Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Princeton University, Physics AB 1974

Stanford University, Electrical Engineering MS 1976

Stanford University, Electrical Engineering PhD 1979

Appointments

Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley

  • Professor of the Graduate School (2018-present)

  • Department Chair (1995-2000)

  • Professor (1991-2018)

  • Associate Professor (1988-91)

  • Assistant Professor (1983-88)

Additional appointments, University of California, Berkeley

  • Affiliated Faculty, Applied Science & Technology Program

  • Affiliated Faculty, Energy and Resources Group

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Director, Advanced Light Source (2006-17)

Stanford University

  • Marvin Chodorow Fellow, Applied Physics Department (1980-83)

Selected Honors

  • Member, National Academy of Sciences, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, The Optical Society (OSA), and American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • APS 5-Sigma Physicist Award for Outstanding Advocacy (2019)

  • APS Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics (2015) (with seven others)

  • APS Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (2005) (with the APS Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense)

  • LBNL Advanced Light Source Halbach Prize for Instrumentation (2000) (with one other)

  • APS Distinguished Traveling Lecturer of the Laser Science Topical Group (1992-93)

  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984)

Selected Professional Activities

  • President, Advisory Board, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

  • Chair, Advisory Committee, Extreme Laser Infrastructure Beamlines, Czech Republic

  • Chair, LaserNetUS Science Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences

  • Co-Chair, NSF MPS Facilities and Major Research Infrastructure Subcommittee

  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Apollon Research Infrastructure, France

  • Member, External Advisory Committee, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State U

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley

  • Member, Board of Directors, Hertz Foundation

  • Member, American Physical Society Bridge Program Disciplinary Advisory Board

  • Member, Advisory Board, Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, UC Berkeley

  • Member, European Commission ELI ERIC International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee

  • Member, PULSE Institute External Advisory Committee, Stanford University

  • Past President of the American Physical Society (2018) ; APS Presidential Line (2016-19)

  • Past Member, Advisory Board, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Past Member, International Review Committee, SLiT-J Synchrotron, Japan

  • Past Member, Adv. Com., Quant.-Mats. for Energy Eff. Neuromorphic-Computing Q-MEEN-C, UCSD

  • Past Member, Executive Committee, NIF User Group, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Past Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (2015-20)

  • Past Member, US & Russian National Academy of Sciences Committee on Missile Defense (2017-18)

  • Past Director, Institute for Materials Dynamics at Extreme Conditions, Univ. CA (2011-16)

  • Past Elected Member, Lafayette, CA, School District Governing Board (Member and President) (2000-2004)

  • Past Member, NSF LIGO Program Advisory Committee (2016-19)