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:
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering,
Vanderbilt University (2010-Present)
William A. and Nancy F. McMinn Professor of
Physics, Vanderbilt University (1994-Present)
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University (2006-present)
Distinguished Guest Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1995-Present)
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
1995-1997 :
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
1992-1993 : Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York City
1991 : Program
Director, Technology and Science Modeling
1989-1990 :
Executive Secretary of the Science Advisory Committee and
Technical Assistant to the Vice President for Science and
Technology
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
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.
Elected
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, 2003.
CURRENT
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES & GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Research Associates:
Graduate Students:
Tim Pennycook
Keith
Warnick
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
1992-1994 :
member, APS Campaign Advisory Committee
1992- 2000:
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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