Polymer Nanostructures Lab Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems
A Penn State Center of Excellence
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Director, Polymer Nanostructures Lab - CSPS Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Dept 325-D Steidle Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 |
tel: 814 863-2980 fax: 814 865-2917 e-mail: (printable cv, Oct. 2009) (in greek, Oct. 2005) |
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Experience:
| 7/2004 to present 12/2001 to 7/2004 11/1998 to 12/2001 |
Associate Professor Phil Walker Assist. Professor Assistant Professor |
Materials Science & Eng. Department Penn State University, University Park, PA |
| 11/1995 to 11/1998 | Post-doctoral Associate |
Materials Science & Eng. Department, Cornell University, Ithaca NY |
Education:
| Ph.D. |
(17 Nov. 1995) Chemistry
School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Groningen; The Netherlands.
"Nanorheology of strongly confined molecular fluids" [thesis at the RuG library] Highest honours: Awarded "cum laude" from the Dutch National Academy (top 1.0% of all Ph.D. in the Netherlands). Advisors: Georges Hadziioannou, Gerrit ten Brinke. Defense Committee: D. Theodorou, H. Berendsen, A. Semenov |
| M.Sc. | (17 Oct. 1991) Physics
Physics department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Honour graduate: Ranked 2nd in a class of 250 with a GPA of 9.2 (/10). |
Selected Awards & Distinctions:
- 2006 Polymer Physics Prize. Amer.Phys.Soc.(APS) and J.Polym.Sci.B, Wiley (Mar. 2006)
- Dutton e-Institute" Fellow: Faculty Fellowship, EMS College (Penn State, 2004-07)
- National Academy of Sciences CoBaSE Fellow: Faculty Fellowship, US National Academy of Sciences (2005)
- National Research Council SFFP Fellow: Summer Faculty Fellowship, NRC/NAS (AFRL, 2004)
- "Virginia S. & Philip L. Walker Jr." Endowed Prof. in Materials Sci & Eng (Penn State, 2001-06)
- "Gladys Snyder" Teaching Award: EMS College (Penn State, 2003)
- Div. Polymer Matrix Composites Award: Amer.Soc.Composites (ASC, 2002)
- "Wilson" Research Initiation Award: Wilson Endowement, EMS College (Penn State, 1999)
- Ecole de Physique Theoretique des Houches, France Invited Lecturer.
Les Houches Advanced Physics school on: "Molecular aspects of confined liquids"
(Organizer: Pierre G. de Gennes)
Early Awards & Prizes:
- Highest honours (cum laude) for a Ph.D. research: National Academy of Sciences, The Netherlands, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG)
- Honor Graduate, University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physics
Ranked 2nd with a GPA of 9.2 (/10) [top 0.8% of all Physics graduates 1985-1995] - Greek National Scholarships for Excellency (IKY):
- Physics Department (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) 1989, 1990, and 1991
- Distinction award : Summer School of Advanced Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- Greek Mathematical Society::
- 1985 third award, Chania; 1987 second award, Thessaloniki
- 1987 Greek National Olympic team
Affiliations:
| MRS | Materials Research Society | EEΦ | Hellinic Association of Physicists |
| ACS | American Chemical Society | SON | Chemical Society of Netherlands |
| APS | American Physical Society | STW | Dutch Organization of Technology |
| AIChE | Amer.Inst. of Chemical Engineers | ESF | European Science Foundation |
| ASC | Amer.Soc. of Composite Materials | FRCA | Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc. |
Editor:
- Associate Editor, Journals:
- International Journal of Polymer Science (Hindawi, 2008- )
- Materials Letters (Elsevier, 2005- ).
- J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys. (Wiley, 2003-04)
- Books:
- "Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering: Physical Chemisty"
(with I.A. Bitsanis, American Institute of Physics, AIP, Melville, NY, 2007). - "Polymer Nanotechnology and Nanocomposites"
(with N. Yamaguchi, Polymer Processing Society, PPS, Yamagata, Japan, 2006). - "Polymer/Metal Interfaces and Defected Mediated Phenomena in Ordered Polymers",
(with G.G. Malliaras, Materials Research Society, MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2003).
- "Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering: Physical Chemisty"
- Journal's special issue:
- J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., "organic/inorganic nanocomposites" (2003).
Publications:
Please visit the "Publications" link on the left menu, or click here.Conferences:
| Invited presentations: (Plenary or Keynote lectures in bold) | ||
| MSC biannual meeting | Vlieland; NL | Apr. 1993 |
| University of Strasbourg | Strasbourg; FR | Oct. 1993 |
| 3rd Euroconference on Polymers | Thessaloniki; GR | Dec. 1993 |
| Molecular confined liquids | Les Houches; FR | Mar. 1994 |
| IBM Almaden Research Center | San Jose; USA | Mar. 1994 |
| ACS National meeting (RHEO) | Anaheim; USA | Apr. 1995 |
| Computer Modeling for Industry | Santa Barbara; USA | Jan. 1996 |
| Reading University | Reading; UK | May 1996 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1994 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1995 |
| German Physical Society | Munster; D | Mar. 1994 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1995 |
| University of Patras | Patras; GR | May 1995 |
| Princeton University | Princeton; NJ | Jan. 1997 |
| U Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Urbana-Champaign;IL | Feb. 1997 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1997 |
| APS National meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 1998 |
| ACS National meeting (PHYS) | Boston; MA | Aug. 1998 |
| Clay Minerals Society Shortcourse | W. Lafayette; IN | Mar. 1999 |
| North Caroline State University | Raleigh; NC | Jun. 1999 |
| Air Force Reasearch Labs | WPAFB; Dayton; OH | Aug. 1999 |
| ACS National meeting (POLY) | San Francisco; CA | Mar. 2000 |
| ACS National meeting (PMSE) | San Francisco; CA | Mar. 2000 |
| TRI/Princeton workshop | Princeton; NJ | Jun. 2000 |
| ACS Colloids & Surfaces | Pittsburgh; PA | Jun. 2001 |
| Nanocomposites 2001 | Chicago; IL | Jun. 2001 |
| ACS National meeting (POLY) | Chicago; IL | Aug. 2001 |
| Am.Soc.Composites National Conference | Blacksburg; VA | Sep. 2001 |
| FRCA National Meeting | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2002 |
| APS National Meeting(POLY) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| NSF/Nanotech Undergrad Educ (NUE) | Arlington; VA | Sep. 2002 |
| PA Nanotechnology 2002 | Harrisburg; PA | Oct. 2002 |
| Am.Soc.Composites Nat.Conf.(award lecture) | W. Lafayette, IN | Oct. 2002 |
| MRS National meeting | Boston;MA | Dec. 2002 |
| Intern.Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement | Grenoble; France | Jan. 2003 |
| ACS National Meeting | New Orleans; LA | Mar. 2003 |
| Additives 2003 | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 2003 |
| PPG Industries, Corporate R&D | Pittsburgh; PA | May 2003 |
| Intern. Conf. Intelligent Mater. | University Park; PA | Jun. 2003 |
| NIST seminar series | Gaithersburg; MD | Jun. 2003 |
| 45th Rocky Mountain Conf on Analyt Chem (w/ Zax) | Denver; CO | Jul. 2003 |
| Nelson Taylor award seminars | University Park; PA | Sep. 2003 |
| Cornell University: Materials Sci & Eng | Ithaca; NY | Sep. 2003 |
| Frontiers in Fuel Cells | Univ. Park; PA | Oct. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| 32nd Intern.Conf. Israel Polym & Plastic Soc | Tel-Aviv; Israel | Jan. 2004 |
| TMS National Meeting | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Rackaitis) | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| National Starch & Chemical Co | Bridgewater; NJ | Apr. 2004 |
| AFRL/Manufacturing Dir. | WPAFB; OH | Apr. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting | Philadelphia; PA | Aug. 2004 |
| 56th SERM ACS Meeting | Raleigh; NC | Nov. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting (CONF) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (NANO) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (Dillon session) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ShiHut workshop on Biological Materials | Cornell, Ithaca; NY | Jan. 2006 |
| TMS National Meeting (nanocomposites) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Vaia) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| IFT Food Packaging Research Summit | Baltimore; MD | May 2006 |
| TMS PA NanoMaterials Commerialization | Pittsburgh; PA | Sep. 2006 |
| Carbon Workshop | State College; PA | Oct. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| ACS National Meeting (Nanocomposites) | Chicago; IL | Mar. 2007 |
| ACS National Meeting (POLY, w/ Vaia) | Chicago; IL | Mar. 2007 |
| AFOSR Workshop on Dielectrics (w/ Polizos, Tomer) | Dayton; OH | Jun. 2007 |
| ICCMSE07 (Keynote Symposium 3) | Corfu; GR | Sep. 2007 |
| APS National Meeting (Ion Containing Polymers) | New Orleans; LA | Mar. 2008 |
| ACS National Meeting (POLY, w/ Vaia) | New Orleans; LA | Apr. 2008 |
| IFPRI, AGM08 (w/ Bitsanis) | Hersonissos; GR | Jun. 2008 |
| Innovations in Nanotechnology (Award Lecture) | Sevilla; ES | Dec. 2008 |
| TMS National Meeting (EDU, w/ Liu) | San Francisco; CA | Feb. 2009 |
| Marquette University (Chemistry) | Milwakee; WI | Feb. 2009 |
| SPE National Meeting (Polyolefins 09) | Houston; TX | Feb. 2009 |
| TAPPI, Flex Packaging Summit (PLACE 09) | Columbus; OH | Apr. 2009 |
| Marquette University (CAW workshop) | Milwakee; WI | Jun. 2009 |
Contributed presentations: | ||
| APS March meeting | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 1992 |
| ACS National meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 1992 |
| SON Biochemistry | Lunteren; NL | Oct. 1992 |
| EuroConf. on Capillary dynamics | Arnhem; NL | Sep. 1992 |
| APS March meeting | Seattle; WA | Mar. 1993 |
| ACS National meeting | Denver; USA | Apr. 1993 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1993 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1993 |
| SON Fluids and Interfaces | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1993 |
| MSC biannual meeting | Vlieland; NL | Apr. 1993 |
| FOM Condensed Matter | Bilthoven; NL | Nov. 1993 |
| APS March meeting | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 1994 |
| ACS National meeting | San Diego; CA | Mar. 1994 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1994 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1994 |
| SON Fluids and Interfaces | Lunteren;NL | Feb. 1994 |
| NATO ASI "Forces in SPM" | Schluchsee; D | Mar. 1994 |
| APS March meeting | San Jose; CA | Mar. 1995 |
| ACS National meeting | Anaheim; CA | Apr. 1995 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1995 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1995 |
| EuroConference Complex Systems | Patras; GR | Sep. 1995 |
| EuroConf. Wetting & Capillarity | Aghia Pelagia; GR | Mar. 1996 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1996 |
| APS March meeting | Kansas City; MI | Mar. 1997 |
| ACS National meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 1997 |
| AIChE meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Nov. 1997 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; USA | Dec. 1997 |
| APS National meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 1998 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1999 |
| APS National meeting | Minneapolis; MN | Mar. 2000 |
| MRS meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 2000 |
| NIH Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | NIH Bethesda; MD | Jun. 2000 |
| ACS Colloids & Surfaces | Pittsburgh; PA | Jun. 2001 |
| APS Nat. Meeting | Seattle; WA | Mar. 2001 |
| "Relaxations in Complex Systems" | Heraklion; GR | Jun. 2001 |
| ACS Nat. Meeting | Chicago; IL | Aug. 2001 |
| APS Nat. Meeting(DPOLY w/Kuppa) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting(DBP w/Rackaitis) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting(DPOLY w/Runt) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting(DMR w/Strawhecker) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| Society for Biomaterials National Conference | Bethesda; MD | Apr. 2002 |
| Gordon Research Conference (Polymer Physics) | Newport; RI | Aug. 2002 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2002 |
| Hydrogen Conference (w/Lu) | University Park; PA | Mar. 2003 |
| Hydrogen Conference (w/Cho) | University Park; PA | Mar. 2003 |
| APS Nat. Meeting(DPOLY w/Anastasiadis) | Austin; TX | Mar. 2003 |
| XII World Lith. Conf. (w/ Rackaitis) | Chicago; IL | May 2003 |
| Intern. Conf. Intelligent Mater. (w/ Rackaitis) | University Park; PA | Jun. 2003 |
| ACS Graduate Conf. (w/ Kuppa) | Lehigh; PA | Jul. 2003 |
| Electrochemical Soc., 204th meeting (w/ Lu) | Orlando; FL | Oct. 2003 |
| Electrochemical Soc., 204th meeting (w/ Cho) | Orlando; FL | Oct. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Rackaitis) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| APS National Meeting | Montreal; QC | Mar. 2004 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Montreal; QC | Mar. 2004 |
| ICCE-11 Meeting (w/ Harrison) | Hilton-Head; SC | Aug. 2004 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Farmer) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Genzer) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Farmer) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ElectroChem Soc Nat Meet (w/ Lu) | Montreal; QB | May 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Washington; DC | Aug. 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Anderson) | Washington; DC | Aug. 2005 |
| "Seeing in the Nanoscale III" (w/ Rackaitis) | Santa Barbara; CA | Aug. 2005 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Vaia) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (e-Field) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Polyzos) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| PPS-22 International Meeting (w/ Nakajima) | Yamagata; Japan | Jul. 2006 |
| "Seeing in the Nanoscale IV" (w/ Strawhecker) | Philadelphia; PA | Jul. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Foley) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Kroener) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Diamanti) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Smart Dielectric, w/ Polizos) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Solid State Ionics) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| APS meeting (H2O in Nafion) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| APS meeting (Nanocomposites) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| APS meeting (w/ Koerner) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| "Seeing at the Nanoscale V" (w/ Strawhecker/Dow) | Santa Barbara; CA | Jun. 2007 |
| IEEE Applications of Ferroelectrics, ISAF08 (w/ Vivek) | Santa Fe; NM | Feb. 2008 |
| APS meeting (Selective Dispers) | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 2009 |
| APS meeting (w/ Bitsanis) | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 2009 |
| APS meeting (Antifungal) | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 2009 |
| APS meeting (w/ Hogshead) | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 2009 |
| APS meeting (w/ Ngoh) | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 2009 |
| Composite Interfaces Symp (w/ Nakajima) | Kyoto; JP | Apr. 2009 |
| Biomedical Eng Soc Annual Meeting (w/ Muddana) | Pittsburgh; PA | Oct. 2009 |
Abbreviations:
| APS: American Physical Society | FOM: Dutch Physical Society |
| ACS: American Chemical Society | SON: Dutch Chemical Society |
| MRS: Materials Research Society | FRCA: Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc. |