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Alan J. Heeger

American physicist and chemist (born 1936)

Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureatein chemistry.

Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications.

Life and career

Heeger was born in Sioux City, Iowa, into a Jewish family. He grew up in Akron, Iowa, where his father owned a general store. At age nine, following his father's death, the family moved to Sioux City.^[1]

Heeger earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1957, and a Ph.D in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. From 1962 to 1982 he was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1982 he commenced his present appointment as a professor in the Physics Department and the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research has led to the formation o

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Dr. Alan J. Heeger received his BS degree with high distinction in 1957 from the University of Nebraska, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. In 1962, he became an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, then became a Professor there (1967-82). He was Acting Vice-Provost for Research (1981-82), and Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (1978-81). He was also a Visiting Professor of Physics at the University of Geneva (1968-69). Dr. Heeger became Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982. He was the Director for the Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids at UCSB (1982-1999). He also became Professor of Materials (in Engineering) at UCSB in 1985. In 1990, Dr. Heeger founded and chaired the UNIAX Corporation. He has acted as President, CEO, and Chief Scientist/ Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Heeger is also a member on the Board of Directors of QTL Biosystems in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

Dr. Heeger has received many notable honors and awards: Alfred P. Sloan Fou

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Widely known for his pioneering research in and the co-founding of the field of semiconducting and metallic polymers, Professor Heeger is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000), the Oliver E. Buckley Prize for Condensed Matter Physics, the Balzan Prize for the Science of New Materials, the President.s Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the University of Pennsylvania, the Chancellor.s Medal from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and honorary doctorates from universities in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the National Academy of Science (USA), the National Academy of Engineering (USA), the Korean Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Science.

Prof. Heeger has more than 800 publications in scientific journals and more than 50 patents. He founded UNIAX Corporation in 1990; UNIAX was acquired by DuPont in 2000. Prof. Heeger is a co-founder and serves on the Board of Directors Konarka Technologies Inc. He is co-founder and Chairman of CBrite In