Alan heeger
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Alan J. Heeger
Bio-bibliography
USA
1995 Balzan Prize for the Science of New Non-Biological Materials
For his outstanding contributions to the science of materials and especially for his leadership in disciplines which make up the new interdisciplinary field of semiconducting and metallic polymers. He has thoroughly covered this new field, from basic discoveries to the creation of new materials with applications in both high-tech and consumer product industries.
Alan J. Heeger was born in Sioux City, Iowa, 011 January 22, 1936; he is an American citizen;
from 1962 to 1982 at the University of Pennsylvania: Assistant Professor (1962-64), Associate Professor (1964-67), Professor (1967-82), Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (1974- 81) and Acting Vice-Provost for Research (1981-82);
Visiting Scientist at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, United Kingdom (1964-65); Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (1968-69);
since 1982 Professor of Physics and Professor of Materials (joint appointment) and Director of
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Alan J. Heeger
Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist and academic. He won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He won the prize with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for their discovery and development of conductive polymers".[1][2]
Heeger was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to a Jewish family. He grew up in Akron, Iowa.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Shirakawa, Hideki; Louis, Edwin J.; MacDiarmid, Alan G.; Chiang, Chwan K.; Heeger, Alan J. (1977). "Synthesis of electrically conducting organic polymers: Halogen derivatives of polyacetylene, (CH) x". Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (16): 578. doi:10.1039/C39770000578. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000: Alan Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa".
- ↑"Alan Heeger - Biographical". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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Dr. Alan J. Heeger received his BS degree with high distinction in 1957 from the University of Nebraska, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. In 1962, he became an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, then became a Professor there (1967-82). He was Acting Vice-Provost for Research (1981-82), and Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (1978-81). He was also a Visiting Professor of Physics at the University of Geneva (1968-69). Dr. Heeger became Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982. He was the Director for the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids at UCSB (1982-1999). He also became Professor of Materials (in Engineering) at UCSB in 1985. In 1990, Dr. Heeger founded and chaired the UNIAX Corporation. He has acted as President, CEO, and Chief Scientist/ Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Heeger is also a member on the Board of Directors of QTL Biosystems in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Dr. Heeger has received many notable honors and awards: Alfred P. Sloan Fou
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