Phaedon Avouris

Phaedon Avouris
Born	1945 Athens, Greece
Occupation	Chemical physicist
Known for	Nanoscience and nanotechnology, molecular-scale devices, carbon nanotubes, graphene

Phaedon Avouris () is a chemical physicist from Greece who specializes in nanoscience and nanotechnology. His work at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center centers on molecular-scale devices for computing and electronics, encompassing both experimental and theoretical investigations into the electronic and photonic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene.

Biography

Avouris was born in 1945 in Athens, Greece. He obtained his BSc degree in chemistry from the Aristotle University in 1968. Following postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles, he earned a PhD in physical chemistry from Michigan State University in 1974. He has held adjunct research professorships at Columbia University starting in 2003 and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's ECE Department since 2016.

Awards and honours

Avouris is a member of several distinguished academies and professional organizations, including:

• National Academy of Sciences, inducted in 2017
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, inducted in 2003
• Corresponding member of the Academy of Athens since 2007
• Member of the IBM Academy of Technology, since 2004

He has also been recognized as a fellow by numerous societies, such as:

• American Physical Society (APS), since 1987
• Institute of Physics (U.K.), since 2004
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since 2014
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), since 1996
• Materials Research Society (MRS), since 2011
• American Vacuum Society (AVS), since 1997
• Member of the World Technology Network, since 1999

His scientific contributions have been honored with numerous awards, including:

• Irving Langmuir Prize for Chemical Physics from the American Physical Society, awarded in 2003
• Medard W. Welch Award for Surface Science by the American Vacuum Society, received in 1997
• IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award, presented in 2010
• Richard Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology from the Foresight Institute, awarded in 1999
• Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics (shared with T. Heinz), received in 2008
• MRS David Turnbull Lectureship from the Materials Research Society, awarded in 2011
• Richard E. Smalley Prize by the Electrochemical Society, received in 2009
• H. Bloch Medal recognizing Excellence in Industry Research from the University of Chicago, awarded in 2015
• IBM Exceptional Achievement Corporate Award, granted in 2011
• Numerous Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards from IBM Corporation spanning from 1989 to 2015
• Honorary Doctorate from International Hellenic University, conferred in 2013
• Distinguished Alumnus Award from Michigan State University, received in 2001

General references

• Avouris, Phaedon. "Manipulation of Matter at the Atomic and Molecular Levels." Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 28, no. 3, 1995, pp. 95–102.
• Avouris, Phaedon. "Carbon nanotube electronics and photonics." Physics Today, vol. 62, no. 1, 2009, pp. 34–40.
• Weiss, Paul S. "A Conversation with Dr. Phaedon Avouris: Nanoscience Leader." ACS Nano, vol. 4, no. 12, 2010, pp. 7041–7047.
• Avouris, Phaedon; Freitag, Marcus; Perebeinos, Vasili. "Carbon-nanotube photonics and optoelectronics." Nature Photonics, vol. 2, no. 6, 2008, pp. 341–350.
• Avouris, Phaedon; Dimitrakopoulos, Christos. "Graphene: synthesis and applications." Materials Today, vol. 15, no. 3, 2012, pp. 86–97.
• Xia, Fengnian; Yan, Hugen; Avouris, Phaedon. "The Interaction of Light and Graphene: Basics, Devices, and Applications." Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 101, no. 7, 2013, pp. 1717–1731.
• Low, Tony; Avouris, Phaedon. "Graphene Plasmonics for Terahertz to Mid-Infrared Applications." ACS Nano, vol. 8, no. 2, 2014, pp. 1086–1101.

External links

• Homepage of the Nanometer Scale Science and Technology Group
• Irving Langmuir Award
• Academy of Athens Official Site
• List of Feynman Prize Honorees