Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.
M.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
A.B. summa cum laude in Physics, Harvard University, 1976.
Professional Experience
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of
California, Davis, CA, 1994-present.
Faculty Assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs,
University of Califoria, Davis, CA, Jan. 2013-June 2018.
Visiting Professor, Laboratoire Surfaces et Interfaces de
Matériaux Avancé (SIMA), Associé à l'Université Paris Sud XI,
Orsay, France and Commisariat à l’Énergie Atomique (CEA),
Saclay, France, 2008-2009.
Chair, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis,
CA, 2003-2008.
Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose,
CA, 1983 - 1994.
Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1977-1983.
Summer Research Associate, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ,
1975-77 (summers).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1976-1977.
Teaching Fellow and Laboratory Instructor, Department of
Physics, Harvard University, 1975-76.
Awards
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
2008.
Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2006.
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Davis,
2001.
Outstanding Mentor Award, Consortium for Women and Research,
University of California, Davis, 2000.
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1994.
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for "Experimental
Observations with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope," 1990.
Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Solid State Physics
in Department of Energy's 1984 Materials Sciences Research
Competition for research on "Infrared Emission Spectroscopy of
Chemisorbed Molecules on Metal Surfaces."
Grants from Graduate Research Program for Women, Bell
Laboratories, 1976-1982.
Wheeler Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1976.
Phi Beta Kappa Election to Iota Chapter of Massachusetts,
1975.
Dean's List at Harvard University, 1974-1976.
National Merit Scholarship, 1973.
Recent Professional Activities
Editor-in-Chief, Nanomaterials, 2018-present.
Member, Editorial Board of Nanomaterials, 2010-2017.
International Advisory Committee, 14th International
Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures
(ACSIN-14) and 26st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM26),
Sendai, Japan, October 21-25, 2018.
Steering Committee for 13th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces,
Interfaces, and Nanostructures (ACSIN-13), Frascati Rome, Italy, Oct. 9-15, 2016.
Program Committee, 10th International Workshop on Low Energy Electron
Microscopy/Photoemission Electron Microscopy (LEEM/PEEM-10),
Monterey, California, September, 11-15, 2016.
Organizing Committee, A Voyage Through Four Generations of Synchrotron Radiation
Research, Workshop in Honor of Professor Charles S. Fadley’s 75th Birthday,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Sept. 2, 2016.
Trustee (elected member of Awards Committee), American Vacuum Society, 2012-2015.
Member, International Program Committee, 16th International Conference on Thin Films,
October 13-16, 2014 Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Co-organizer of Focus Session on “Surfaces and Interfaces in Nonoxide Nanostructures:
Growth, Structure, and Characterization,” Division of Materials Physics,
American Physical Society, March Meeting 2014, Denver, CO.
Member (elected), Executive Committee, Nanometer Science and Technology Divison,
American Vacuum Society, 2011-2013.
Co-organizer of Focus Session on “Nanostructure Control, Novel Stabilizing Mechanisms,
and Collective Dynamics in Epitaxial Growth,” Division of Materials Physics,
American Physical Society, March Meeting 2013, Baltimore, MD.
Member, Program Committee, International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology 2012
(ICN+T 2012), Paris, France, July 23-27, 2012.
Member, Program Committee, 16th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces
(ICSFS-16), Genoa, Italy, July 1-6, 2012.
Member, General Organizing Committee, Conference on Physical
Electronics, 2011-2013.
Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics, IOP Publishing, 2009-2013.
Member, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter
Physics, American Physical Society, 2009-2012.
Secretary-Treasurer, California Section of the American
Physical Society, 2006-2011.
Member, International Advisory Committee, 11th International
Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and
Nanostructures (ACSIN-11), St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 3-7,
2011.
Member, International Advisory Committee, 10th International
Conference on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS), Hong Kong,
August 1-5, 2011.
Division Chair (elected), Surface Science Division, American Vacuum Society, 2009.
Member, International Advisory Committee, Tenth International Conference on Atomically
Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures (ACSIN-10), Granada, Spain,
September, 21-25, 2009.
Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Thin Films 14 (ICTF-14),
Ghent, Belgium, Nov. 17-20, 2008.
Program Chair (elected), Surface Science Division, American Vacuum Society, 2008
Chair, Morton Traum Student Award Committee, Surface Science Division,
American Vacuum Society, 2006.
Member (elected), Executive Committee, Surface Science Division,
American Vacuum Society, 2005-2010.
