I am Michael Man, after obtaining the BSc with Honors in Applied Physics in City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in 1998 and MD of Physics in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2000. I have been working as a research assistant at the LEEM in HKUST and the SPLEEM at the National Center of Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of California. And right now, I am set on pursuing my PhD degree in Physics in HKUST.

My main experience is in the experimental studies of thin film surface structure and growth morphology with low energy electron microscopy / diffraction (LEEM/LEED) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and the study of growth and magnetic structure of ultrathin magnetic film with Spin-Polarized LEEM (SPLEEM). 

I am also good at computer programming, excellent in Visual C++ and fluent at C#, Java, ASP/ASP.net, SQL database, web design and programming.  Two of my main projects are the LEEM/SPLEEM image acquisition and analysis software and this web site.

Publications:
1. “Growth and oxidation of Cr films on the W(100) surface”, K.L. Man, Q. Guo, M.S. Altman, Surface Science 600, 1060-1070 (2006).

2. “Kinetic limitations in two-and three-dimensional growth”, Man KL, Tang WX, Huang H, Altman MS, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Vol. 849, Materials Research Society, 81-9 (2005).

3. “Kinetic limitations in electronic growth of Ag films on Fe(100)”, Man KL, Qiu ZQ, Altman MS, Physical Review Letters, vol. 93, 2361041-4 (2004).

4. "Step effects on diffusion near a substrate reconstructive phase transition: H on W(100)" , Lei Cai, Chaozhi Zheng, K.L. Man, M.S. Altman, E. Granato, T. Ala-Nissila, S.C. Ying, Xudong Xiao, Physical Review B-Condensed Matter 68, pp.75422-1-6 (2003).

5. “Growth morphology, structure, and magnetism of ultrathin Co films on W(111)”, Man KL, Zdyb R, Huang SF, Leung TC, Chan CT, Bauer E, Altman MS., Physical Review B-Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol 67, 184402-1-11 (2003).

6. “Magnetic Domain Wall Fluctuations in Fe/Cu(100)", K.L. Man, A.K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt, and M.S. Altman (in preparation).

7. “Growth Shapes of Ag Crystallites on the Si(111) Surface", W.X. Tang, K.L. Man and M.S. Altman, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 20, 2492-5 (2002)

8. “Modification of Initial Growth and Magnetism in Fe/Cu(100)", K.L. Man, W.L. Ling, S.Y. Paik, H. Poppa, M.S. Altman, Z.Q. Qiu, Phys. Rev. B 65, 024409 (2002).

9. "The Miniature Cylindrical Mirror Analyser: A New Tool For Surface Analysis", K. Grzelakowski, K.L. Man, M.S. Altman, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 3362 (2001).

10. "Spin Polarized Low Energy Electron Microscopy Investigations of Magnetic Transitions in Fe/Cu(100)" , K.L. Man, M.S.Altman, and H. Poppa, Surf. Sci. 480, 163 (2001).