Professional information
Professional experience
1997- Professor, Rice University, USA
1993-1997 Associate Professor, Rice University, USA
1992(Sept.) Visiting Professor, University of Paris, France
1989-1993 Assistant Professor, Rice University, USA
1988-1989 Senior Postdoctoral fellow, Rutgers University, USA
1988-1991 Adjoint Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA
1987-1989 Consultant, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA
1987-1989 Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA
1985-1987 Postdoctoral position, IBM Yorktown Heights, USA
Fellowships and Awards
Fellow of American Physical Society (elected 2002)
Charles Duncan award, 1999
Outstanding Associate, Hanszen College, 1992
Outstanding Associate, Hanszen College, 1991
SKF Corporation Thesis award, 1985
Professional affiliations
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
Professional activities
Director, Rice Quantum Institute, 7/10/00--
Organizing Committee, Texas Section APS, AAPT and SPS,
Houston 10/28-10/29, 2000
Coorganiser 12:th International conference on Inelastic Ion Surface
Collisions,
Padre Island, USA 1/24-1/29, 1999
Coorganiser 10:th International conference on Inelastic Ion Surface
Collisions,
Grand Targhee, USA 8/8-8/12, 1994
Reviewer of papers for the following journals:
Applied Physics Letters
Chemical Physics and Chemical Physics Letters
European Physical Joural
International Journal of Mass Spectroscopy
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Physics
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology
Langmuir
Nanotechnology
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research
Physical Review and Physical Review Letters
Physics Letters
Solid State Communications
Surface Science and Surface Science Letters
Vacuum
Reviewer of proposals for the following granting agencies:
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
European Science Foundation
International Science Foundation
National Academy of Science
National Science Foundation
Petroleum Research Fund
Research Corporation
Fields of specialization
Electronic structure calculations
Potential energy surfaces for bulk and surface impurities
Dynamics of atomic motion in bulk and on surfaces
Dynamics of electronic processes in condensed phases
Nonadiabatic properties of many-electron systems