DAVID LEDERMAN

 

Department of Physics

E-Mail: david.lederman@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia University

Tel:  (304) 293-3422 Ext. 1494

Morgantown, WV 26506-6315

Fax:  (304) 293-5732

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Physics

University of California - Santa Barbara, 1992

B. S. with Honors, Physics

Stanford University, 1988

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

Professor

Physics Department, West Virginia University

2005 – Present

Associate Professor

Physics Department, West Virginia University

2001 – 2005

Assistant Professor

Physics Department, West Virginia University

1995 – 2001

Project Scientist

Physics Department, University of California - San Diego

1993 - 1995

Lecturer

Physics Department, University of California - San Diego

1994

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Physics Department, University of California - San Diego 1992 - 1993

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

·         2004-2006 Woodburn Professor, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, WVU

·         2004 Outstanding Researcher Award, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, WVU

·         1998-2002 National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient          

·         Invited Speaker 1993, 1998 March Meeting of the American Physical Society

·         Graduate Dissertation Fellowship 1991 University of California - Santa Barbara

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Functional Building Block Group Leader/ Electronic Transduction

 

WVNano Initiative, 2005-present

Director, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site on Multifunctional Nanomaterials

 

2007 - present

Referee

Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physics Letters A, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Thin Solid Films, Applied Physics Letters,  Journal of Applied Physics

Professional Memberships

American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Executive committee APS GMAG

 

Focus Session Organizer

 

2001 March Meeting American Physical Society

Program Committee Member

2001 46th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, 2003 MRS Fall Meeting

 

Symposium Organizer

Fall 2003 Materials Research Society Meeting

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Magnetic thin films, surfaces, and superlattices; spintronics; multifunctional materials, nanotechnology