Personal profile
Contact Information
Office: 2450 - Physical Sciences Building
Phone: 217-581-3220
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jinhyukisaiahlim
About
Dr. Isaiah J. Lim, originally from South Korea, developed a deep interest in physics at a young age, inspired by the TV show "MacGyver." This early fascination led him to pursue higher education in the field, earning a B.S. in Physics and a M.S. in Theoretical Solid-State Physics at Dankook University, South Korea. He continued his academic journey in the United States, obtaining another M.S. in Physics at Western Illinois University, followed by a Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at Washington University in St. Louis under the guidance of Dr. James S. Schilling. During his doctoral research, Dr. Lim explored magnetism and superconductivity under high-pressure conditions.
As a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Choong-Shik Yoo’s group at Washington State University, Dr. Lim expanded his expertise by researching dense low-Z materials. His work involved advanced techniques such as in-house confocal Raman microscopy and synchrotron X-ray measurements at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Lim later held a second postdoctoral researcher position in Dr. James J. Hamlin’s laboratory within the Department of Physics at the University of Florida, where his research focused on pressure-induced/enhanced metastable superconductivity in low-Z-rich materials. Currently, Dr. Lim has joined the Department of Physics at Eastern Illinois University as an assistant professor.
LinkedIn Website: www.linkedin.com/in/isaiah-jinhyuk-lim-33a52b55
Teaching
PHY 1351G - General Physics I, Fall 2024
PHY 1352G - General Physics I Laboratory, Fall 2024
PHY 4711 - Experimental Physics I, Fall 2024
PHY 4712 - Experimental Physics II, Fall 2024
Education/Academic qualification
Physics (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, High-Pressure and Low-Temperature Physics), PhD, Enhanced Magnetism in Dy and Tb at Extreme Pressure, Washington University in St Louis
Award Date: May 31 2015
Physics, MS, Western Illinois University
Award Date: May 31 2009
Physics (Theoretical Solid State Physics), MS, Generalized WKB Connection Formulas and Quantum Tunneling, Dankook University
Award Date: Feb 28 2003
Physics, BS, Dankook University
Award Date: Feb 28 2001
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
Disciplines
- Physics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 31 Article
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Electronic structure of the honeycomb iridate Cu2IrO3 at high pressure
Fabbris, G., Poldi, E. H. T., Sinha, S., Lim, J., Elmslie, T., Kim, J. H., Said, A., Upton, M., Abramchuk, M., Bahrami, F., Kenney-Benson, C., Park, C., Shen, G., Vohra, Y. K., Hemley, R. J., Hamlin, J. J., Tafti, F. & Haskel, D., Feb 20 2025, In: Physical Review B. 111, 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diboride compounds doped with transition metals: A route to superconductivity through structure stabilization as well as defects
Dee, P. M., Kim, J. S., Hire, A. C., Lim, J., Fanfarillo, L., Sinha, S., Hamlin, J. J., Hennig, R. G., Hirschfeld, P. J. & Stewart, G. R., Mar 22 2024, In: Physical Review B. 109, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of low-temperature compression on superconductivity and crystal structure in strontium metal
Lim, J., Sinha, S., Jackson, D. E., Kumar, R. S., Park, C., Hemley, R. J., VanGennep, D., Vohra, Y. K., Hennig, R. G., Hirschfeld, P. J., Stewart, G. R. & Hamlin, J. J., Nov 24 2024, In: Physical Review B. 110, 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pressure-induced metallization and loss of surface magnetism in FeSi
Deng, Y., Taraporevala, F., Wang, H., Lee-Wong, E., Moir, C. M., Lim, J., Sinha, S., Xie, W., Hamlin, J., Vohra, Y. & Maple, M. B., Sep 11 2024, In: Physical Review B. 110, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Niobium substitution suppresses the superconducting critical temperature of pressurized MoB2
Lim, J., Sinha, S., Hire, A. C., Kim, J. S., Dee, P. M., Kumar, R. S., Popov, D., Hemley, R. J., Hennig, R. G., Hirschfeld, P. J., Stewart, G. R. & Hamlin, J. J., Sep 1 2023, In: Physical Review B. 108, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Creating superconductivity in WB2 through pressure-induced metastable planar defects
Lim, J., Hire, A. C., Quan, Y., Kim, J. S., Xie, S. R., Sinha, S., Kumar, R. S., Popov, D., Park, C., Hemley, R. J., Vohra, Y. K., Hamlin, J. J., Hennig, R. G., Hirschfeld, P. J. & Stewart, G. R., Dec 22 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
High critical field superconductivity at ambient pressure in MoB2 stabilized in the P6/mmm structure via Nb substitution
Hire, A. C., Sinha, S., Lim, J., Kim, J. S., Dee, P. M., Fanfarillo, L., Hamlin, J. J., Hennig, R. G., Hirschfeld, P. J. & Stewart, G. R., Nov 28 2022, In: Physical Review B. 106, 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Machine learning of superconducting critical temperature from Eliashberg theory
Xie, S. R., Quan, Y., Hire, A. C., Deng, B., DeStefano, J. M., Salinas, I., Shah, U. S., Fanfarillo, L., Lim, J., Kim, J., Stewart, G. R., Hamlin, J. J., Hirschfeld, P. J. & Hennig, R. G., Jan 25 2022, In: npj Computational Materials. 8, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review