Tony F Heinz

Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science · Stanford University · company speakers →

Tony Heinz is a Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering and a joint affiliation with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Heinz received a BS degree in Physics from Stanford University in 1978 and a PhD degree, also in Physics, from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982. Heinz was subsequently at the IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights, NY until joining Columbia University in 1995 as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics. At Columbia, he served as a Scientific Director of the Columbia Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) and of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC). He was also the President of Optica in 2012. Heinz joined Stanford University in 2015, also serving as the Director of the Chemical Sciences Division at SLAC from that time until 2019. From 2017 to 2022, he was the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences at SLAC. Heinz is known for his research into the properties and dynamics of nanoscale materials, particularly 2D materials, through the creative use of optical and laser-based techniques. He is a Fellow of several professional societies, including the IEEE, as well as the US National Academy of Sciences.

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