Education:
Hunter College, NY Physics BA (honors) and MA 1981Cornell University Materials Science and Eng. MS 1983
Cornell University Materials Science and Eng. Ph.D. 1985
Also:
Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of EngineeringProfessor, Chemical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Applied Physics
Director, Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion
Research Interests:
Research in the Green Group's Laboratory for Complex Materials is devoted to developing a fundamental understanding of, and controlling, the structure and properties of "soft” material based systems for applications that include: energy conversion, active and passive coatings, membranes, sensors, organic electronics.Prior Experience:
• BFGoodrich Endowed Professor of Materials Engineering, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999-2005• Assoc. Prof., Dept. Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 9/96-9/99
• Manager, Glass and Electronic Ceramics Research, Sandia National Laboratories 1/91-8/96
• Senior Member of Tech. Staff, Sandia National Laboratories Physical Properties of Polymers 5/86-1/91
• Post Doc. Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories Physical Properties of Polymers /Ion, Solid Interactions and Defect Physics 8/85-5/86
Awards and Professional Service:
• Editor in Chief, MRS Communications, Materials Research Society/Cambridge University Press (http://www.mrs.org/mrc/)• "Outstanding Referee" for Physical Review Letters/Physical Review (http: http://publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees) 2012
• President-elect, President, Past-President Materials Research Society 2005-2007
• Fellow, American Physical Society 1996
• Fellow, American Ceramic Society 1998
• Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Sci. B: Polymer Physics 1/00-present
• Member, NRC Panel on Neutron Research. 2010-
• Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council (NRC) 6/05-2011
• Visiting Committee for Advanced Technology (VCAT) for the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), 5/09-5/11
• Committee, Decadal study on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP2010), "Science of the world around us," 2005-2007
• Member-at-Large, Council of Gordon Research Conferences, 1/04-1/07
• Chair, NRC Standing Committee, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (formerly) Solid State Sciences Committee 7/06-7/08 (Vice Chair 2004-2006)
• Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation 2002
• Council of Gordon Research Conferences, 1/04-1/07
• Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters 12/01-12/06
• US Department of Energy Award of Excellence , Sandia National Laboratories 1995
