Horst Stormer
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Introduced by Shalinee Kishore, P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering Interviewed by Tom Koch, director, Center for Optical Technologies, Daniel E. '39 and Patricia M. Smith Endowed Chair, professor of electrical engineering and physics department of electrical and computer engineering |
The I. I. Rabi Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Physics at Columbia University
Title of Presentation: Conveying Science
Horst Stormer received his Ph.D. in 1977 from the University of Stuttgart, joined Bell Labs as a postdoc shortly after and became member of technical Sstaff at AT&T Bell Labs in 1978. From 1983 to 1992, he headed the semiconductor physics research department and became director of the Physical Research Laboratory of Bell Labs in 1992. In 1997, Stormer moved to adjunct physics vice president at Bell Labs, now Lucent Technologies, and became a professor in the physics and in the applied physics department of Columbia University. Stormer has worked extensively on the properties of lower-dimensional electron systems and published more than 200 papers on the subject. At present, he studies electronic transport, emphasizing nanosized structures, such as graphene, electron sheets in semiconductors and molecules. In 1998, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with D. C. Tsui and R. B. Laughlin for the discovery of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect. Stormer is part of a group of Columbia researchers trying to convey the importance and beauty of science to all Columbia freshmen in a course entitled "Frontiers of Science".
Introduced by Shalinee Kishore
Shalinee Kishore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She obtained the Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2003 and 2001, respectively, and the M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1999 and 1996, respectively. From 1994 to 2002, she has held numerous internships at AT&T, Bell Labs, and AT&T Labs-Research. Shalinee is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship, and the AT&T Labs Fellowship Award. Her research interests are in communications theory, networks, and signal processing, with emphasis on wireless systems.
Interviewed by Thomas L. Koch
Thomas L. Koch is a joint Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics Departments at Lehigh University, and holds the Daniel E. '39 and Patricia M. Smith Endowed Chair of Director, Center for Optical Technologies. Dr. Koch previously held Vice President positions at SDL, Lucent, and most recently at Agere Systems, where he was responsible for research and development of the underlying materials and device technologies required to support Agere's optoelectronic and IC product portfolio.
Koch received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in Physics and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1982. Upon joining Bell Laboratories Research as a member of technical staff in that year, his activities focused on improving the spectral properties and modulation characteristics of semiconductor lasers used in high capacity optical fiber communications systems. This included Bell Labs' first high-performance distributed-feedback (DFB) lasers with record-setting transmission rates, basic advances in tunable lasers, and later as Department Head, leading the research team that developed the first generation of semiconductor photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
In the international scientific community Koch has served on numerous conference, technical and governance committees for the OSA and the IEEE, and has chaired a number of major conferences, including the Optical Fiber Communications conference (OFC), the IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, and the IEEE International Semiconductor Laser Conference. Dr. Koch holds 35 patents and has authored or co-authored over 300 journal and conference publications, several book chapters, and was co-editor of the two-volume book, "Optical Fiber Telecommunications III," with Ivan. P. Kaminow. He has received the Distinguished Lecturer Award and the William Streifer Award for Scientific Achievement from the IEEE LEOS, and is a Bell Labs Fellow, a Fellow of the OSA and the IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
