Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
M.A. Cantab., Cambridge University, England, U.K., 1995.
B.A. Natural Sciences with First Class Honours, Cambridge University, 1991.


Research Experience

Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara Materials Department, 07/06 - present.
Associate Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara Materials Department, 07/02 - 06/06.
Assistant Professor, U.C. Santa Barbara Materials Department, 08/97 - 06/02.

Visiting Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley, Winter and Spring 2007.
Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Spring 2003.
Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, Fall 2000.

Postdoctoral work at Yale University and HP Labs. 1996-97:

Modeling of novel magnetic materials for device applications. Mentor: Prof. Karin M. Rabe.

Ph.D. Thesis. 1991-95:

Calculating the Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures: A New Theoretical Approach. Advisor: Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley.

Undergraduate project. 1991:

Study of Aluminophosphate Molecular Sieves using Magic Angle Spinning NMR.

Research work at the General Electric Company, Hirst Research Centre. 1987-1990:

Design of an electrically switchable Fresnel zone plate.
Calculation of light transmission through twisted nematic liquid crystals.
Modeling of spiral transformers for GaAs MMICs.

Awards and Honors

Miller Institute Research Professorhip, 2007.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2002.
UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award, 2001.
ONR Young Investigator Award, 2000.
Technology Review magazine Young Innovator award, 1999.
NSF POWRE award, 1999.
Regents Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California, 1998.
Fulbright Scholarship from the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission, 1991-1996.
Electronic Materials Conference Graduate Student Award, 1995.
Cray Research Fellowship in Computational Chemistry, 1995.
Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, 1994.
Ephraim Weiss Fellowship, Graduate Study at U.C. Berkeley, 1993-1994.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, U.C. Berkeley, 1991 and 1992.
Dora Garibaldi Fellowship, Graduate study at U.C. Berkeley, 1991-1992.
Ronald Norrish Prize for Physical Chemistry, highest score, Cambridge Chemistry, 1991.
Churchill College, Cambridge Scholarship, First Class Honours in Tripos Examinations, 1989-1991.
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain Student Award, 1989.
Undergraduate Scholarship, General Electric Company Hirst Research Centre, 1987-1991.
Royal Society of Chemistry Award, highest score in Advanced Chemistry in U.K., 1987.