Biography
Paul Hansma
Co-Chair of Physics Department
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1972
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department: Physics Department
Address: Broida 2411
Email: phansma@physics.ucsb.edu
Homepage:
http://hansmalab.physics.ucsb.edu/
Phone: 805-893-2523
Fax: 805-893-3307
Research Statement:
The research activities of Prof. Paul Hansma include the development and testing of prototype Atomic Force Microscopes and other Scanning Probe Microscopes. In recent years, his work has mainly focused on the development of a new generation of Atomic Force Microscopes, based on small cantilevers, that will be capable of imaging at rates of over 10 frames/second (in contrast to current commercial instruments that typically take 1 minute/frame). His group has tested these microscopes on biomineralized samples and, in collaboration with Professor Morse and Professor Stucky and others, obtained insights into nature's strategies that are already being used for developing synthetic materials. He looks forward to obtaining new insights from new samples.
Education:
| 1964-67 | B.A., Physics, New College, Saratoga, FL |
| 1967-68 | M.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| 1968-72 | Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
Positions:
| 1980- | Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1994-97 | Co-Chair of Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1972-80 | Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara |
Selected Honors:
- Biological Physics Prize of the American Physical Society (2000)
- Max Planck Research Award (1993)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990)
- Fellow, American Physical Society, November (1989)
- Professor of the Year, University of California, Santa Barbara (1983)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1975-1977)
- National Science Foundation Fellowship (1967-1971)
- Presidential Scholar (presented by President Johnson) (1964)
