M.S. in Physics, May 2019, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Culminating Research Project: Magnetism and Conduction Mechanism of Fe3O4: a Maximum Entropy Muon-Spin-Rotation Study
B.S. in Physics, May 2016, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Adjunct Faculty, Evergreen Valley College,
August 2023- Present
Duties: Teaching lecture and lab sections of Physics courses.
Instructional Support Technician III, San Jose State University,
September 2021- Present
Duties: Management of laboratories in the Physics and Astronomy department, organization and procurement of supplies equipment, and materials for laboratories and demonstrations. Also, serving as lead technician, coordinating schedules and overseeing technical support services.
Lecturer and Lab Coordinator, San Jose State University,
August 2019- July 2023
Duties as Lecturer: Responsible for instructing lecture and lab sections for introductory physics courses including teaching theory behind experiments, instructing in the performance of the experiments, leading guided discussions, and holding problem-solving sessions with quizzes intended to assess the student’s learning as well as meeting with students during office hours to help them succeed in the course.
Fundamentals of Physics Lab (PHYS 2B Lab)
General Physics Lab (PHYS 50 Lab)
Fundamentals of Physics Discussion Lab (PHYS 2A Discussion Lab)
Duties as Lab coordinator: Responsible for creating the schedule and syllabus for all laboratory sections of Physics 2B as well as compiling the lab manual by combining the existing experiments with new experiments that enhance student learning and understanding of the physical principles while keeping constant communication with all the instructors to ensure successful implementation of the laboratory material in all sections.
Teaching Assistant, San Jose State University,
August 2016 - July 2019
Duties: Responsible for instructing lab sections for introductory physics courses including teaching theory behind experiments, instructing in the performance of the experiments, and holding problem-solving sessions with quizzes intended to assess the student’s learning.
Fundamentals of Physics Lab (PHYS 2B Lab)
General Physics Lab (PHYS 50 Lab)
General Physics Workshop (PHYS 50W)
General Physics Lab (PHYS 51 Lab)
Technology Trainer and Assistant, People Acting in Community Together (PACT),
September 2013- February 2019
Duties: Train people in the use of online tools to communicate and work most effectively. Building and maintaining a website for the organization.
Private Tutor, Languages and Math Learning Center (LMLC),
September 2015- September 2016
Duties: Create materials for teaching and tutoring students K-12 on the subjects of physics, math, and Spanish.
Computational Physics Lab Instructional Student Assistant (ISA), San Jose State University
August 2015- December 2015
Duties: Provided guidance to students in their computational physics projects.
Masters Project and Seminar: Magnetism and Conduction Mechanism of Fe3O4: a Maximum Entropy Muon-Spin-Rotation Study, January 2018- May 2019
Studied Fe3O4 using MEμSR data to better understand a second order magnetic transition at 247 K considering temperature and external field dependence.
Research Project: Muon Spin Resonance in Magnetite Experiment Analysis, San Jose State University, August 2014- May 2019
Advisor: Professor Emeritus Carolus Boekema
Research Project: Dimensional dependence of the critical temperature in the quantum Heisenberg model, San Jose State University, June 2015- May 2016
Advisor: Associate Professor Ehsan Khatami
Research Project: Data Analysis to search for Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxies, San Jose State University, January 2015- May 2015
Advisor: Associate Professor Aaron Romanowsky
C.Boekema and C.Morante. “Precursor effects and field-induced short-range order above the Verwey transition in single Fe3O4 crystals”, AIP Advances 10, 025005 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130191
Morante, C. Ghorbani, E. Boekema, C. “Applied Field Dependences of Local Magnetic Fields in Single Fe3O4 Crystals”, Jun 28, 2019. Hawaii University International Conference Proceedings
Morante, C. Boekema, C. “Maximum-Entropy Burg Algorithm applied to Fe3O4 (LAMPF) and MgO (ISIS) μSR data”, Oct 27, 2020. Online Poster presentation at the ISIS Student Meeting 2020.
Morante, C. Boekema, C. “ Precursor effects to the Verwey transition of Fe3O4: a MaxEnt-μSR study”, March 4, 2020. Online Presentation at the APS March Meeting 2020.
Boekema, C. Morante, C. Tavakolzadeh, M. Freund, F. “O-1earthquake-like precursors: a MaxEnt-μSR MgO study”, March 4, 2020. Online Presentation at the APS March Meeting 2020.
Morante, C. Ghorbani, E. Boekema, C. “External field dependence of local magnetic fields in single crystals of Fe3O4: a Maximum-Entropy μSR study”, Jul 31, 2018. Poster Presentation at the XXX IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, Davis CA
Morante, C. Boekema, C.“Search for a second frequency signal in magnetite (Fe3O4) in the TV –TW range: a Maximum-Entropy μSR study”, Mar 6, 2018. Conference Talk at the APS March meeting 2018, Los Angeles, CA
Boekema, C. Colebaugh, A. Lee, A-L. Lin, I. Cabot, A. Morante, C. “Quest for secondary μSR signals for Fe3O4 using MaxEnt: a Verwey phase transition study”, March 16, 2017. Poster Presentation at the APS March meeting 2017, New Orleans LA
Morante, C. Khatami, E. “Effect of Dimensionality on the Properties of Quantum Magnets on a Lattice”, May 6, 2016. Poster Presentation at the Twelfth Annual SJSU College of Science Student Research Day, San Jose CA
Boekema, C. Morante, C. Stone, M. Freund, FT. “Pseudogap and positive hole effects observed for RBCO, Fe3O4 & MgO”, August 24, 2015. Poster Presentation at The 11th International Conference on Materials & Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M2S) CICG, Geneva, Switzerland
Deich, A. Morante, C. Sandoval, M. Santhanakrishnan, V. Romanowsky, A. “Data Mining for the Densest and the Fluffiest Galaxies”, May 1, 2015. Poster Presentation at The Eleventh Annual SJSU College of Science Student Research Day, San Jose CA
Development of Instructional curricula for Physics laboratory classes, San Jose State University, July 2019- May 2022.
Creation of experiments, activities, and curricula to demonstrate the concepts of electricity, magnetism, and optics to students in ways that are relatable and encapsulate the physical phenomena by guided self-exploration.
Graduate Excellence in Teaching Award, San Jose State University, May 2019
Award given by the Physics and Astronomy Department at San Jose State University for outstanding contributions to instruction from graduate teaching assistants.
Volunteer Researcher, San Jose State University,
June 2019 -Present
Peer Leader, Metas Center San Jose City College,
September 2019- May 2020
Community Leader, People Acting in Community Together (PACT),
June 2009- August 2013