- Ivan K. Schuller
Ivan K. Schuller is an American condensed matter experimental
physicist . He is best known for his work onsuperlattice s. His interests are focused on thin films, nanostructures, novel materials,magnetism , andsuperconductivity .The Roumanian born Dr. Schuller received his Licenciado (1970) from the
University of Chile , MS degree (1972) and PhD (1976) fromNorthwestern University . From 1978-1987, he was a Senior Physicist and Group Leader atArgonne National Laboratory . Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego; in addition to this position, he is also Layer Leader-Materials and Devices of CAL-(IT)2 Institute, and Director-AFOSR-MURI at UCSD. He held visiting professorships at theCatholic University -Santiago, Chile;Universidad del Valle-Cali , Colombia; the Catholic University-Leuven, Belgium, and the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany. [cite web|url=http://lucy.mrs.org/meetings/fall2003/dsp_mrs_medal.html | title=2003 MRS Meeting, Boston, Ma.]He is a professor of physics at
UC San Diego , and the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Adler Award (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Award (2000), Wheatley Award (1999), DOE Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments (1987) and The Doctor Honoris Causa,Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2005).References
* [http://ischuller.ucsd.edu Dr. Schuller's Group web site]
*Ivan K. Schuller, [http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1597 "A New Class of Layered Materials", Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, ).]
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