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Stephen Garoff

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:


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

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

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

Memberships:

American Physical Society
American Chemical Society

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

Selected Consulting (1988-present):

Schlumberger-Doll Research
Aristech Chemicals
PPG Inc.
Alcoa Laboratories
Rockwell International
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
Air Products
SEMATECH