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Paul Alivisatos
Armand Paul Alivisatos (born November 12, 1959) is a Greek-American chemist, currently serving as the 14th president of the University of Chicago since September 2021.
Previously at the University of California, Berkeley, he served as the 7th director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2009 to 2016, as interim vice chancellor for research from 2016 to 2017, and as executive vice chancellor and provost from 2017 to 2021.
His academic research focuses on nanomaterials, particularly nanocrystal fabrication for biomedical and renewable energy applications.
Paul Alivisatos was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived until the age of 10, when his family moved to Athens, Greece. He returned to the United States to attend the University of Chicago in the late 1970s.
Alivisatos received a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honors) with a major in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1981 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. His doctoral advisor at Berkeley was Charles B. Harris. His doctoral thesis was titled The photophysical properties of molecules near metal and semiconductor surfaces.
After receiving his doctorate, Alivisatos joined AT&T Bell Labs working with Louis E. Brus, and began research in the field of nanotechnology.
Alivisatos returned to the University of California, Berkeley in 1988 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and to full professor in 1995.[citation needed]
In administrative roles, Alivisatos served as the 7th director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2009 to 2016, as the university's interim vice chancellor for research from 2016 to 2017, and as executive vice chancellor and provost from 2017 to 2021.
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Paul Alivisatos
Armand Paul Alivisatos (born November 12, 1959) is a Greek-American chemist, currently serving as the 14th president of the University of Chicago since September 2021.
Previously at the University of California, Berkeley, he served as the 7th director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2009 to 2016, as interim vice chancellor for research from 2016 to 2017, and as executive vice chancellor and provost from 2017 to 2021.
His academic research focuses on nanomaterials, particularly nanocrystal fabrication for biomedical and renewable energy applications.
Paul Alivisatos was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived until the age of 10, when his family moved to Athens, Greece. He returned to the United States to attend the University of Chicago in the late 1970s.
Alivisatos received a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honors) with a major in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1981 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. His doctoral advisor at Berkeley was Charles B. Harris. His doctoral thesis was titled The photophysical properties of molecules near metal and semiconductor surfaces.
After receiving his doctorate, Alivisatos joined AT&T Bell Labs working with Louis E. Brus, and began research in the field of nanotechnology.
Alivisatos returned to the University of California, Berkeley in 1988 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and to full professor in 1995.[citation needed]
In administrative roles, Alivisatos served as the 7th director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2009 to 2016, as the university's interim vice chancellor for research from 2016 to 2017, and as executive vice chancellor and provost from 2017 to 2021.
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