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CURRICULUM VITAE |
Stephen Garoff
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Buisness Address:
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
Office: (412) 268-6877
Fax: (412) 681-0648
e-mail: sg2e@andrew.cmu.edu
Web Site: Stephen Garoff |
Professional Experience:
2007-present
Associate Head, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
1988-present
Professor
Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
(Courtesy Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Science)
Primary areas of research:
-wetting and spreading of fluids on simple and heterogeneous surfaces
-interfacial structure of simple and complex fluids
-electrophoresis of complex particles
-microscopic origins of friction
1994-1999
Associate Head, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
1986-1988
Research Scientist
Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT
Primary areas of research:
-wetting and spreading of fluids on simple and heterogeneous surfaces
-interfacial structure of simple and complex fluids
1977-1986
Research Scientist
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ
Primary areas of research:
-optical probes of finely dispersed materials, thin films, carbonaceous
materials, and interfacial regions
-electrodynamics of rough metal surfaces
-fluorescent solar collectors
-molecular structure of organic monolayers
-microscopic origins of wetting, and friction at organic surfaces
1973-1977
Research Assistant
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Areas of research:
-structure, optical properties, and phase transitions of liquid crystals
1974-1975
Teaching Assistant
Harvard University
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Education:
Ph.D. Applied Physics, 1977
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Thesis Title: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
Advisor: Robert B. Meyer
S.M.Applied Physics, 1974
Harvard University
B.S. Physics, 1972
Yale University, New Haven, CT
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Awards:
Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
Harvard University:
Xerox Corporation Fellowship, 1975-1976
Yale University:
Phi Beta Kappa
Graduated magna cum laude with honors in Physics
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Memberships:
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
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Conference Organizing and Professional Activities:
Program Committee--American Chemical Society Symposium on Photoprocesses at Solid Surfaces, March, 1983
Organizing Committee--International Symposium on Complex and Supermolecular Fluids, June, 1985
Panel Member--Department of Energy Materials Science Panel on Organic Thin Films, September, 1986
Chairman--Gordon Conference on Organic Thin Films, February, 1988
Panel Member--Department of Energy Materials Science Panel on The Liquid-Solid Interface and Its Role in Ceramic Processing, September, 1988
Program Committee--47th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference, November, 1989
Organizing Committee--Pennsylvania Summer Surface Science Workshop, August, 1989 and August 1991
Panel Member--Workshop on Interfacial Phenomena and Rheology of Fluid Dispersions sponsored by NSF and U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, January 1991
Panel Member -- NSF/SBIR Proposal Review, 1992, 1993
Organizer -- Future Scientists Day at March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 1994.
Co-Founder -- Pittsburgh Public School/Carnegie Mellon Outreach Program for Mentoring in Science
Panel Member -- NSF Young Investigator Proposal Review, 2000
Co-Chair -- 2001 American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium
Member -- Microgravity Science and Applications Council, Universities Space Research Association, 2002-2005
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Consulting (1988-present):
Schlumberger-Doll Research
Aristech Chemicals
PPG Inc.
Alcoa Laboratories
Rockwell International
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
Air Products
SEMATECH |
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