Profile

• Organization

  Northwestern University

  
  
• Employment Status

  university

  
  
• Web Site

  http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/~seideman/

  
  
• Biography

  EDUCATION:

  • 1986-1989 Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry (summa cum laude), The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot. Supervisor: Professor Moshe Shapiro.
  • 1983-1985 M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (summa cum laude), The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot. Supervisor: Professor Moshe Shapiro.
  • 1980-1982 B.Sc. in Chemistry (summa cum laude), The Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv.

  ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

  • September 2004-present Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Northwestern University.
  • July 2005-August 2008 Chair of Physical Chemistry Division, Northwestern University.
  • March 2003-present Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston.
  • June 1999-February 2003 Senior Research Officer
  • Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
  • National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
  • October 1998-February 2003 Cross-Appointed Professor of Chemistry
  • Queens University, Kingston.January 1996-June 1999 Associate Research Officer National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
  • March 1996-October 1998 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens University.
  • July 1993-January 1996 Assistant Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
  • July 1992-July 1993 Principal Investigator, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View.
  • June 1990-June 1992 Weizmann postdoctoral fellow and Fulbright postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley.

  AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

  • Fellow, American Physical Society.
  • Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation.
  • Member at Large of the American Physical Society Division of Chemical Physics, 2008-2010.
  • Weston Professorship, 2007-2009.
  • A. von Humboldt Research Award, 2004-2008.
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Windsor University, 2008.
  • Weizmann Institute Visiting Professor Fellowship, Rehovot 2006.
  • Technion Visiting Professor Fellowship, Haifa 2005.
  • Galileo Galilei Lectureship, Pisa 2004.
  • Weizmann Institute Visiting Professor Fellowship, Rehovot 2004.
  • Hebrew University Visiting Professor Fellowship, Jerusalem 2003.
  • ITAMP Visiting Professor Fellowship, Boston 1997.
  • Emerson Visiting Professor Fellowship, Atlanta 1996-1997.
  • Wegner Fellowship, 1996.
  • Fulbright Research Award, 1990-1991.
  • Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1990-1991.
  • Knesset of Israel Award for Distinguished Students, 1990.
  • J.F. Kennedy Award Prize, 1990.
  • Knesset of Israel Award for Distinguished Students, 1989.
  • Weizmann Institute Award Prize in memory of Daniel Brener, 1989.
  • Feinberg Graduate School Award Prize, 1985.
  • Tel-Aviv University Award, 1982.
  • Tel-Aviv University Award, 1981.

  LANGUAGES:

  • Hebrew (native), English, German and French.

  EDITORSHIPS:

  • Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience.
  • Distinguished member of the Editorial Board of the Open Physical Chemistry Journal.
  • Advisory Editor for Theoretical Chemistry Accounts.
  • Specialist Editor of Computer Physics Communications.
  • Member of the International Advisory Editorial Board of Physical Chemistry Communications.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Physical Chemistry.

  http://chemgroups.northwestern.edu/seideman/CV.pdf

  
  
• Interests

  1. molecular electronics 1
  2. quantum transport 1