Pierre Wiltzius

Pierre Wiltzius
Born(1952-05-13)May 13, 1952
Luxembourg
EducationETH Zurich
Scientific career
WorkplacesUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Pierre Wiltzius (May 13, 1952 Luxembourg - ) is a physicist, the Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science and Susan & Bruce Worster Dean of Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Engineering, 1999).

His research has varied from photonic crystals and new fabrication techniques such as multi-beam interference lithography and colloidal self-assembly, complex fluids and soft condensed matter, resulting in high citations of 1310, 771 and 537, two of them consistently published by Nature.

Education

Wiltzius attended the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, Switzerland. There he earned Bachelor of Science in Physics ("Diplomphysiker") as of 1976 and Doctor of Natural Science (DSc.N.) in 1981. His doctoral thesis An investigation of the fibrinogen to fibrin transition by means of light scattering was interdisciplinary, examining blood coagulation from viewpoints of both physics and medicine.

He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Physics Department at UC Santa Barbara from 1982 to 1984.

Career

Wiltzius worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories (later Lucent Technologies) from 1984 to 2001, rising to the position of director of semiconductor physics research.

As of 2001, Wiltzius became Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, succeeding Jiri Jonas. He served as Director from 2001 to 2008.

As of 2008, Pierre Wiltzius joined the University of California, Santa Barbara, as Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science, the Susan & Bruce Worster Dean of Science, and Professor of Physics.

Research

His research interests include soft condensed matter and complex fluids including polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals. He has investigated the development of new fabrication techniques for photonic crystals including colloidal self-assembly and multi-beam interference lithography. He was also involved in developing plastic transistors on flexible substrates for various applications, including electronic paper.

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 Wiltzius, Pierre (1981). "Diss. ETH Nr. 6764 An investigation of the fibrinogen to fibrin transition by means of light scattering" (PDF). SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ZURICH. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kloeppel, James E. (August 24, 2001). "New Beckman Institute director named". Illinois News Bureau. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Pierre Wiltzius". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Polman, Albert; Wiltzius, Pierre, eds. (August 2001). "Materials Science Aspects of Photonic Crystals" (PDF). MRS Bulletin: 608–612. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine (2005). Facilitating interdisciplinary research. Washington: National Academies Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 978-0-309-09435-1. Retrieved 25 October 2017. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. 1 2 3 4 Yang, Henry T. (June 11, 2008). "Memos to Campus Appointment of Dr. Pierre Wiltzius as Our Next Dean for the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences". Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara.
  7. ↑ "History of the Beckman Institute". Beckman Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Wiltzius Named Dean of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences". 93106. Vol. 19, no. 1. July 14, 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Braun, Paul V.; Wiltzius, Pierre (9 December 1999). "Microporous materials: Electrochemically grown photonic crystals". Nature. 402 (6762): 603–604. Bibcode:1999Natur.402..603B. doi:10.1038/45137. S2CID 205035283.
  10. ↑ Takeda, Satoshi; Wiltzius, Pierre (November 2006). "Growth of Highly Ordered Colloidal Crystals Using Self-Assembly at Liquid−Liquid Interfaces". Chemistry of Materials. 18 (24): 5643–5645. doi:10.1021/cm0615525.
  11. ↑ van Blaaderen, Alfons; Ruel, Rene; Wiltzius, Pierre (23 January 1997). "Template-directed colloidal crystallization". Nature. 385 (6614): 321–324. Bibcode:1997Natur.385..321V. doi:10.1038/385321a0. S2CID 4248282.
  12. ↑ Miyake, Masao; Chen, Ying-Chieh; Braun, Paul V.; Wiltzius, Pierre (7 August 2009). "Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Using Multibeam Interference Lithography and Electrodeposition". Advanced Materials. 21 (29): 3012–3015. Bibcode:2009AdM....21.3012M. doi:10.1002/adma.200802085. S2CID 16974674.
  13. ↑ Brown, Chappell (November 30, 2000). "Electronic paper writes new chapter for displays Electronic paper writes new chapter for displays". EETimes. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  14. ↑ Mann, Charles C. (March 1, 2001). "Electronic Paper Turns the Page". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  15. ↑ Kahney, Leander (October 12, 1999). "E-Paper closer to delivery". Wired. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. 1 2 Zhenan Bao, Ananth Dodabalapur, Hendrik Schon, John Rogers, Howard Edan Katz, Andrew J. Lovinger, Christian Kloc, Beltram Batlogg, Brian Crone, Kirk W. Baldwin, Valerie J. Kuck, V. Reddy Raju, Pierre Wiltzius, Elsa Reichmanis, Edwin A. Chandross, Karl Amundson, Jay Ewing, Paul S. Drzaic, "Novel organic and polymeric semiconductors for plastic electronics", Proc. SPIE 4466, Organic Field Effect Transistors, (21 December 2001); doi: 10.1117/12.451475; https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.451475
  17. ↑ "The IEEE Newsletter". IEEE North Jersey Section. August 2001.
  18. ↑ "Plastic Circuit Technology". R&D 100 Conference. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "P Wiltzius". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". APS Physics. Retrieved 25 October 2017.