B.S., 1980, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., 1980, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., 1985, Physics, University of California, Berkeley




My research involves the theory and modeling of magnetic materials, primarily for information storage. I try to predict macroscopic properties, such as hysteresis loops and magnetic recording noise, from atomic and microscopic information. My two primary tools are micromagnetic simulation and electronic structure theory based on the local density approximation. Other techiques include diffraction theory and molecular dynamics. My choice of research problem is strongly motivated by my industrial experience in the areas of magnetic and optical recording. Typically, my projects involve extensive collaboration with experimentalists.




Fellow of American Physical Society (1997).
Technical Achievement Award of the National Storage Industry Consortium (2001).
Program Co-chairman for MMM-INTERMAG (2001).
Program Co-chairman for INTERMAG (1995).
Publications Co-chairman for Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (1992-1993).

"Superlattice Magnetic Recording Media: Experimental and Simulation", R.H. Victora, W. Peng, J. Xue and J.H. Judy, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 235, 305 (2001),

"New High Performance Magneto-Optic Media: Tb/Bi/FeCo and Tb/Pb/FeCo Superlattices (invited)", R.H. Victora, C.F. Brucker, T.K. Hatwar, J.E. Hurst, B. Uryson and D. Karns, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 3833 (1997).

"Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropies of (Pt/Co/Pt)/X Superlattices", J.M. MacLaren and R.H. Victora, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 3377 (1995).

"Micromagnetic Predictions for Thermally Assisted Reversal over Long Time Scales", J. Xue and R.H. Victora, J. Appl. Phys. 77, 3432 (2000).

Handbook of Magneto-Optic Recording, T.W. McDaniel and R.H. Victora, (Noyes, Westwood NJ, 1997).

"Predicted Time Dependence of the Switching Field", R.H. Victora, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 457 (1989), .

"Magneto-Optical Storage Medium Wherein Heating a Portion of a Read Layer Changes the Portion's Magnetic Orientation", R.H. Victora and T.K. Hatwar, US Patent 5,457,582.

"Electronic Structure of the Ni2MnIn/InAs (100) Interface Relevant to Spin Injection", K.A. Kilian and R.H. Victora, IEEE Trans. Magn. Vol.37, 1976 (2001).

"Theoretical Predictions of Interface Anisotropy in the Presence of Interdiffusion (invited)", J.M. MacLaren and R.H. Victora, J. Appl. Phys. 76, 6069 (1994).

"Optical Recording Medium Having at Least Two Separate Recording Layers of Different Writing Temperatures", R.H. Victora and G. Farruggia, US Patent 5,617,405.