Phaedon Avouris
Greek scientist
Phaedon Avouris (Greek: Φαίδων Αβούρης) is a Greek chemical physicist specializing in nanoscience and nanotechnology. His research at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center focuses on the applications of molecular devices in computing and electronics. This includes experimental and theoretical studies on the electronics and photonics of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene.
Biography
Phaedon Avouris was born in 1945 in Athens, Greece. In 1968, he received a BSc in chemistry from the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. After postdoctoral work at the University of California, Los Angeles, he attended Michigan State University in 1974 and earned a PhD in physical chemistry. Avouris was an adjunct research professor at Columbia University, NY in 2003 and was appointed an Adjunct Research Professor in the ECE Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2016.
Awards and honours
Avouris is a member of the following academies and societies:
National Academy of Sciences (elected 2017)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 2003)
Academy of Athens, (corresponding member, elected 2007)
IBM Academy of Technology (elected 2004)
He is also a fellow of the:
American Physical Society (APS), 1987
Institute of Physics (U.K.), 2004
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1996
Materials Research Society (MRS), 2011
American Vacuum Society (AVS), 1997
World Technology Network, 1999
Avouris's work has been recognized with awards from scientific institutions, including:
Irving Langmuir Prize for Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 2003
Medard W. Welch Award for Surface Science, American Vacuum Society, 1997
IEEE Nanotechnology Section, Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology, 2010
Richard Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology, Foresight Institute, 1999
Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics (with T. Heinz), 2008
MRS David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society, 2011
Richard E. Smalley Prize of the Electrochemical Society, 2009
H. Bloch Medal, Excellence of Research in Industry, Univ. of Chicago, 2015
IBM Exceptional Achievement Corporate Award, 2011
Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards, IBM Corporation, 1989, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2015
Honorary Doctorate, International Hellenic University, 2013
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Michigan State University, 2001
General references
Avouris, Phaedon (1 March 1995). "Manipulation of Matter at the Atomic and Molecular Levels".
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