Educational Background

Postdoctoral Studies, 2000-2003, Chemistry, Harvard University
Ph.D. 2000, Physics, Cornell University
B.S. 1993, Physics, University of Michigan

Professional Appointments

2012-Present: Professor
     Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

2011-Present: Associate Chair
     Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

2009-2012: Associate Professor
     Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

2006-2009: Morris E. Fine Junior Professor of Materials and Manufacturing
     Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

2003-2006: Assistant Professor
     Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

2000-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow
     Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Honors and Awards

• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2008
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2007
• Teacher of the Year, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2006
• Morris E. Fine Junior Chair in Materials and Manufacturing, 2006
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005
• Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Junior Fellow, 2004
• Nottingham Prize of the Physical Electronics Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. June 2000
• "Outstanding Student Presentation" - 8th International Workshop on Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions, Long Branch, New Jersey. September 1999
• William L. Williams Award for best undergraduate thesis - honorable mention, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, May 1993
• Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society, 1992
• Member of ACS, APS, MRS, and TMS