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Professor Laurie E. Mcneil
 Current Visit: 22 July 2009 and 9 November 2009

Education
Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 1982.
M.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 1979.
A.M., Physics, Harvard University, June 1977.
A.B., Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, June 1977.
 
Professional History (since Ph.D.)
Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UNC-CH, 2004 – June 2009
Interim Chair, Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, UNC-CH, 2007 – 2008
Professor, Dept. of Phys. & Astro. and Curric. in Appl. & Mat. Sci., UNC-CH, 1996 – present.
Assistant Chair for Advancement, Dept. of Phys. & Astro., UNC-CH, 1999 - 2004.
Visiting Research Scientist, Mat. Sci. Div., DuPont Central Research, 1998-1999.
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Curric. in Appl. & Mat. Sci., UNC-CH, 1995 - 1998.
Faculty Research Participant, Mat. Sci. Div. Argonne Nat. Lab., 1990.
Assistant, then Associate Professor, Dept. of Phys. & Astro. and Curric. in Appl. & Mat. Sci., UNC-CH, 1984 - 1996.
I.B.M. Postdoctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Mat. Sci. and Eng., MIT 1983 - 1984

Professional Activities since 2002
National Research Council study committee, “Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth” (Board on Phys. & Astro.), 2007 - present
Organizing Committee, APS/AAPT Physics Chairs Conference, 2006
National Academies Research Associateship Program review panel (Physical Sciences) 2005 - present
NSF NIRT, IGERT, MWN review panels, Electronic Materials 2001, 2004, 2006
Chair, La. Board of Regents Enhancement Program review panel (Phys. & Astro.) 2005
APS DCMP Executive Committee 2001 - 2004
U.S. delegation, IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (Paris 2002)
National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics 2000 - 2006

Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Physical Society
Dorothy K. Daspit Lectureship in Physics, Tulane Univ., 2007
Lecturer, AAAS Latin American Series on Women in Science and Engineering 2004
Academic Leadership Fellow and Chapman Family Faculty Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC-CH, 2003, 2004
Kathryn A. McCarthy Lectureship in Physics, Tufts Univ., 2000
Member, Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000 – present.
Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor, UNC-CH, 1996 - 1999.

Current Research Interests
Optical spectroscopy of organic semiconductors, group-III nitrides, silicon carbide, amorphous semiconductors and carbon nanotubes; silicate glasses and crystals: optical and vibrational spectra; structural and elastic transformations

Selected Recent Publications
J. R. Weinberg-Wolf, L. E. McNeil, Shubin Liu and Christian Kloc, “Evidence of low intermolecular coupling in rubrene single crystals by Raman Scattering,” J. Phys. – Cond. Mat. 19, 276204 (2007).

Y.Y. Jia, A. Kleinhammes, H. Kulkarni, K. McGuire, L.E. McNeil and Y. Wu, “Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 nanotube/hydroquinone hybrid structure,” J. Nanosci. Nanotech 7, 458(2007).

Saurabh Chopra, Mehmet C. Ozturk, Veena Misra, Kris McGuire and Laurie E. McNeil, “Analysis of boron strain compensation in silicon-germanium alloys by Raman spectroscopy,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 202114 (2006).

J.R. Weinberg-Wolf and L.E. McNeil, “Resonant Raman spectroscopy on alpha-hexathiophene single crystals,” Phys. Rev. B 69, 125202 (2004).

Ch. Zgheib, L.E. McNeil, M. Kazan, P. Masri, F.M. Morales, O. Ambacher and J. Pezoldt, “Raman studies of Ge promoted stress modulation in 3C-SiC grown on Si(111)” Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 041905 (2005).

A.Y. Polyakov, N.B. Smirnov, A.V. Govorkov, A.A. Shlensky, K. McGuire,E. Harley, L.E. McNeil, R. Khanna, S.J. Pearton and J.M. Zavada, “Properties and annealing stability of Fe doped semi-insulating GaN structures,” phys. stat. sol. c 2, 2476 (2005).

V.V. Brazhkin, L.E. McNeil, M. Grimsditch, N.A. Bendeliani, T.I. Dyuzheva and L.M. Lityagina, “Elastic constants of stishovite up to its amorphization temperature,” J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 17, 1869 (2005).

L.E. McNeil, H. Park, J.P. Lu and M.J. Peters, “Effect of residual catalyst on the vibrational modes of single-walled carbon nanotubes,” J. Appl. Phys. 96, 5158 (2004).

E.C.T. Harley and L.E. McNeil, “The effect of a large SWNT diameter distribution on cesium intercalation,” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 65, 1711 (2004).

Daxing Han, J. D. Lorentzen, J.R. Weinberg-Wolf and L.E. McNeil, “Raman study of thin films from amorphous-to-microcrystalline silicon prepared by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 2930 (2003).

L. An, J.M. Owens, L.E. McNeil and J. Liu, “Synthesis of nearly uniform single-walled carbon nanotubes using identical metal-containing molecular nanoclusters as catalysts,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 13688 (2002).

H. Shimoda, S.J. Oh, H.Z. Geng, R.J. Walker, X.B. Zhang, L.E. McNeil and O. Zhou, “Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes,” Adv. Mat. 14, 899 (2002).

M.J. Peters, L.E. McNeil, Jian Ping Lu and Daniel Kahn, “Structural phase transition in carbon nanotube bundles under pressure,” Phys. Rev. B 61, 5939 (2000).

K.J. Price, L.E. McNeil, A. Sukanov, E.A. Irene, P.J. MacFarlane and M.E. Zvanut, “Characterization of the luminescence center in photo- and electroluminescent amorphous silicon oxynitride films,” J. Appl. Phys. 86, 2628 (1999).

L. McNeil, M. Grimsditch and R.H. French, “Vibrational spectroscopy of AlN,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 76, 1132 (1993).

L.E. McNeil and M. Grimsditch, “Pressure-amorphized SiO2: An anisotropic amorphous solid”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 83 (1992).

Professor V. Ramgopal Rao
 Current Visit: 5-8 August 2008 and 2-7 November 2008
Visit: 14-20 August 2005 and 9-15 October

V. Ramgopal Rao received the M.Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 1991 and Dr. Ingenieur degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munich, Germany, in 1997. During 1997–1998 and again in 2001, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay. His areas of interest include physics, technology, and characterization of silicon CMOS devices for logic and mixed-signal applications, bio-MEMS, and nanoelectronics. He has over 200 publications in these areas in refereed international journals and conference proceedings. He is the Chief Investigator for the Centre for Nanoelectronics project at IIT Bombay besides being the Principal Investigator for many ongoing sponsored projects funded by various multinational industries and government agencies. He serves on many project monitoring & review committees set up by the Government of India, including the recently launched National Nano-mission.

Prof. Rao is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences in 2005 for his work on electron devices. He also received the Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award for 2003–2004, instituted by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2007 IBM Faculty award and the 2008 ‘The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize’. He is an Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES in the CMOS devices and technology area and is a Distinguished Lecturer (DL), IEEE Electron Devices Society. Prof. Rao was the organizing committee Chair for the 17th International Conference on VLSI Design and the 14 th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices and serves on the program/organizing committees of various international conferences including the 2008 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006 IEEE Conference on Nano-Networks, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, 11 th IEEE VLSI Design & Test Symposium among others. He was Chairman, IEEE AP/ED Bombay Chapter during 2002-2003 and currently serves on the executive committee of IEEE Bombay Section besides being the vice-chair, IEEE Asia-Pacific Regions/Chapters Subcommittee.

For more information on Prof. Rao’s current research interests, please visit: http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/faculty/rraoo



denisProfessor Denis Fichou
Visits: 13 March to 1 April 2008, 1 Dec to 16 December 2007, 29 June to 29 July 2007, 7 - 20 Mar 2007, 4 - 17 Dec 2006, 16 - 29 Jul 2006, 20 Feb - 4 Mar 2006, 4 - 17 Dec 2005, 3 - 16 Jul 2005

Organic Nanostructures and Semiconductors Lab, Head
SPCSI/DRECAM
CEA-Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
France

 

Professor Denis Fichou is a 1st class Research Director at CNRS in France. He is the current Head of the Laboratory of Organic Nanostructures and Semiconductors that he founded in CEA-Saclay, close to Paris, in 2001. His lab is a joint unit between CNRS, CEA-Saclay and Pierre et Marie Curie University.* 

From 1987, D. Fichou has pioneered organic semiconductors and their applications in “plastic electronics”. He is in particular the co-inventor of the 1st organic transistor on a flexible substrate in 1990 (Advanced Materials 2, 592, 1990; French patent N° 90-08488) and discovered the family of semiconducting oligothiophenes. Since then, he has been developing organic semiconductors and devices and has published more than 130 articles in international journals with high impact factors such as Nature, Advanced Materials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., etc

Since 2001, his new laboratory is oriented towards nanosciences and nanotechnologies of organic semiconductors and devices. A major topic is to tailor supramolecular selfassemblies on atomically flat surfaces and implement them as active materials in transistors and solar cells. Another research axis is the study of single crystalline organic semiconductors at the micro and nanoscale (Nature 2000, Adv Mater 2006). Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS) are the main techniques used in these programs. Therefore, the lab is equipped with various facilities for near-field microscopies (STM at the liquid-solid interface, UHV/STM, light-assisted STM, etc), device characterizations (microprobe station, lasers, etc)

Beside, D. Fichou has been appointed as Professor of Organic Chemistry in France (1981),Morocco (1982), Japan (1986 and 1992) and is currently a Visiting Professor at Singapore Technological University since 2004. Finally, he has been acting as the coordinator or partner of several research programs in France, Europe, Japan, Singapore, etc, and is a member of various scientific committees. He is also the organizer of several international conferences worldwide such as APS, SPIE, ECME, etc.

Publications

Hierarchical self-assembly of edge-on nanocolumnar superstructures of large disc-like molecules.
L. Piot, C. Marie, X. Feng, K. Müllen, D. Fichou, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 3854.

Direct observation of alkyl chain interdigitation in conjugated polyquarterthiophene self-organized on graphite.
P. Keg, A. Lohani, D. Fichou, Y.M. Lam, Y. Wu, B.S. Ong, S.G. Mhaisalkar, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, 29, 1197.

Two-dimensional self-assembly and complementary base-pairing between amphipathic nucleotides on graphite.
I. Bestel, N. Campins, A. Marchenko, D. Fichou, M. W. Grinstaff, P. Barthélémy, J. Colloid and Interface Science 2008, 323, 435.

9,10-ter-anthrylene-ethynylene: a new molecular architecture for solution processed anthracene-based thin film transistors.
Dell’Aquila, F. Marinelli, J. Tey, P. Keg, Y-M. Lam, O. Kapitanchuk, P. Mastrorilli, C.F. Nobile, P. Cosma, A. Marchenko, D. Fichou, S.G. Mhaisalkar, G-P. Suranna, L. Torsi,
J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 786-791.

Investigation on the nature of the chemical link between acetylenic organosilane self-assembled monolayers and Au(111) by means of synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy.
N. Katsonis, A. Marchenko, D. Fichou, N. Barrett, Surface Science, 2008, 602, 9-16.

Immobilization of paracetamol and benzocaine pro-drug derivatives as long-range self-organized monolayers on graphite.
A. Popoff and D. Fichou, Colloids and Surfaces B, 2008, 63, 153-158.

Steady-state and transient photocurrents in rubrene single crystal free-space dielectric transistors.
N. Mathews, D. Fichou, E. Menard, V. Podzorov, S.G. Mhaisalkar, Appl. Phys. Lett.
2007, 91, 212108.

Solution processed n-type organic field-effect transistors with high on/off current ratios based on fullerene derivatives.
S. P. Tiwari, E. B. Namdas, V. Ramgopal Rao, D. Fichou, S.G. Mhaisalkar, IEEE Letters, 2007, 28, 880.

A self-rechargeable and flexible polymer solar battery.
S. Bereznev, P. Birke, G. Dennler, D. Fichou, M. Krebs, A. Labouret, C. Lungenschmied, A. Marchenko, D. Meissner, E. Melikov, J. Méot, A. Meyer, T. Meyer, H. Neugebauer, N. S., Sariciftci, S. Taillemite, T. Wöhrle, Solar Energy, 2007, 81, 947.

Rectangular nanostructuring of Au(111) surfaces by self-assembly of size-selected
thiacrown ether macrocycles.
A. Nion, P. Jiang, A. Popoff, D. Fichou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2450.

Hole-vibronic coupling in oligothiophenes: impact of backbone torsional flexibility on
relaxation energies.
D. A. da Silva Filho, V. Coropceanu, D. Fichou, N.E. Gruhn, T. G. Bill, J. Gierschner, J. Cornil, J-L. Brédas, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 2007, 365, 1435.

Rotational polymorphism in 2-naphthalenethiol self-assembled monolayers.
P. Jiang, A. Nion, A. Marchenko, L. Piot, D. Fichou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 12390.

Nanoscale surface morphology and rectifying behaviour of a bulk single crystal organic semiconductor.
E. Menard, A. Marchenko, V. Podzorov, M.E. Gershenson, D. Fichou, J.A. Rogers,
Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 1552.


*Please visit his website for more information:
http://www.umr7611.upmc.fr/les_equipes/fichou/equipe.htm

Business Address
Professor Denis Fichou
Organic Nanostructures and Semiconductors Lab, Head
SPCSI/DRECAM
CEA-Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
France

Tel: 33(0)1 69 08 43 74
E-mail : denis.fichou@cea.fr

Professor Galen Stucky
Visits: 15 August 2007

Tel: (805) 893-4872
Email: stucky@chem.ucsb.edu
Office: PSB North, Room 3623D

Address
Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510   

Prof. Galen Stucky ranked among most highly cited researchers in Materials Science.  

For more information, please visit:
http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/~stuckygroup/stuckygroup/
http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/directory/faculty/stucky/stucky.html

 

Professor George Gruner
Visits: 14 to 26 August 2007

Education
BS Eotvos Lorand University Budapest 1967
PhD Eotvos Lorand University Budapest 1972
Postdoctoral Associate: Imperial College London 1972-73

Current University Position
1989 Professor of Physics 1989
1997 Distinguished Professor

Other Employments, consultancies
2001-2004 CTO and Chief Scientist Nanomix Inc.
2004-2006 CEO Unidym Inc
2006-current CTO Unidym Inc.
Consultant/Advisor: IBM Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Superconductor Technologies, Inc, Department of Energy

Previous employments
1966-72 Research Scientist, Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest
1973-78 Department Head, “New Electronic Materials” Central Research Institute of Physics, Budapest Hungary
1979 Visiting Professor University of California Los Angeles
1980-present Professor of Physics, University of California Los Angeles
2000 Visiting Professor, University of Stuttgart
1998 Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
1997 Visiting Professor, University of Augsburg
1989 Visiting Professor, E T H, Zürich
1984 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart
1978 Visiting Scientist, CENG Grenoble
1977 Visiting Scientist, University of Groningen
1974 Visiting Professor, University di Genoa


Awards/Memberships
2003 Technology Pioneer Award, World Economic Forum
1998 Guggenheim Award
1992 Honorary Professor Technical University of Budapest
1990 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1988 Fellow of the American Physical Society
1985 Alexander von Humboldt Award
Citations Identified by ISI as one on the most-highly cited scientist in the World in the field of physics.

Research interests
My current R/D interests include novel carbon based electronic materials, and nanotechnology driven solutions to electronics and biotechnology. Because the particular electronic structure of carbon, in particular graphite, a semi-metal, nano-scale structures, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene display a variety of electronic properties, in addition can be functionalized or doped. As such, these new varieties of carbon can form the backbone of novel type of electronic materials and devices. Room temperature fabrication routes of materials architectures using such nano-scale carbon structures as elements enables entry to the general area that can be called “macro-electronics” an area that includes large area printed diplays, solid state lighting, organic solar cells and smart fabrics. The first devices, fabricated by my group, smart windows, OLEDs and solar cells indicate that the material is ready for product development and that the material will have significant impact on emerging technologies and markets. This activity also involves the fabrication, and exploration of nanoscale electronic devices that offer sensitive transducers for bio-detection applications. The nanoscale architecture offers conceptually novel devices but also extensions of existing device concepts to new parameter spaces. The devices are used in the general area of nano-biotechnology, with applications ranging from DNA and protein detection, enzyme monitoring. Two companies, where I served/serving as CTO and Chief Scientist, Nanomix Inc and Unidym Inc are currently developing products based on the technology pioneered by my group.

Publications and Patents Over 400 publications, 2 books. Inventor or co-inventor of approximately 30 patents and patent applications.

Ten recent publications in the Field of the Proposal
1. K. Bradley, J-C P Gabriel and G. Gruner: Flexible Nanotube Electronics Nano Lett 3,1353-1355 2003
2. A.Star, J. -C. P.Gabriel, K.Bradley, G. Gruner, “Electronic Detection of Specific Protein Binding Using Nanotube FET Devices,” Nano Lett. 3, 459-463 (2003)
3. K.Bradley, J.-C. P.Gabriel, M.Briman, A.Star, G. Grüner, “Charge Transfer from Ammonia Physisorbed on Nanotubes,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 218301 (2003)
4. E. Artukovic, M. Kaempgen, D. S. Hecht, S. Roth, G. Grüner, “Transparent and Flexible Carbon Nanotube Transistors”, Nano Lett. 5. 757-760 (2005)
5. M.W. Rowell, M.A. Topinka, M.D. McGehee, H. Prall, G. Dennler, N.S. Sariciftci, L. Hu, G. Grüner, "Organic Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotube Network Electrodes", Applied Physics Letters, 88, 233506 (2006)
6. Jianfeng Li, Liangbing Hu, Lian Wang, Yangxin Zhou, George Gru1ner, and
Tobin J. Marks, “Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Having Carbon Nanotube Anodes”, Nano. Lett. 6, 2472-2477 (2006)
7. Y. Zhou, L. Hu, G. Grüner,"A Method of Printing Carbon Nanotube Thin Films", Applied Physics Letters, 88, 123109 (2006)
8. D.S. Hecht, R.A. Ramirez, E. Artukovic, M. Briman, K. Chichak, J.F. Stoddart, G. Grüner, "Bioinspired Detection of Light using a Porphyrin-Sensitized Single-Wall Nanotube Field Effect Transistor", Nano Letters, 6, 9, 2031 (2006)
9. G.Gruner Carbon Nanotube Transistors for Biosensing Applications Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 384,322 (2006) review
10. G. Gruner, “Carbon nanotube films for transparent and plastic electronics”, J. Mater. Chem., 16, 3533 - 3539 (2006) review

For more information, please visit::
http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=117173

 

Professor Leonard Rome
Visits: 19 to 25 August 2007

Present Position:

Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Senior Associate Dean for Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Education:

B.S. 1971 (Chemistry) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, M.S. 1973 (Biological Chemistry) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ph.D. 1975 (Biological Chemistry) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professional Positions:

National Institutes of Health, Section on Human Biochemical Genetics, NIAMDD, Bethesda, Maryland.
Chemist, 1975, Staff Fellow, 1976 1979 UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Biological Chemistry Assistant Professor, 1979-1984
Associate Professor, 1984-1988
Professor, 1988-present
Vice Chairman, 1989-1997
UCLA School of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Research, 1997 – present

Fellowships and Honors:

NIH Predoctoral Fellow, 1972 1975
NIH Staff Fellow, 1976 1979
March of Dimes, Basil O'Connor grant, 1981 1983
American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, 1983 1988
UCLA School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Education, 1991
California State University, Northridge, Chem Club's 1998 Distinguished Lecturer of the Year

Professional Organizations:

American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Neurochemistry (1980-1994)
American Association for Cancer Research (1985 – 2000)
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Group on Research Advancement and Development (GRAND)
GRAND Steering Committee (1998-present)
GRAND Chair (2005-2006)

University Affiliations:

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (Director for Strategic Planning and Partnerships, 2005-present)
Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (Secretary, 1997-present)
California NanoScience Institute (CNSI)
(Associate Director 2005 – present)
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
(Member Board of Trustees, 2004- present)
Molecular Biology Institute
Brain Research Institute

Consulting:

Journal of Biological Chemistry, Editorial Board, 1988-1992
Developmental Neuroscience, Editorial Board, 1994-2002
Centaur Pharmaceuticals, 1998-2000
Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, 1997- 2001
California Science Center, Jury to select California Scientist of the Year (2000-present)

For more information, please visit:
http://cnsi.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel%5fid=45967

 

Prof. DunnProfessor Bruce S. Dunn
Visits: 9 to 16 July 2007

Tel: (310) 825-1519
Fax: (310) 206-7353
Email: bdunn@ucla.edu
 

Professor Bruce S. Dunn; Ph.D. 1974 University of California, Los Angeles: Electrical and optical properties of inorganic solids; Sol-gel derived materials; Solid electrolytes and battery electrode materials; Biomimetic materials systems.  

For more information, please visit:
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/ms/faculty1/dunn.html

 

Dr Khlobystov Andrei
Visit: 04 Mar to 9 Mar 2007

Biography:

 Andrei N. Khlobystov received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from Moscow State University (Russia) in 1997 and the University of Nottingham (UK) in 2002 respectively. He then joined the Department of Materials, Oxford University as a postdoctoral research assistant. He has been awarded the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship in 2004 and the Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2005. He is currently working as a Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham. His current research is in the area of nanomaterials. He has recently received a European Young Investigator Award.

Current research:

His current research focuses on chemistry of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes and development of applications for these materials. Directed assembly of functional networks from nanoscopic building blocks (nanotubes, nanoparticles, macromolecules) is at the centre of our experimental activities. His other research interests include molecular self-assembly and electron microscopy.  

Recent Publications:

BENJAMIN, S. C., ARDAVAN, A., BRIGGS, G. A. D., BRITZ, D. A., GUNLYCKE, D., JEFFERSON, J., JONES, M. A. G., LEIGH, D. F., LOVETT, B. W. and KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., 2006. Towards a fullerene-based quantum computer. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18(21), S867-S884.

BRITZ, D. A. and KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., 2006. Noncovalent interactions of molecules with single walled carbon nanotubes. Chemical Society Reviews, 35(7), 637-659.

CRONIN, L., KRASNOGOR, N., DAVIS, B. G., ALEXANDER, C., ROBERTSON, N., STEINKE, J. H., SCHROEDER, S. L., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., COOPER, G. and GARDNER, P. M., 2006. The imitation game—a computational chemical approach to recognizing life. Nature Biotechnology, 24(10), 1203-1206.

JONES, M. A., BRITZ, D. A., MORTON, J. J., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., PORFYRAKIS, K., ARDAVAN, A. and BRIGGS, G. A., 2006. Synthesis and reactivity of N@C60O. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 8(17), 2083-2088.

LI, L. J., GLERUP, M., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., WILTSHIRE, J. G., SAUVAJOL, J. L., TAYLOR, R. A. and NICHOLAS, R. J., 2006. The effects of nitrogen and boron doping on the optical emission and diameters of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 44(13), 2752-2757.

WANG, J., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., WANG, W., HOWDLE, S. M. and POLIAKOFF, M., 2006. Coating carbon nanotubes with polymer in supercritical carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications, 15, 1670-1672.

WANG, J., KUIMOVA, M. K., POLIAKOFF, M., BRIGGS, G. A. and KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., 2006. Encapsulation and IR Probing of Cube-Shaped Octasilasesquioxane H8Si8O12 in Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 45(31), 5188-5191.

BRITZ, D. A., KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., PORFYRAKIS, K., ARDAVAN, A. and BRIGGS, G. A. D., 2005. Chemical reactions inside single-walled carbon nano test-tubes. Chemical Communications, 1, 37-39.

KHLOBYSTOV, A. N., BRITZ, D. A. and BRIGGS, G. A. D., 2005. Molecules in Carbon Nanotubes. Accounts of Chemical Research, 38(12), 901-910.

KHLOBYSTOV,A. and BRITZ,D., 2005. Record breaking test tubes - Response. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2(7), 29.

Business Address
Room B-28 School of Chemistry
University Park
NG7 2RD
T: 0115 951 3917
F: 0115 951 3563
Email: andrei.khlobystov@nottingham.ac.uk

Professor Chad Mirkin (Cheng Tsang Man Visiting Professor)
Visit: 29 Jan to 2 Feb 2007

Education:

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, 1989-1991: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. Chemistry, 1989: Pennsylvania State University, Majors: Inorganic & Organic Chemistry
  • B.S. Chemistry, 1986: Dickinson College

Professional Experience:

  • 2004-Present: Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology, George B. Rathmann Professor of
    Chemistry, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Material Sciences & Engineering; Northwestern
    University
  • 2000-2004: Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry;
    Northwestern University
  • 1997-2000: Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Dept. of Chem., Northwestern University
  • 1995-1997: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
  • 1991-1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Consulting:

  • NanoInk, Inc., Nanosphere, Inc., Pharmacia, Hexagon Packaging, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, NextGen
    Aeronautics. Past consultant: Calmec Corporation, Monsanto Company, Physical Optics Corporation

Honors:

  • NIH Director's Pioneer Award (NU, 2004)
  • Pennsylvania State Outstanding Science Alumni Award (NU, 2004)
  • Dickinson College Honorary Doctorate Degree (NU, 2004)
  • Collegiate Inventors Award, National Inventors Hall of Fame (NU, 2003)
  • ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (NU, 2003)
  • Dickinson College Metzger-Conway Fellowship Award (NU, 2003)
  • Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences (NU, 2003)
  • The Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report, "Nanotechnology's Top 10 Power Brokers" (NU, 2003)
  • Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (NU, 2002)
  • Ceramographic Competition, American Ceramic Society 1st Place Entry (NU, 2002)
  • Esquire Magazine's "Best & Brightest in the Nation" (NU, 2002)
  • Leo Hendrik Baekland Award (NU, 2001)
  • Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40 Award" (NU, 2001)
  • Discover 2000 Innovation Award (Category: Computers) (NU, 2000)
  • Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (NU, 2000)
  • I-Street Magazine's Top 5 List for Leading Academics in Technology (NU, 2000)
  • Materials Research Society's Outstanding Young Investigator Award (NU, 1999)
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (NU, 1999)
  • PLU Fresenius Award (NU, 1998)
  • E. Bright Wilson Prize (Harvard, 1998)
  • BFGoodrich Collegiate Inventors Award (NU, 1997)
  • Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (NU, 1996-2001)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award (NU, 1995-1997)
  • Dupont Young Professor (NU, 1995-1998)
  • NSF Young Investigator Award (NU, 1993-1998)
  • Naval Young Investigator Award (NU,1994-1997)
  • Beckman Young Investigator Award (NU,1992-1994)
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award (NU, 1991-1996)
  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (MIT, 1989-1991)
  • Lubrizol Fellowship (PSU, 1986-1989)

Research Program:

  • Inorganic and Materials Chemistry: synthetic organometallic chemistry; new ligand design; conducting polymers; photochemistry; chemically modified electrodes; self-assembled monolayers; interfacial processes; design of molecule-based electronic devices; nanotechnology; nanolithography; nanoparticles; DNA-directed materials synthesis.

Professional Organizations and Societies:

  • NSF Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity
  • American Chemical Society
  • Materials Research Society
  • Northwestern Center for Catalysis and Surface Science
  • Northwestern Materials Research Center
  • Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University
  • Founding editor, Small

Editorial Advisory Board Memberships:

  • Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemical and Engineering News
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry
  • Macromolecular Bioscience
  • SENSORS
  • Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry-A European Journal
  • Macro-Journal of Macromolecule
  • Plasmonics
  • The Scientist
  • Journal of Cluster Science
  • Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry)
  • Nanotechnology Law and Business
  • Nanomedicine
  • Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy

Science Advisory Board Memberships:

  • International Society for Nanoscale Science and Engineering
  • Berkeley Lab Molecular Foundry

Business Address
Department of Chemistry & Institute for Nanotechnology
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3113
Zbigniew Professor Zbigniew Henryk Stachurski
Current Visit: 8 Jan to 26 Feb 2007
Visit: 3 Jan May to 7 April 2006

Tertiary Education

  • 1968 PhD., H.H.Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.
  • 1966 M.Sc., H.H.Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.
  • 1965 M.Mech.Eng., Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland.

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2003 Nominated for Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Supervision
  • 2001 Nominated for Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences.
  • 1993 RACI Polymer Division Citation for "Outstanding contributions to polymer materials science and education, research leadership and national promotion of polymer science and engineering".
  • 1991 Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Appointments at the Australian National University

  • 2001 Director, ANU Centre for the Science and Engineering of Materials.
  • 1998 Convenor of the Engineering Program, the ANU Graduate School.
  • 1993 Reader, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Eng. & Inf. Technology.

Other Appointments

  • 2004 Editorial Board Member. International Journal of Mechanics and Solids.
  • 2003 National Board Member. The Australian Materials Technology Network: Future Materials (AusIndustry)
  • 2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
  • 1998 Visiting Professor, Institute for Polymers, ETH-Z, Switzerland.
  • 1991 Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Div. of Chemicals and Polymers, CSIRO, Melbourne.
  • 1983 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Chem. Eng., Melbourne University.
  • 1977 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Leeds, UK.
  • 1971 Lecturer, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University.
  • 1969 Postdoctoral Fellow, Atomic Energy of Canada, Department of Mining and Metallurgy, University of Alberta, Canada.
  • 1998 Convenor of the Engineering Program, the ANU Graduate School.
  • 1993 Reader, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Eng. & Inf. Technology.

Other Qualifications and Interests

  • Project Management Course, the Institute of Administration, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Spoken languages: English, Polish, Ukrainian, French, Russian. Personal interests and hobbies: sailing, music, history of science and technology.

Business Address
Professor Zbigniew Henryk STACHURSKI
Department of Engineering,
Faculty of Eng. and Inf. Technology
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia


Tel: (61 2) 6125 5681
Fax: (61 2) 6125 0506
Email : Zbigniew.Stachurski@anu.edu.au
Web-page:engnet.anu.edu.au/DEpeople/Zbigniew.Stachurski
More information on Publications, Conferences & Invited Lectures by Prof.Zbigniew



Rogers Dr Alexander M. Korsunsky
Visit: 11 to 24 December 2006

After studying for his D.Phil. in Solid Mechanics in 1991-94, Alexander Korsunsky worked on fatigue and fracture of metal matrix composites, neutron and synchrotron X-ray strain measurement techniques, and tribology in the Department of Materials at the University of Cambridge, and later as a lecturer at the University of Newcastle.

He rejoined the Department of Engineering Science in Oxford in 1999. He is involved in the development instrumentation and interpretation for stress analysis using penetrating radiation, while his other interests include mechanics of contacts and indentation, in particular in coated systems. His research attracts funding from EPSRC, Royal Society, Nuffield Foundation, EU TMR, as well as industrial companies such as Shell.


Address
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3PJ
UK

Tel: +44 1865 2 73043
Fax: +44 1865 2 73010
Secretary: +44 1865 2 73812
Email : Alexander.Korsunsky@eng.ox.ac.uk
Web-page:http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/solidmech/people/Alexander_Korsunsky.html
Marc AbadieProfessor Marc J.M Abadie
Current visit: 21 Jul 2006 - 20 July 2008
Visits: 31 May - 31 Aug 2005, 29 Jan - 28 Apr 2006

Marc J.M. ABADIE is Full Professor (1st class) at University Montpellier 2, Science and Technology of Lanquedoc. Head of Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials - LEMP/MAO

  • Doctor honoris causa from "Gh. Asachi" Technical University in Iasi - Romania
  • Emeritus Professor from " POLYTEHNICA " University, Bucharest
  • Member of the International Eurasian Academy of Science
  • Distinguish Member of the Ukraine Academy of Science
Qualification
A Chemical engineer from Pasteur University of Strasbourg (F) in 1961, Professor Abadie received his Master of Science (1961) and Doctorat 3ème Cycle (1963) and later his Doctorat es Science on "Oxidative Degradation of PS by Gamma Ray" in 1972 at the "Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules" CRM in Strasbourg (F) - Institut Charles Sadron, Pr Henri Benoit as adviser.

Professional Expertise
He was successively:

  • Engineer R & D at Elf (1963 - 1967)
  • Research Fellow at CNRS/CRM (1967 - 1972)
  • Associate Professor at U. Montpellier (1972 - 1975)
  • Senior Scientist Officer at "Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment" PERME/UK Ministry of Defense at Waltham Abbey - UK (1975 - 1976)
  • Professor at U. Algiers and Director of Laboratory of Polymer Science (1976 - 1980)
  • Professor at U. Montpellier (1980 - 1982)
  • IBM'er in Endicott NY, USA (1982 - 1986)
  • Michael Fam Fellow, NTU, Singapore (2001 & 2005)

Relevant Expertise
Professor Abadie' present research concerns: Composites & Nanocomposites, High Performance Polymers, Adhesives, Photosensitive Products, Photoresists, Photocalorimetry and Biomaterials.

  • He is/was consultant for IBM, DuPont Electronics, Ethyl Corp. and Dental Medical Diagnostic Systems in the USA.
  • He is/was consultant for Rhône-Poulenc, Elf, LETI, Stento, Delta, IBM, SPAD, Ivoclar AGP, Celliose, Gem Plus, Euracli and Veritas in France; Wacker Chemie GmbH in Germany & Lamberti spa in Italy.
  • Over 300 papers (318), 7 books and 9 patents.
  • He received the 1991 ADER Award for transfering technology to the Industry.
  • He is appointed Expert Witness and Expert to the Commission of the European Communities.
  • Nominated by the French Government Official Examinator in Chemistry to the Concours at "Ecole Polytechnique" (1991-1997).
  • He created in 1988 STEPI "European Technical Symposium on Polyimides and other High-Performance Polymers" which held in Montpellier every other two/three years; last STEPI 7 was held on May 9-11, 2005 ; the next one - STEPI 8 will be on May 5-7, 2008 @ Polytech’Montpellier, France.

Thesis
16 Thesis "Doctorat es Sciences" - 8 Thesis "Doctorat Ingénieur" - 26 PhD Thesis 32 "Mémoires d'Ingénieur" - 61 "Diplômes d'Etudes Approfondies" in 2001 : 3 PhD thesis and 1 DEA ; in 2002 : 1 PhD thesis ; in 2003 : 1 PhD thesis ; in 2004 : 1 PhD thesis ; in 2005 : 2 thesis and in 2006 : 3 thesis

Business Address
Professor Marc J.M. Abadie
Université Montpellier II,
Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc,
Laboratory of Polymer Science & Advanced Organic Materials -
LEMP/MAO, CC 021, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France

Tel: (33) 0 467 54 78 25
Fax: (33) 0 467 14 47 47
Email : marc.abadie@univ-montp2.fr
Website : http://www.lempmao.univ-montp2.fr



Nicholas Professor Robin J. Nicholas
Visit: 29 March to 31 March 2006

Tertiary Education

  • 1978 M.A., D. Phil granted June 1978
  • 1975-7 Senior Scholarship (Christ Church)
  • 1974-5 Dixon Scholarship (Christ Church)
  • 1974-7 S.R.C. Studentship
  • 1974 B.A. Honours in Physics 1st. class
  • 1972 Honour Moderations in P.M.E. 1st. class
  • 1971-4 Open Scholarship
  • 1971-7 Christ Church, Oxford

Awards and Distinctions

  • 1990 - 95 Senior Research Fellowship (S.E.R.C.)
  • 1986 Charles Vernon Boys Prize (Inst. of Phys.)
  • 1978 M. Inst. P.

Appointments

  • 2001 Head of Condensed Matter Physics, Physics Dept, Oxford
  • 1996 - present  Professor of Physics, Oxford University
  • 1990 - 1996 University Reader in Physics, Oxford University
  • 1982 - present Fellow and Praelector (Tutor) in Physics, University College, Oxford
  • 1982 - 1990 University Lecturer, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University
  • 1979 - 1982 Lecturer in Physics, St. John's College, Oxford
  • 1979 - 1982 Research Assistant, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford

Other Appointments

  • 2005 exchange visitor, Lab. National de Champs Magnetique Pulsee, Toulouse
  • 2001 Guest Scientist, Lab. de Champs Magnetiques Intenses, Grenoble Feb- April
  • 1992 British Council visitor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
  • 1987 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institut fur F.K.F, Stuttgart
  • 1984 Professeur, 2eme. class, Universite de Grenoble
  • 1982 Gast Dozent, University of Leoben, Austria
  • 1980 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institut fur F.K.F. Stuttgart
  • 1979 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institut fur F.K.F. Grenoble


 Business Address
Professor Robin J. Nicholas
Physics Dept, Oxford University, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3PU

Tel: 44-1865-272250
Fax: 44-1865-282208
Email : r.nicholas@physics.ox.ac.uk
More information on Publications by Prof.Nicholas



Rogers Professor John A. Rogers
Visit: 7 March to 10 March 2006

Tertiary Education

  • 1995 PhD., Physical Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1989 Degree., Physics and Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2004 Best of Small Tech Researcher Award Runner-up by Small Times Magazine
  • 2001 Robert B. Woodward Scholar by Harvard University
  • 2000 Top 100 young engineers by the National Academy of Engineering
  • 1999 Top 100 young innovators for the 21st century by MIT's Technology Review magazine

Appointments

  • 2003 Joined the faculty at UIUC
  • 1997 Joined Bell Laboratories as Director of Condensed Matter Physics Research
  • 1995 Worked as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University and launched the start-up company Active Impulse Systems in Natick, Massachusetts


Business Address
Professor John A. Rogers
Office:
3355 Beckman Institute

Mail Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Tel: 217-244-4979
Fax: 217-333-2736
Email : jrogers@uiuc.edu
Web-page:http://www.mse.uiuc.edu/faculty/Rogers.html
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Professor Rakesh K Lal
Visit: 26 August 2005 to 11 September 2005

Rakesh K Lal received the B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering with honors from IIT Kharagpur, India; the M.D. in Electronics from NUFFIC, Netherlands; and PhD in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. He has been on the faculty of IIT Bombay since 1984 and is Professor of Electrical Engineering.

He has been actively involved in engineering curricula development. He contributed to structural advancement of undergraduate and graduate programs, and designed and taught courses touching on devices to biosensing microsystems. Curricular design and implementation have been both within and outside IIT Bombay and include new courses in microelectronics and instrumentation, including bioinstrumentation and sensors; undergraduate programs in Electrical and Electronics & Communications Engineering for IIT Bombay and SNDT University respectively, and postgraduate programs in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (as the Coordinator of Biomedical Engineering 1992-2001) for IIT Bombay. The Electrical and Biomedical Engineering programs have been widely emulated in western India. He has been instrumental in envisioning the new dual degree programs that all the IITs have now adopted.

His research interests include the physics and modeling of semiconductor devices and systems; radiation and high-field effects in MOS, bipolar and heterostructure devices and circuits; and instrumentation for device characterization. He has also been working on radiation sensors, biosensors and biosensing systems, with colleagues in the Biomedical, Chemistry and Electrical departments. Over the last decade, much of the biosensors research has evolved into microfabricated biosensing systems for bio-object assay and manipulation, which have included developing and understanding systems for micro-capillary electrophoresis, single cell electroporation, chemotactic sensing and affinity sensor arrays.

He has been a consultant to industry, advising engineering teams on design and prototyping of computer-aided measurement systems for the power industry, yarn testing, particle & cell sizing and characterization, single cell electroporation and sensor and communications electronics. He has given process integration and test advice to an industry-research-institute consortium for fabricating high energy radiation and particle detectors for CERN. He advised the Government of India on Computer & Electronics policies.

For more information about Prof. Lal's research interests, please visit
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mse/content/visitors/Rakesh.asp

Professor William A. Goddard, III
Visit: 29 August 2005 to 3 September 2005

Beckman Institute (139-74)
California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Blvd.
Pasadena, California 91125 USA
http://www.wag.caltech.edu
Phone: (626)395-2731
395-8100 (secretary)
FAX: (626) 585-0918
Email: wag@wag.caltech.edu, copy: shirley@wag.caltech.edu

Current Positions at the California Institute of Technology:

  • Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
  • Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC)

Previous Professional Positions (all at Caltech):

  • 1965-1978 Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
  • 1978-1984 Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physics
  • 1984-1990 Director of NSF Materials Research Group
  • 1992-1997 Director of NSF Grand Challenge Applications Group
  • 1984-2001 Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physics
  • 1990-present Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC)
  • 2001-present Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics

Education:

  • Ph.D. Engineering Science (minor physics), California Institute of Technology, 1965
  • B. S. Engineering (Highest Honors), University of California, Los Angeles, 1960

Awards and Honors:

  • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1960-1964)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Faculty Fellow (1967-1969)
  • Buck-Whitney Medal of NY Section of American Chemical Society (1978)
  • Member of National Academy of Science (1984)
  • Member of International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (1988)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (1988)
  • ACS Award for Computers in Chemistry (1988)
  • Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990)
  • Richard M. Badger Teaching Prize in Chemistry, Caltech (1995)
  • Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology Theory (1999)
  • NASA Space Sciences Award (2000)
  • Richard Chase Tolman Prize from the Southern California Section of the ACS (2000)
  • Named by ISI as a most Highly Cited Chemist for 1981 to 1999 (http://isihighlycited.com)
  • Winner 2002 Prize in Computational Nanotechnology Design from the Institute for Molecular
    Manufacturing
  • Honoris Causa Philosophia Doctorem, Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden, January 2004

Professional Memberships:

  • California Catalysis Society (President 1997-8); American Chemical Society
  • American Physical Society (Fellow); Materials Research Society; American Vacuum Society

Other Professional Activities:

  • Consultant (at various times): General Electric, General Motors, Shell Development, Imperial
  • Chemical Industry, BP, Exxon, Chevron, SOHIO, Dow Chemical, Bell Labs, Union
  • Carbide, Celanese, Allied Signal, UOP, 3M, Proctor and Gamble, MSI (Accelrys),
  • Schrödinger, Eidogen, Systine
  • Member, Board of Trustees Gordon Research Conferences 1988-1994
  • Cofounder of Molecular Simulations Inc. (now named Accelrys) (1984), Member Board of
  • Directors (84-95), Chairman Board (84-91)
  • Cofounder of Schrödinger Inc. (1990), Member Board of Directors 1990-2000
  • Cofounder Systine Inc. (originally Materials Research Source LLC) Pasadena CA (1998)
  • Cofounder Eidogen Inc (formerly Bionomix Inc.), San Diego CA (2000), Chairman of Board of Directors (2000-2005)
  • Cofounder Qateomix Inc., Pasadena CA (2003), Member Board of Directors.
  • Cofounder-Allozyne Inc., Pasadena CA (2004), Chairman Board of Directors

Current Research Interests:

  • New methodology for quantum chemistry, force fields, molecular dynamics, mesoscale
    dynamics, statistical mechanics
  • Applications of atomistic simulations to chemical, biological, and materials systems,
    including catalysis (homogenous and heterogeneous), protein structure prediction, drug
    design, polymers, semiconductors, ceramics, and metal alloys (plasticity and failure)
  • Applications to industrial problems in oil field technology, catalysis, polymers, and fuel cells
  • Nanotechnology

Current Research Funding:
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, ChevronTexaco, Aventis Pharma, Berlex Biopharma, Nissan Corp, Intel Corp.

Research Publications:
Over 621, see http://www.wag.caltech.edu/publications/papers/

Autobiography of the Early Period in Goddard’C career:
“Critical Points and Random Events that Shaped the Early Career of William A. Goddard III” in J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 2147 (2000)
(the Goddard Festschrift containing articles celebrating Goddard’s 60th birthday)

Scientific Genealogy

  • William A. Goddard III obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Science with a minor in Physics in
    October 1964 from Pol Duwez, Professor of Materials Science at Caltech, Pasadena CA
  • Pol Duwez received his D.Sc. in 1933 from Emile Henriot, Professor of Physics at U.
    Brussels in Belgium
  • Emile Henriot received his D.Sc. in Physics in 1912 from Marie Curie, Professor at the
    Sorbonne, Paris France
  • Marie Curie received her D.Sc. in 1903 from Prof. Becquerel at the Ecole Phys. Chim. Ind,
    Paris France


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