Professor of Physics
Professor of Chemistry
Director, Center for Materials Research
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1106
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Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Physics Professor of Chemistry Director, Center for Materials Research The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1106 |
MARRIED: August 3, 1969 to Paulayne T. Sklarsky
CHILDREN: 2 (Melissa Ann Epstein, b. 1974; Dana Michelle Epstein, b. 1978)
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
1966 B.S. Physics (cum laude), Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn,
NY
1967 M.S. Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1971 Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1971-1972 Member Technical Staff, The MITRE Corp., McLean, VA
1972-1985 Principal Scientist, Xerox Webster Research Center, Webster,
NY
1985-Present Professor of Physics and Professor of Chemistry, The Ohio
State University
1989-Present Director, OSU Center for Materials Research
1997-Present Distinguished University Professor, The Ohio State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Experimental and theoretical study of electronic (optical), transport,
and magnetic phenomena of synthetic metals, semiconductors and magnets
(polymeric and molecular materials), including the study of excitations
and their dynamics. Exploration of potential applications of unconventional
electronic/magnetic materials, including polymer-based light emitting devices
and EMI shielding. Synthesis and processing of electronic polymers.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1977, 81, 96 Co-Organizer, International Conferences on Synthetic Metals
(ICSMs 77, 81, 96)
1977, 81, 96 Co-Editor, Proc. ICSM 1977, ICSM 1981, ICSM 1996
1982-present Member, Exec Comm.; Prog. Comm., Int. Adv. Comm. ICSMs
82, 84, 86, 88, 90,
92, 94, 98, 00
1979 Visiting Professor, Univ. CA Los Angeles
1984, 1992 Visiting Professor, Université de Paris Sud, France
1984, 1989 Visiting Professor, Technion, Haifa, Israel
1983 -Present Regional Editor, Synthetic Metals
1985 -Present Consultant: DuPont, Eeonyx, Hexcel, Mitsubishi Rayon,
NCR, Xerox
1990 Organizer, Focused Sessions on Electronic Polymers, Materials
Physics Topical Group,
American Physical Society, Anaheim, California,
March 1990.
1993 Co-Organizer, Topical Conf. on Metallic Phase of Conducting Polymers;
Co-editor of Proc. (Synth. Met. 65 (1994))
1994 Co-Organizer, Fourth International Conference on Molecule-Based
Magnets,
Salt Lake City, UT 11-20 October 1994.; Co-Editor
Proc.
1996 Organizer, Symp. on Electronic Polymers, Soc. of Plastics Engineers
Annual Technical Conf.
(ANTEC), Indianapolis, IN, 6-8 May 1996
1996 Co-Organizer and Program Chair, International Conference on Science
and Technology
of Synthetic Metals, Snowbird, Utah, July 1996
1996 Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference
on
Molecule-Based Magnets, Osaka, Japan, July 1996
1997 Organizer, Short Course on Conducting Polymers, Am. Phys. Soc.,
Kansas City, MO
16 March 1997
1999 Member, Int. Adv. Comm., The VIIIth IUPAC Int. Symp. on Macromolecule-Metal
Complexes, Tokyo, Japan, 5-8 September, 1999
2000 Member, Int. Adv. Comm., The 4th Int. Topical Conf. on Optical
Probes of Conjugated
Polymers and Photonic Crystals, Salt Lake City,
UT, 15-19 February 2000
SELECTED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1981.
Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida,
1983-87.
Frontiers of Science Lecturer, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida, October 1984; October 1996
Sigma Xi Lecturer, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island,
December 1987
"Hottest" Paper in Chemistry, Institute of Scientific Information,
Jan.-Feb., 1990
Distinguished Scholar, The Ohio State University, 1991.
Finalist, Outstanding Teaching Award, The Ohio State University, 1994
Plenary Lecturer, Int. Conf. on Science and Technology of Synthetic
Metals, Seoul, Korea, July 1994
Plenary Lecturer, The Fifth International Conference on Molecule-Based
Magnets, Osaka, Japan, July 1996
Keynote Lecturer, 7th International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal
Complexes Noordwijkerhout,
Netherlands, October 1997
Distinguished University Professor, The Ohio State University, 1997
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 1997-Present
Lecturer, Weissberger Williams Lecture Series, Eastman Kodak Company,
Rochester, NY,
9 December 1997.
PUBLICATIONS: :More than 500 publications
PATENTS: More than 20 patents
INVITED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: More than 275
LIST OF GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE ADVISEES (since joining OSU in
1985):
| Ph-D Graduates | Ph.D. Graduates (continued)
(26 total) |
Postdocs
(10 total) |
| James Blatchford | Kwangjoon Kim | Andrew Burns |
| William Brinkerhoff | Randolph Kohlman | Mats Fahlman |
| Animesh Chakraborty | Jing-Min Leng | Shashi Jasty |
| Sailesh Chittipeddi | Liang-bih Lin | Hamid Javadi |
| Kimberly A. Coplin | Steven Long | Réne Laversanne |
| Keith R. Cromack | Brian Morin | Wonpil Lee |
| Gang Du | K. Sureswaran Narayan | Richard McCall |
| Darren Gebler | Mitchell G. Roe | Patricia Vaca-Segonds |
| John M. Ginder | Yunzhang Wang | Runguan Sun |
| Mihai Girtu | Zhao-Hui Wang | Daike Wang |
| Scott Jessen | Xiaolin Wei | Charles Wynn |
| Jinsoo Joo | Jiang Yue | Qianbeng Zheng |
| Mikolaj E. Jozefowicz | Fulin Zuo | Ping Zhou |