Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.
M.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
A.B. summa cum laude in Physics, Harvard University, 1976.
Professional Experience
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of
California, Davis, CA, 1994-present.
Visiting Professor, Laboratoire Surfaces et Interfaces de
Matériaux Avancé (SIMA), Associé à
l'Université Paris Sud XI, Orsay, France and Commisariat
à l’Énergie Atomique (CEA), Saclay, France,
2008-2009.
Chair, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis,
CA, 2003-2008.
Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose,
CA, 1983 - 1994.
Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1977-1983.
Summer Research Associate, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ,
1975-77 (summers).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1976-1977.
Teaching Fellow and Laboratory Instructor, Department of
Physics, Harvard University, 1975-76.
Awards
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
2008.
Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2006.
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Davis,
2001.
Outstanding Mentor Award, Consortium for Women and Research,
University of California, Davis, 2000.
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1994.
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for "Experimental
Observations with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope," 1990.
Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Solid State Physics
in Department of Energy's 1984 Materials Sciences Research
Competition for research on "Infrared Emission Spectroscopy of
Chemisorbed Molecules on Metal Surfaces."
Grants from Graduate Research Program for Women, Bell
Laboratories, 1976-1982.
Wheeler Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1976.
Phi Beta Kappa Election to Iota Chapter of Massachusetts,
1975.
Dean's List at Harvard University, 1974-1976.
National Merit Scholarship, 1973.
Recent Professional Activities
Member, Editorial Board of Nanomaterials, 2010-2012.
Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics, IOP Publishing, 2009-2011.
Member, General Organizing Committee, Conference on Physical
Electronics, 2011-2013.
Member, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter
Physics, American Physical Society, 2009-2012.
Secretary-Treasurer, California Section of the American
Physical Society, 2006-2011.
Member, International Advisory Committee, 11th International
Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and
Nanostructures (ACSIN-11), St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 3-7,
2011.
Member, International Advisory Committee, 10th International
Conference on the Structure of Surfaces (ICSOS), Hong Kong,
August 1-5, 2011.
