Lawrence B. Coleman
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Physics
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616
(916) 752-6258
e-mail: LBColeman@ucdavis.edu
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Positions at the University of California, Davis :
Current Position:
Professor, Department of Physics 1991 - Present.
Previous Positions:
Chair, Davis Division of the Academic Senate 1995 - 1997.
Director, The Internship and Career Center 1988 - 1994.
Acting Vice Provost -- Academic Programs and Dean -- Undergraduate Studies 1991 - 1992.
Acting Associate Vice Chancellor -- Academic Programs 1990-1991.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics 1982 - 1991.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics 1976 - 1982.
Previous Affiliations :
Postdoctoral Research Investigator,
Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1975-1976.
Research Fellow,
Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1975.
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
1975 Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania
1970 B.A. Physics, The Johns Hopkins University
CONTINUING EDUCATION
1992 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Management Development Program
HONORS
1993 Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society
1987 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Davis
1977, 1981 Regents Junior Faculty Fellow, University of California, Davis
1976 Earle C. Anthony Faculty Research Award, University of California, Davis
1973-75 IBM Corporation Predoctoral Fellow,University of Pennsylvania
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Society Memberships: American Physical Society (Life member), Societyfor Applied Spectroscopy, American Association for the Advancement of Science,American Association of Higher Education, Sigma Xi
Reviewer and Referee: for professional journals, including The PhysicalReview, Physical Review Letters, Solid State Communications, InternationalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; and for research proposals to theNational Science Foundation and US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
Trustee and member of Executive Committee,
Explorit - The Davis Regional Science Center 1992-1997
Chair, Program Committee, Explorit - The Davis Regional Science Center
Steering Committee, Northern California Science Alliance 1991-93
Research Publications
1. 1968 Gabrielle Donnay, Lawrence B. Coleman, Nilde G.Krieghoff, and D.O. Cowan, TRIMETHYLPLATINIUM(IV) IODIDE AND ITSMISREPRESENTATION AS HEXAMETHYLPLATINIUM. Acta Crystallographica B24,157-159.
2. 1972 S. Ehrenfreund, S. Etemad, L.B. Coleman, E.F. Rybaczewski,A.F. Garito, and A.J. Heeger, ROLE OF DISORDER IN A CLASS OF ONE-DIMENSIONALCONDUCTORS. Physical Review Letters 29, 269-272.
3. 1973 L.B. Coleman, S.K. Khanna, A.F. Garito, and A.J. Heeger,NON-MAGNETIC,SEMICONDUCTING PHASE OF (NMP)(TCNQ). Physics Letters 42A,15-16.
4. 1973 L.B. Coleman, J.A. Cohen, A.F. Garito, and A.J. Heeger,CONDUCTIVITY STUDIES ON HIGH PURITY N-METHYLPHENAZINIUMTETRACYANOQUINODIMETHAN, Physical Review B7, 2122-2128.
5. 1973 L.B. Coleman, M.J. Cohen. D.J. Sandman, F.G. Yamagishi, A.F.Garito, and A.J. Heeger, SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS AND THE PEIERLSINSTABILITY IN AN ORGANIC SOLID, Solid State Communications 12,1125-1132.
6. 1974 M.J. Cohen. L.B. Coleman, A.F. Garito, and A.J. Heeger,ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF TETRATHIOFULVALENE TETRACYANO-QUINODIMETHAN(TTF)(TCNQ), Physical Review B10, 1298-1307.
7. 1975 L.B. Coleman, F.G. Yamagishi, A.F. Garito, A.J. Heeger, D.J.Dahm, M.G. Miles, and J.D. Wilson, TTF-TCNQ: EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATING CHAINS INA DERIVATIVE SALT, Physics Letters 51A, 412-414.
8. 1975 L.B. Coleman, TECHNIQUE FOR CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS ONSINGLE CRYSTALS OF ORGANIC MATERIALS, The Review of Scientific Instruments46, 1125-1126.
9. 1975 L.B. Coleman, C.R. Fincher, Jr., A.F. Garito, and A.J.Heeger, FAR INFRARED SINGLE CRYSTAL STUDIES OF (TTF)(TCNQ), Physica StatusSolidi (B) 75, 239-245.
10. 1976 Marshall J. Cohen, L.B. Coleman, A.F. Garito, and A.J.Heeger, THE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF TETRATHIOFULVALENETETRACYANOQUINODOMETHANE (TTF)(TCNQ), Physical Review B134, 5111-5116.
11. 1977 L.B. Coleman, A.M. Hermann, R. Williams, and R.B. Somoano,ON THE CRYSTAL PHASES OF (DEPE)(TCNQ)4 , Physica Status SolidiB82, K117-K121.
12 1978 B. Morosin, H.J. Plastas, L.B. Coleman, and J.M. Stewart. THECRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE CHARGE-TRANSFER COMPLEX BETWEEN N-ETHYLPHENAZIUM (EtP)AND DIMERIZED 7,7,8,8, TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE(TCNQ) IONS, ActaCrystallographica B34, 540-543.
13. 1978 L.B. Coleman, CRYSTAL PERFECTION AND THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIESOF (TTF)(TCNQ) (invited paper) Annals of the New York Academy ofSciences 313, 316-332.
14. 1978 L.B. Coleman, POLYCRYSTALLINE TECHNIQUES FOR CONDUCTIVITYSTUDIES OF ORGANIC CHARGE TRANSFER SALTS, The Review of Scientific Instruments49, 58-62.
15. 1979 L.B. Coleman, THERMOELECTRIC POWER STUDIES OF PHASETRANSITIONS IN FAST ION CONDUCTORS, Fast Ion Transport in Solids.Editors P. Vashista, J.N. Mundy, and G.C. Shenoy. North Holland Press601-603.
16. 1981 H.G. LeDuc and L.B. Coleman, SPECIFIC HEATSTUDIES OF SILVER FAST ION CONDUCTORS. Solid State Ionics 5,469-472.
17. 1981 Q. Kim, R. Somoano, C.Lowe Ma, L.B. Coleman, and A. Moopenn,STUDIES OF DEFECTS IN IMPROPER FERROELECTRICS. Ferroelectrics 36,435-438.
18. 1981 M.R. Madison, L. B. Coleman, and R. Somoano, DISORDER AND THEGROUND STATE OF BIS(TETRATHIATETRACENE)TRIODIDE TTT2I3.Solid State Communications 40,979-982.
19. 1982 L.B. Coleman, CRYOSTAT INSERT FOR DIRECT ABSORBANCEMEASUREMENTS IN THE FAR INFRARED. Infrared Physics 22, 109-112.
20. 1982 M.R. Madison, L.B. Coleman, J.C. Kimball, and R.M. Williams.SPECIFIC HEAT STUDIES OF THE MIXED-VALENCE TETRATHIAFULVALENE (TTF) SALTS:(TTF)Br0.72, (TTF)Cl0.67 AND (TTF)(SCN)0.57.Physical Review B25,6146-6154.
21. 1984 M.R. Madison, H.G. LeDuc, and L.B. Coleman, LOW TEMPERATURESPECIFIC HEAT OF b-AgI, b-Ag2HgI4, and PyridiniumAg5I6. Journal of Chemical Physics 81, 470-472.
22. 1984 H.G. LeDuc, L.B. Coleman, and G.V. Chadrashekhar, INFRAREDAND FAR-INFRARED STUDIES OF ZINC COMPENSATED b- GALLATES, Physical ReviewB30, 7206-7211.
23. 1985 H.G. LeDuc and L.B. Coleman, FAR INFRARED STUDIES OF THEPHASE TRANSITION AND CONDUCTION MECHANISM IN THE FAST-ION CONDUCTORSAg2HgI4 AND Cu2HgI4, PhysicalReview B31, 933-941.
24. 1985 A.M. Moopenn and L.B. Coleman, LOW FREQUENCY OPTICAL STUDIESOF BORACITE IMPROPER FERROELECTRICS, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics24, 344-346.
25. 1987 R.F. Gallup, T.G. Fiske, L.K. Andersson, and L.B. Coleman,INCREASING THE HIGH FREQUENCY LIMIT OF A COMMERCIAL FAR INFRAREDINTERFEROMETER, Infrared Physics 27, 257-259.
26. 1987 Stephen T. Kowel, Richard Selfridge, Charles Eldering, NormanMatloff, Pieter Stroeve, Brian G. Higgins, M.P. Srinivasan, and Lawrence B.Coleman, FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF ORDERED POLYMERIC THIN FILMS, Thin SolidFilms 152, 377-403.
27. 1988 Pieter Stroeve, Alberto Goenaga, Brian Anderson, Brian G. Higgins,Stephen T. Kowel, and Lawrence B. Coleman, IN-SITU DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUESFOR ULTRATHIN ORGANIC FILMS, Journal de Chimie Physique 85, 1015-1025.
28. 1989 Lawrence B. Coleman, Thomas G. Fiske, Pieter Stroeve, ManuelA.N. Coelho, Shengxiong Dong, Helmut Ringsdorf and Jurgen Schneider, EFFECTS OFHEATING ON THE MOLECULAR ORIENTATION OF POLYMERIC LIPIDS, Thin Solid Films178, 227-232.
29. 1989 Pieter Stroeve, Manuel A.N. Coelho, Shengxiong Dong, Paul Lam,Lawrence B. Coleman, Thomas G. Fiske, Helmut Ringsdorf, and JurgenSchneider, GAS TRANSFER IN SUPPORTED LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILMS OF POLYMERICLIPIDS, Thin Solid Films 180, 241-248.
30. 1990 V.M. Da Costa and L.B. Coleman, A DOUBLE POLARIZATIONMODULATION FAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER, Review of Scientific Instruments61, 2113-2120.
31. 1990 R.F. Gallup and L.B. Coleman, VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA AND THEFERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION OF COLEMANITE, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals17, 271-274.
32. 1990 V.M. Da Costa and L.B. Coleman, THEORY OF A DOUBLEPOLARIZATION MODULATED MARTIN-PUPLETT INTERFEROMETER, Applied Spectroscopy44 1301-1308.
33. 1990 A. Moopenn and L.B. Coleman, VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND THEIMPROPER FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION IN NICKEL BROMIDE AND COPPER CHLORIDEBORACITE, Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids 51 1099-1110.
34. 1991 Pieter Stroeve, G.J.R. Spooner, Paul Bruinsma, L.B.Coleman, Cristian Erdelen, and Helmut Ringsdorf, FTIR AND GAS TRANSFERSTUDIES OF POLYMERIC LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS, American Chemical SocietySymposia 447, 177-191.
35. 1991 V.M. Da Costa and L.B. Coleman, FAR INFRAREDREFLECTION-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (FIRRAS) OF ULTRA-THIN FILMS, PhysicalReview B15, 1903-1912.
36. 1991 P. J. Bruinsma, Claus Sturesson, G.J.R. Spooner, L.B. Coleman,and Pieter Stroeve, TRANSPORT OF CARBON DIOXIDE, METHANE, AND NITROGEN THROUGHPOLYMERIC LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILMS, Polymer Preps. 32, 242-243.
37. 1991 T.G. Fiske, V.M. Da Costa, and L.B. Coleman, A ROTATING INPUTPOLARIZER FOR A DOUBLE POLARIZATION MODULATION FAR INFRARED SPECTROMETER, Rev.Sci. Instruments 62, 1861-2.
38. 1992 T.G. Fiske and L.B. Coleman, LONGITUDINAL-OPTICAL PHONONS INTHIN FILMS OF RUBIDIUM IODIDE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, RUBIDIUM IODIDE, CESIUMIODIDE, AND CESIUM BROMIDE, Physical Review B45, 1414-1424.
39. 1992 Paul J. Bruinsma, G.J.R. Spooner, L.B. Coleman, Roni Koren,Claes Sturesson, and Pieter Strove, SELECTIVITY OF TOXIC AND ACID GASES OVERMETHANE AND NITROGEN IN LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILMS, Thin Solid Films. 210,440-442.
40. 1992 Pieter Stroeve, Roni Koren, L.B. Coleman, J.D. Stenger-Smith,FLUORINATED, MAIN CHAIN CHROMOPHORIC POLYMER - LANGMUIR LAYER AND FOURIERTRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES, Macromolecular Assemblies inPolymeric Systems. Pieter Stroeve and Anna C. Balazs, editors. AmericanChemical Society Symposium Series 493, 83-93.
41. 1993 L.B. Coleman, M.J. Cohen. D.J. Sandman, F.G. Yamagishi, A.F.Garito, and A.J. Heeger, SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS AND THE PEIERLSINSTABILITY IN AN ORGANIC SOLID, Solid State Communications 88, 989-995.( Reprint of publication #5, in Commemorative Issue of Solid StateCommunications. Special issue celebrating "the most influential paperspublished in Solid State Communications over the past thirty years.")
42. 1994 V.M. Da Costa, T.G. Fiske, and L.B. Coleman, FAR INFRAREDREFLECTION-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY OF THIN POLYETHYLENE OXIDE FILMS, Journal ofChemical Physics, 101, 2746-2751.
43. 1997 L.B. Coleman, FAR INFRARED DOUBLE POLARIZATION MODULATIONSPECTRSCOPY AND ITS APPLICATION TO REFLECTION-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY,Principles and Aopplications of Polarization Division Interferometry,Prasad Polavarapu, editor, John Wiley & Sons, In Press.
Other Publications
1992 Lawrence B. Coleman, TEACHING VS. RESEARCH, UC DavisMagazine. 9, 12-13.
1992 Lawrence B. Coleman, A CALL FOR SENSITIVITY, Scientist. 6,12.
1993 Lawrence B. Coleman, MORE ON CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE IN SPACE,New England Journal of Medicine 329, 1822.
1994 Lawrence B. Coleman, WRITER'S BLOCK, Writing on the Edge5, 54.
Textbook Contributions
1988 Francis W. Sears, Mark W. Zemansky, and Hugh D. Young.University Physics. Contribution to the Problem Sets by Lawrence B.Coleman. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
1990 Francis W. Sears Mark W. Zemansky, and Hugh D. Young. CollegePhysics. Contribution to the Problem Sets by Lawrence B. Coleman.Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Current Extramural Funding
1994-1997 National Science Foundation, "Reform of the `Non-Calculus"Introductory Physics Course from a Constructivist Perspective." $ 310,000, one co-PI.