Alex Harris

Chair, Chemistry Department
 

Chemistry Department
Building 555
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone: (631) 344-4301
FAX:    (631) 344-7993
e-mail: alexh@bnl.gov

Surface Chemical Dynamics

Research Interests

Surface and interfacial dynamics; surface molecular dynamics; vibrational energy transfer; interface nonlinear optical spectroscopy; ultrafast interface spectroscopy; surface vibrational spectroscopy; nanoparticle spectroscopy; photopolymer kinetics; organic optical materials; holographic data storage; planar optical waveguide devices; high speed optical communication devices.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• B.A. Swarthmore College, Chemistry, 1978
• Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Physical Chemistry, 1985

Professional Employment

• Chair, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 3/2003-present
• Facility leader, Ultrafast Lasers, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, BNL 11/2005-present
• Director, Guided Wave and Electro-optic Devices Research Dept., Agere Systems, 9/2000-2/2003
• Department Head, Materials Chemistry Research Dept., Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 1996-2000
• Technical Manager, Analytical Chem. and Control Tech., Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 1995-96
• Member of Technical Staff, Physical Sciences Research Division, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985-1995

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004
• PEL Associates Award in applied polymer chemistry, 2001
• Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1994
• Joel Hildebrand Teaching Award, U. C. Berkeley, 1981
• National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1979-1982

Professional Activities

• Member, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, 2003-present
• Member, Fellowship selection committee, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst; DAAD Fellowship), 2004-present
• Member, Executive Committee, American Chemical Society Div of Phys. Chem., 1999-2002.
• Member, American Chemical Society, American Phyical Society, Optical Society of America
• Member, Preproposal Evaluation for Science and Technology Centers, NSF, 1998.
• Member, Proctor & Gamble Award Committee, ACS, 1997.
• Vice-chair, Gordon Research Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, 1996.
• Member, site-visit review committee for NSF Materials Research Laboratory, U. Penn., 1992.
• Member, program committee Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) meeting, 1991.
• Bell Labs Ph.D. recruiter and recruit committee (1993-2000); Summer Research Comm. (1990-1992)

Last Modified: January 31, 2008

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