SCHOLAR'S WEEK 2005

Chemistry's Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Heath

Dr. James R. Heath

The department is delighted to have Dr. James Heath as this year's Scholar's Week Keynote Speaker. James R. Heath is the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry at Caltech, and Professor of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at UCLA. Heath received a B.Sc. degree in 1984 (Baylor) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Rice) in 1988 where he was the principal student involved in the Nobel Prize–winning discovery of C60 and the fullerenes. Heath was a Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley from 1988-91, and on the Technical Staff at IBM Watson Labs from 1991-93. In 1994 he joined the faculty at UCLA. He founded the California NanoSystems Institute in 2000 and served as its Director until moving to Caltech. Heath has investigated quantum phase transitions, and he has developed architectures, devices, and circuits for molecular electronics. His group has recently been applying their advances on nanoelectronics circuitry toward addressing problems in cancer and infectious diseases. He has received a number of awards, including a Public Service Commendation from Governor Grey Davis, the Sackler Prize, the Feynman Prize, the Jules Springer Prize, and the Arthur K. Doolittle Award. For more information on Dr. Heath, please visit his webpage.

A schedule of Dr. Heath's seminars will be listed below once the dates and times are finalized. Anyone who is interested is encouraged to attend.