Paul Alivisatos

A. Paul Alivisatos is an American scientist, researching the structural, thermodynamic, optical, and electrical properties of nanocrystals.

Alivisatos graduated with a bachelors in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1981, and with a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, where he worked under Charles Harris.

In 1986 he joined AT&T Bell Labs working with Louis Brus, and began research in the field of nanotechnology. He returned to Berkeley in 1988 as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, becoming associate Professor in 1993 and Professor in 1995. He was Chancellor's Professor for 1998-2001.

In January 2003 he was appointed director of the Materials Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is also director of LBNL's Molecular Foundry.

He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a co-editor of the scientific journal "Nano Letters".

He has served as a member of the Defense Sciences Study Group, and on panels of the Defense Science Board. As of 2000, he was a member of the Department of Energy Council on Materials Sciences.

Awards

:Presidential Young Investigator Award:Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship:ACS Exxon Solid State Chemistry Fellowship:Coblentz Award (1994):Wilson Prize at Harvard:Department of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry (1994) :Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award (1995):Department of Energy Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Materials Chemistry (1997)

Notable Publications

: [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/271/5251/933 Science vol 271 p 933, 1996] : [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/295/5564/2425 Science vol 295 p 2425, 2002] : [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/310/5747/462 Science vol 310 p 5747, 2005]

External links

* [http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~pagrp/paulbio.html Berkeley biography]