Emilio Mendez

Emilio Mendez is Director of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory. A native of Spain, he holds a B.S. degree from Madrid’s Universidad Complutense and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has worked at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center as a research staff member, a member of the strategic planning group and a line manager. Since 1995 he is a Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University. Throughout his career, Mendez's research has focused on the discovery and understanding of novel semiconductor nanomaterials (in particular, quantum wells and superlattices) and on their applications for optical and electronic devices.

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