamer, Juraj Topolancik, Christina Likirdopulos, Robert L. Hettich, and Robert N. Compton; The Proceedings of The 193rd Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Inc.; May 3-8, 1998; San Diego, California.
- “Fullerenes Negative Ions”; R. N. Compton, A. S. Lahamer, A. A. Tuinman, and L. Zhou; The Proceedings of The 193rd Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Inc.; May 3-8, 1998; San Diego, California.
- Z. C. Ying, A. S. Lahamer, O. Yavas, R. E. Hagland, Jr., and R. N. Compton, infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Using a Free-Electron Laser, Chem. Phys. Lett. 282 (1998) 268 – 272.
- A. Lahamer, Z. C. Ying, R. E. Haufler, R. L. Hettich, and R. N. Compton, Advances in Metal and Semiconductor Clusters, Vol. 4 (JAI Press 1998).
- “Mössbauer Study of single crystal Biotite and Phlogopite”; Amer S. Lahamer and Chris J. Langley, Physics Department, Berea College, Berea, Ky; Transaction of The Kentucky Academy of Science, 56(3-4), 1995, 117-127.
- “Hyperfine Magnetic Field on 111Cd in Heusler Alloys Co2MnZ (Z= Si, Ge, Ga, and Sn)”; S. Jha, S. Yehia, C. Mitros, A. Lahamer, G. Julian, and R. A. Dunlap; Hyperfine Interactions. 51 (1989) 987-992.
- “Anti-ferromagnetism in 57Co-Doped La2CuO4-y studied by Mössbauer Spectroscopy”; S. Jha, C. Mitros, S. Yehia, A. Lahamer, G. Julian, and R. A. Dunlap; Hyperfine Interactions. 50 (1989) 607-612.
- “57Fe and 119Sn Mössbauer study of La2CuO4, YBa2Cu3Ox and SmBa2Cu3Ox”; S. Jha, C. Mitros, S. Yehia, A. Lahamer, G. Julian, and R. Dunlap; Physica C 153-155 (1988) 1555-1556.
- “Temperature Variation of Hyperfine Magnetic Field in Co2MnZ and Co2TiZ (Z= Si, Ge and Sn)”; S. Jha, S. Yehia, C. Mitros, A. Lahamer, G. Julian, and R. A. Dunalp; Journal de Physique. Colloque C8, supplement au no. 12, Tome 49, Decembre 1988.
Research Programs
- Mössbauer spectroscopy
- Endohedral metallofullerenes
- FEL spectroscopy
- Chirality in nature
- Small fullerene clusters


