Paul McEuen explained

Paul McEuen
Birth Date:	1963
Birth Place:	Oklahoma, United States
Field:	Nanotechnology
Work Institution:	Cornell University
Alma Mater:	Oklahoma, Yale
Known For:	Carbon nanotube research

Paul McEuen (born 1963) is an American physicist. He received his B.S. in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma (1985), and his Ph.D. in applied physics at Yale University (1991). After postdoctoral work at MIT (1990–1991), he became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He moved to Cornell University in 2001, where he is currently the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics.^[1] He is an expert on the electrical property of carbon nanotubes^[2] and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.^[3]

Research focus

Paul McEuen studies the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, scanning probe microscopy of nanostructures, molecular electronics, and applications of nanoelectronics in chemistry and biology.^[4] His group publishes their work frequently in Nature and Science,^[5] and McEuen has an h-index of 90.^[6]

Novel

McEuen wrote a scientific thriller, Spiral (released in 2011), in which an emeritus Cornell biology professor is murdered as part of a plot involving a biological weapon, which received positive reviews by the New York Times^[7] and the Los Angeles Times.^[8] The German translation became available on October 29, 2010.^[9] McEuen sold the movie rights for "Spiral" to Chockstone Pictures.^[10]

Positions

• Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, Cornell University, (2008–present)
• Professor, physics, Cornell University, (2001–present)
• Associate professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1996-2000)
• Assistant professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1992-1996)
• Postdoctoral researcher, MIT (1990-1991)

Awards and fellowships

• National Academy of Sciences (2011)
• American Physical Society Fellow (2003)
• Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize (2001)
• Packard Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellow (1999)
• LBNL Outstanding Performance Award (1997)
• National Young Investigator (1993-1998)
• Packard Foundation Fellow (1992-1997)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1992-1994)
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (1992-1995)

Other contributions

• McEuen has written Chapter 18, Nanostructures of Kittel's famous textbook Introduction to Solid State Physics (8ed).^[11]
• McEuen, along with others, helped uncover the Schön scandal.^[12]

External links

• McEuen Lab Homepage at Cornell University
• Paul McEuen's Department of Physics Faculty Home Page, Cornell University
• McEuen wins 2001 Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cornell Physics Department. . www.physics.cornell.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070609101231/http://www.physics.cornell.edu/people/faculty/?page=website/faculty&action=show/id=27 . 2007-06-09.
2. Web site: Home | Cornell Chronicle.
3. Web site: Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics . www.lassp.cornell.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110802202328/http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/news-detail/?page=website/news&action=show/64 . 2011-08-02.
4. Web site: McEuen Lab Research.
5. Web site: McEuen Lab Publications.
6. Google Scholar on 5/14/23. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ma8Y_ZcAAAAJ&hl=en/
7. News: 0362-4331. Maslin. Janet. 'Spiral,' Paul McEuen's Thriller, About a Cornell Professor. The New York Times. 2012-11-09. 2011-03-13.
8. News: 0458-3035. Corwin. Miles. Book review: 'Spiral' by Paul McEuen. Los Angeles Times. 2012-11-09. 2011-04-18.
9. Web site: Spiral – ein Thriller von Paul McEuen - Buchinfo . 2011-01-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101204114116/http://www.spiral-dasbuch.de/4/buchinfo.php . 2010-12-04 .
10. Web site: H'wood Studio Book Buying in Downward 'Spiral'; Dealmaking Room for Producers. 20 April 2010.
11. Book: Kittel, Charles . Introduction to Solid State Physics . 11 November 2004 . Wiley . 978-0-471-41526-8 . 8 . registration .
12. Web site: . Cassuto . Leonard . Big trouble in the world of "Big Physics" . 16 September 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080925065126/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/09/16/physics/index.html . 25 September 2008 .