Materials and Engineering Physics

Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

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Division of Scientific User Facilities

Dr. A. Refik Kortan

Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-22.21/Germantown Building, Room F-425

U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail: Refik.Kortan@Science.DOE.gov 
Phone: (301) 903-3308
Fax: (301) 903-9513

Education

M.S. in Physics, University of Maryland, 1976

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, 1979

Experience

Dr. Refik Kortan earned his Ph.D. degree in surface physics from University of Maryland in 1979. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Physics Department in MIT before he joined then AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984.  Dr. Kortan utilized high-resolution x-ray scattering to study novel phase transitions in reduced dimensions, liquid crystals, and graphite intercalation compounds while he was at MIT.  During his 20 years stay at Bell Labs, Dr. Kortan has received numerous AT&T Exceptional Contribution Awards. He has published over 200 papers, presented 182 invited and contributed talks, and held 13 patents. He has been recognized as one of the most cited physicists due to his pioneering research, receiving 4497 and 6947 citations during the span of 1981-1997 and 1991-2003, respectively (http://www.sst.nrel.gov/citations.pdf).  He was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1996 for his experimental studies of phase transitions on surfaces, liquid crystals, and intercalated systems; and his work on new materials such as quasicrystals and fullerenes.