George Grüner

Experimental Condensed Matter

Office: 6-130P Knudsen
Phone: (310) 825-8782
email

Professional Preparation

• Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest 1961 - 1966
• Doctor of Sciences, Budapest 1972
• Ph.D., Hungarian Acad. of Science, 1977

Research Interest

• Experimental condensed matter physics, with focus on the electron states of matter.
• Chemical and bio-interactions with nano-structured devices.
  Novel active electronic devices.
• G. Grüner Research Groups:
  • G. Grüner Group

Appointments

• Chief Scientist, Nanomix Inc 2001-2004
• Professor of Physics, University of California Los Angeles 1980-present
• Visiting Professor, University of Stuttgart 2000
• Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 1998
• Visiting Professor, University of Augsburg 1997
• Visiting Professor, E T H, Zürich 1989
• Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart 1984
• Visiting Scientist, CENG Grenoble 1978(Sept-Dec)
• Visiting Scientist, University of Groningen 1977(Sept-Dec)
• Visiting Professor, University di Genoa 1974(Sept-Dec)
• Visiting Scientist, Imperial College London 1972-73
• Research Scientist, Central Research Institute for Physics 1966-79

Awards

• Technology Pioneer, World economic forum 2003
• Highly Cited Scientist (Rank 142 in physics) 2003
• Guggenheim Fellow 1998
• Honorary Professor Technical University of Budapest 1992
• Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1990
• Fellow of the American Physical Society 1988
• Alexander von Humboldt Senior American Scientist Award 1984

Professional Activities (past and present)

• Consultant:
  IBM Corporation
  Exxon Research Corporation
  INCOR Advisory Panel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Technical Advisory Board, Superconductor Technologies, Inc
  MTT Technical Committee
  ICAM Steering Committee, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Publications (click here for Prof. Grüner's publications list)

• 370 research articles
• 20 review papers
• 2 books