DEGREES AWARDED:
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois, 1973 (Thesis advisor: Professor
C.T. Sah.
Thesis title: Theory of Point-Imperfection States in Semiconductors)
- M.S., Physics, University of Illinois, 1970
- B.S., Physics, Northern Illinois University, with Highest Scholastic
Honors, 1969
- Primary and Secondary School in Cyprus (1955-1966) - Valedictorian
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
- Theoretical Physics
- Semiconductor Physics
- First Principles Atomic-Scale Dynamics
- Mesoscopic Dynamics in Complex Solids
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
- 1994-Present : William A. and Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics,
Vanderbilt University
- 1995-Present : Distinguished Guest Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- 1995-1997 : Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
- 1992-1993 : Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York City
- 1991 : Program Director, Technology and Science Modeling
- An interdivisional program in the use of computer modeling for
semiconductor, packaging and storage technology development
- 1989-1990 : Executive Secretary of the Science Advisory Committee
and Technical Assistant to the Vice President for Science and Technology
- Primary responsibilities in reviews of corporate-wide science
and technology programs, including systems and software
- 1987-1989 : Senior Manager, Semiconductors and Insulators
- Responsible for experimental and theoretical programs in materials
growth and characterization, spectroscopy, microscopy, electronic
properties, chemical dynamics, radiation science, technology transfer
- 1985-1987 : Manager, Dynamical Processes in Solids
- 1984-1985 : Technical Staff to the Director of Research
- 1978 : Acting Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of
Lund, Sweden
- 1975 : NORDITA Visiting Professor, University of Lund, Sweden
- 1975-1994 : Research Staff Member, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center,
Physical Sciences Department
- 1973-1975 : Research Fellow, Stanford University (with W.A. Harrison)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Materials Research Society
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Electrochemical Society
PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
- Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1980.
- Invited by the Swedish Academy of Sciences to nominate candidates for
the Nobel Prize in Physics, annually since 1982.
CURRENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & GRADUATE STUDENTS:
- Research Associates:
- Current Graduate Students:
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- 1985-1987 : Member, steering Committee, APS Materials Physics Group
- 1986-1989 : Member, APS Committee on Applications of Physics;
1988-1989 : Chairman of Committee
- 1988-1989 : Chairman of AIP Search Committee for new editors of Applied
Physics Letters and the Journal of Applied Physics
- 1989 : Chairman of AIP Search Committee for new editors of Applied
Physics Letters and the Journal of Applied Physics
- 1991-1992 : Member of APS George Pake Award Committee
- 1992- : APS Representative to Industrial Science Section of AAAS
- 1992-1993 : Member NRC Committee on Math in Material Science
- 1992-1993 : Senior Scientific Advisor to the American Institute of
Physics
- 1992- : Member, APS Campaign Advisory Committee
- 1992- : Member West Virginia University Industrial Advisory Committee
- Chairman of 4 international conferences; Co-chairman of 3 conference
symposia and Program Chairman of a major conference (20th International
Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors); member of the Organizing
Committee, Program Committee or Advisory Committee of 43 other national
and international conferences.
- Member of the Editorial Boards of several journals and the Encyclopedia
of Applied Physics, member of several NSF site review and other panels.
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