Ivan K. Schuller

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Ivan K. Schuller is an American condensed matter experimental physicist. He is best known for his work on superlattices. His interests are focused on thin films, nanostructures, novel materials, magnetism, and superconductivity.

The Roumanian born Dr. Schuller received his Licenciado (1970) from the University of Chile, MS degree (1972) and PhD (1976) from Northwestern University. From 1978-1987, he was a Senior Physicist and Group Leader at Argonne National Laboratory. Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego; in addition to this position, he is also Layer Leader-Materials and Devices of CAL-(IT)2 Institute, and Director-AFOSR-MURI at UCSD. He held visiting professorships at the Catholic University -Santiago, Chile; Universidad del Valle, Colombia; the Catholic University-Leuven, Belgium, and the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany.^[1]

He is a professor of physics at UC San Diego, and the recipient of numerous prizes, including the David Adler Lectureship (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Award (2000), Wheatley Award (1999), DOE Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments (1987) and The Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2005). Dr. Schuller is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Advisory Committee at the IMDEA Nanoscience Institute.

References

Dr. Schuller's Group web site
Ivan K. Schuller, "A New Class of Layered Materials", Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, ).

↑ "2003 MRS Meeting, Boston, Ma.".

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