Professional Experience:
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
2013-present Head, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
1994-1999, 2007-2012 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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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
Member – Symposium Committee, Colloid and Surface Science Division, American Chemical Society, 2008-2010
Participant – NSF workshop on the Science and Technology of Dispersants Relevant to Deep Sea Floor Oil Releases, 2010
Organizer, Symposium on Wetting, American Chemical Society, Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Johns Hopkins, June 2013
Co-Chair -- 2015 American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 2015
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