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Dr.
LaVerne D. Hess
Program Director
Electronic Materials
Division of Materials Research
Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
National Science Foundation
- B. A., Chemistry, University of California, Riverside,
CA, 1961.
- Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of California,
Riverside, CA, 1965.
- Member of the Technical Staff, Hughes Research
Laboratories, Malibu, CA, 1965-1989.
- Head, Laser Chemistry Section, 1975-1983; Head,
Exploratory Studies Section, 1983-1985.
- Department Manager, Chemical Physics, 1985-1987.
- Senior Scientist, Project Head, High T Superconductivity,
1987-1988.
- GM/HUGHES Staff Exchange Program, GM Research Laboratories,
Warren, MI, 1988-1989.
- Program Director, Electronic Materials, National
Science Foundation, 1990-Present.
- Coordinating Program Director, Advanced Materials
and Processing Cluster, 2001-Present.
- NSF Director's Award for Collaborative Integration,
1997.
- Research interests/activities include: Electronic
Materials Synthesis and Processing; Laser Annealing;
Solid Phase Epitaxy; Laser-Induced Chemistry for
Electronic Materials Processing; Exploratory Semiconductor
Device Processing; Optical Saturation of Molecular
Electronic Transitions; Stimulated Raman Scattering
in Organic Liquids; Optically Induced Damage in Ruby
and Sapphire Crystals; HF/DF Chemical Lasers; Excimer
Lasers(Rare Gas/Halides, Alkali Metals); Liquid Crystal
Light Valves(Visible, IR); Optical Data Processing;
Solid State Microelectronic and Infra-Red Sensor
Materials Growth And Processing; Diamond Film Synthesis/Processing
at Low Pressure, Temperature.
- Over 75 publications in refereed journals and books,
several patents on laser annealing/processing of
semiconductor materials; Co-Editor of Vol. 1, Materials
Research Society Symposia Proceedings Series; Assistant
Editor of Vol. 80-1, Electrochemical Society Symposia
Proceedings
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