Biography
George C. Schatz
Professor
Ph. D., California Institute of Technology, 1976
Northwestern University
Department: Chemistry
Address: 4018 Nanofabrication Center
Email: Schatz@chem.northwestern.edu
Homepage: http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~schatz
Phone: 847-491-5657
Fax: 847-491-7713
Research Statement:
Prof. Schatz does theory and computation concerned with nanoscale structures, dynamics, and optical properties. A significant interest is in the development of combined electronic structure and molecular dynamics methods for simulating processes which involve the formation or breaking of chemical bonds, including nanotube fracture and polymer degradation. Schatz is also involved in atomic molecular dynamics simulations of many properties of DNA. In addition, Schatz has been active for many years in studies of the optical properties of metal nanoparticles and nanoparticle assemblies using classical electrodynamics.
Education:
| 1967-71 | B.S., Chemistry (with honors), Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY |
| 1971-76 | Ph. D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
Positions:
| 2002- | 1976 Morrison Professor |
| 1982-02 | Professor |
| 1980-82 | Associate Professor |
| 1976-80 | Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1975-76 | Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
Selected Honors:
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002
- Elected to the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences, 2001
- Fellow, AAAS, 1999
- Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1993-present
- Max Planck Research Award, 1993
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 1987
- Fresenius Award (of Phi Lambda Upsilon), 1983
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1981-1986
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1980-1982
