Professor Kramer received a B.Ch.E. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1962 and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1966. He was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford with Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS, before joining the faculty of Cornell University in 1967 where he was appointed the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in 1988. In 1997 he joined the faculty of UCSB where he holds a joint appointment in Materials and Chemical Engineering. Professor Kramer's current research activities focus on understanding the fundamentals that control the structure, properties and processing of block copolymers. Block copolymer structure is investigated using a variety of depth profiling, microscopic imaging and diffraction methods. His group is developing methods for directed assembly of block copolymer monolayers and multilayers resulting in 2D domain arrays for pattern transfer to substrates. The preparation of polymer-coated nanoparticles and their effects on block copolymer morphology are other important themes as are the mechanical properties of multiblock copolymers for applications as thermoplastic elastomers.

Appointments, Honors, and Awards

• Professor, Departments of Materials and Chemical Engineering
• Editor-in-Chief, Materials Science and Technology (18 Vol, VCH)
• Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
• Member, NRC Committee on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1996- )
• Fellow, American Physical Society (1983)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994)
• High Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society (1985)
• U.S. Senior Scientist Award of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (1987)
• John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1988)
• Election as Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1989)
• Swinburne Award of the Institute of Materials (UK) (1996)
• Docteur honoris causa, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (1995)

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