CURRICULUM VITAE

 

WILLIAM M. YEN

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-2451

 

180 River Oak Way                                                                 (706) 354-1613 (home)

Athens, GA 30605                                                                   (706) 542-2491 (work)

Web site: http://www.physast.uga.edu               e-mail: wyen@physast.uga.edu

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

EDUCATION:

 

            University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, B.S., Physics (with distinction) 1956

 

            Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Ph.D., Physics, 1962

                        Thesis: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Xe129 in Liquid and Solid

                                                Natural Xenon  (Advisor: R.E. Norberg)

 

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, postdoctoral studies with G.E. Pake and

            A.L.Schawlow,  1962-1965

 

 

EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE 

 

1986-Present              University of Georgia                                                Athens, GA

 

                                    Graham Perdue Professor of Physics (1986-  )

                                    Supervised eleven Ph.D. and four M.S. theses

 

                                                Visiting Senior Fellow, Australian National University,

                                                            Canberra, CT, Australia   (5/95-9/95)

E.T. Jaynes Visiting Professor of Physics, Washington

            University, St. Louis, MO (Fall 2004)

Affiliated Research Professor, University of Hawaii-

            Manoa, Honolulu, HI (March 2005- )

Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison,

            Madison, WI  (May, June 2005)

Visiting Educator, Whitman College. Walla Walla, WA

              (March 2007)

Visiting Professor, University of Verona, Italy

              (May 2007)

 

1965-1990                   University of Wisconsin                                             Madison, WI

 

                                    Professor, Physics (1972-90)              retired 9/1990

 

                                    Associate Professor, Physics (1968-72)

 

                                    Assistant Professor, Physics  (1965-68)

 

Supervised twenty one Ph.D. and one M.S. theses

 

                                                Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories,

                                                            Murray Hill, NJ   (Summer 1966)

                                                Visiting Scientist, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (8/66)

 

                                                Visiting Professor, Institute of Solid State Physics,

                                                            University of Tokyo, Japan (1/72-6/72)

                                                Visiting Scientist, U.S.-Republic of China Coop Science

                                                            Program, Taipei, Republic of China (7/72)

                                                Physicist, Laser Fusion Project, Lawrence Livermore Labs,

                                                            Livermore, CA (8/74-2/75)

Visiting Senior Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

            (8/74-6/75)

Visiting Professor, LURE, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay,

            France (4/76-7/76)

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,

            (9/79-12/79)

Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra,

            (3/80-4/80)

Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,

            Recife,  PE, Brazil (6/80)

Visiting Professor and Scientist, University of California,

            Santa Barbara, CA (1/81-3/81)

Guest Lecturer, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of

            Sciences, Changchun, PR China (7/81)

Research Physicist, FEL, University of California, Santa

            Barbara, CA (1/82-3/82) and (10/84-2/85)

Visiting Professor, J. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main,

            Germany (3/85-8/85)

Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Science and

            Technology, Hefei, PR China (9/85-10/85)

 

 

 1962-1965                  Stanford University                                                    Stanford, CA

 

                                    Research Associate

                                    (A.L. Schawlow, supervisor)

 

1956-62                       Washington University                                             St. Louis, MO

 

                                   

Research Associate (1962)

                                    ( R.E. Norberg, supervisor)

 

Research Assistant (1958-60)

                                    ( R.E. Norberg,  supervisor)

                                    Teaching Assistant (1956-58)

 

 

 

 

 

 

HONORS:

                        Honorary Professor, L.N. Gumilov Eurasian National University, Astana

                                       Kazakhstan (2006)

                        Career Achievement Award, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

                                      (May 2006)

                        Honorary Professor, Northern Jiatong University, Beijing, China (2005)

                        ICL International Prize on Luminescence Research

“for seminal contributions to optical excited dynamics and for exceptional leadership in the luminescence community” (2005)

                        University of Georgia Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award

                                    “for an outstanding body of research in the sciences’ (2005)

                        Honorary Professor, Washington University in St. Louis (2005)

                        Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

“for contributions to the advancement of the science of luminescent materials”  (1999)

                        Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

                                    “for contributions to the field of condensed matter Physics” (1980)

                        Fellow of the Optical Society of America

                                    “for contributions to the spectroscopy of solids” (1979)

                        Fellow of the American Physical Society

“for contributions to understanding of optical properties of solids” (1977)          

Edwin T. Jaynes Visiting Professorship, Washington University (St. Louis), (2004)

Graham Perdue Chair of Physics (Endowed), University of Georgia,

            (1986)

Fulbright Senior Scholar (Australia) 1995-96

Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award

            “in recognition of scientific achievements in research and

            teaching”  (1985, renewal 1990)

J.S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

            “for studies in experimental solid state Physics” (1979-80)

Honorary Professor, Institute of Physics (Luminescence), Academia

            Sinica, Beijing & Chanchun, PR China (1995-97)

Professor Honorario, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del

            Cusco, Cuzco, Peru (1982)

 

Ehrenfest Lecture, University of Leyden, Leyden, The Netherlands

            (1985)

Washington University van Blarcom Fellowship (1960-61)

Ohio Oil Predoctoral Fellowship (1959-60)

Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars) (1989)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

Memberships in Professional Societies:  AIP, OSA, Electrochemical Society, Inc.,

AAAS, Sigma Xi, American Ceramics Society, Materials Research Society

 

Consultanships:

 

                        Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Meier & Neustadt, Alexandria, VA

(2005-   )

 

                        University of Hawaii Board of Regents, Manoa, HI  (2005)

 

                        UVP Inc., Upland, CA (2004-)

 

                        MacDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D.C.  (2001-2003)

 

                        Chromonix, Birmingham, MI  (1994-1999)

 

                        Rosemount Corporation, St. Paul, MN (1989-93)

 

                        Florida State University Board of Regents, Tallahassee, FL (1988-93)

 

                        Sunstone Corporation, Dayton, NJ  (1983-86)

 

                        World Bank, Chinese University Development Project  (1985)

 

                        Argonne National Laboratories, Actinide Chemistry Group (1977-82)

 

                        Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Y (Laser Fusion) Group

                                    (1975-1986)

 

                        Varian Associates, Palo Alto, CA, Central Research Department 

                                    (1963-65)

 

Editorships:   

 

                        Chinese Journal of Luminescence, Member Advisort Board   (2005-   )

 

                        Journal of Luminescence, Associate Editor (1984-  )

 

                        Chinese Physics, Member of Editorial Board (1980-89)

 

                        Journal of Material Sciences, Associate Editor (1986-98)

 

 

Meetings, Panels and Boards:

 

                        International Conference on Luminescence (ICL)

                                    Chair of Organizing Committee, ICL’84, Madison, WI

                                    Member of the International Organizing Committee (1984-90)

                                    Chair, International Organizing Committee (1990-2005)

                                    Established the International Prize for Luminescence Research

                                    (1984) and Chaired the Prize Award Committee (1984-95)

 

                        Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids (DPC)

                                    Member of Founding Committee of Conference 1977

                                    Chair, Organizing Committee DPC ’78, Madison, WI

Member of International Organizing Committee (1978-  )

Established the Michael D. Sturge Prize for Excellence in Spectroscopy in the Solid State and served as Chair of the Prize Committee (2003-   )

 

                        Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter (EXCON)

                                    Member of Founding Committee of Conference 1994

                                    Chair, Organizing Committee EXCON’98, Boston, MA

Member Organizing Committee (1994-   )

 

Electrochemical Society, Inc, Luminescence & Display Materials

 Division (L&DM)

Helped established L&DM as a Division of ECS  1992

Chair, Luminescence and Display Materials Division (1993-95)

Member, Executive Committee L&DM Division  (1995-  )

Organizer of Physics and Chemistry Symposia, L&DM Division, Chicago 10/88, Orlando 10/89, Seattle 10/90, Phoenix 1/91, Honolulu 6/92, Québec City (2005), Denver (2006)

 

                        Optical Society of America

                                    William F. Meggers Award Committee, (1974-76)

 

                        International Conference on Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

                                    Member of Founding Committee of Conference 1979

                                    Member of Organizing Committee, Berkeley (1979), Ames (1981),

                                    Paris (1983).

 

Spectroscopy, Structure and Synthesis of Rare Earth Systems,

Poland (RES I, II, III, IV)

                        Excited States of Transition Elements, Poland (ESTE I, II, III, IV)

                                    Member of International Advisory Committee (1986-  )

 

                        International Conference on the Science and Technology of Display

                        Phosphors

                                    Member of Program Committee,  (1995-99)

 

                        International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials (ICDIM)

                                    Member of Program Committee, 1996

 

                        International Symposium on Magneto-Optics, Kyoto

                                    Member of Organizing Committee, 1987

 

                       

National Science Foundation

                                    Young Investigator Award Selection Panel,  (1984, 1986, 1997)

                                    Research Experience for Undergraduates Review Panel, (1995-97)

                                    Instruments for Material Research Panel, (1998, 1999)

                                    Optical Technology SBIR Review Panel, (1997, 1999, 2000)

                                    Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers

                                                            -Site Visitation Panel,    1996

                                    Co-organizer of US-Japan Exchange Seminars, Honolulu 1989,

                                                            Hakone 1995

Have been funded by the DMR division continuously from 1966-2005

 

                       

Environmental Protection Agency

Conceived and lobbied successfully for the establishment and funding of the National Ultraviolet Monitoring Center at the Department of Physics, UGA. This center has obtained nationwide recognition since it was founded in 1993.

 

                        Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Was the principal investigator of a proposal which competed successfully for the establishment of the Phosphor Technology Center of Excellence (PTCOE) sponsored by DARPA from 1993-99.

Obtained Georgia Research Alliance funding for the Center.

 

                        Department of Energy

                                    Puerto Rico EPSCoR Advisory Committee,   (1995-1999)

                                    Have been funded by DOE for the period 1985-92 and 1999-2002

 

                        Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Have been funded by the AFOSR from 1969-75 and from 1999-2002.

 

                        Army Research Office (ARO)

                                    Have been funded by the Army from 1978-1987.

 

                        Office of Naval Research (ONR)

                                    Have been funded by the ONR from 1976-82 and from 1989-93

 

 

University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF)

Invented and patented a number of persistent phosphor materials. The patents, U.S. 6,117,362 and U.S. 6,267,362, have been assigned to UGARF and are in the process of further development. A third patent has been granted in 2005; it entails a novel type of phosphor, entitled persistent energy transfer phosphors (UGARF case number 101)

                       

Southeastern University Research Association (SURA)

                                    Member, Council on Materials Science and Engineering, 

(1994-97)

                       

                        University of Madras, various colleges, Chennai, India

                                    Thesis Examiner in Physics  (2003   )

 

                        Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India

                                    Thesis Examiner in Physics  (2003)                  

                       

Lehigh University

                                    Department of Physics External Visitor Panel, (1997-98)

 

                        Oklahoma State University

                                    EPSCoR Review and Advisory Panel, (1990-91)

 

                        Florida State Universities Board of Regents

                                    Physics Programs Review Panel,   (1988-91)

 

                        Chinese University of Hong Kong

                                    External Examiner in Physics, (1976-78)