Scott Chambers Receives UWM Laboratory for Surface Studies’ Müller Award

MILWAUKEE – Scott Chambers has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the E.W. Müller Award for outstanding research in surface science from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Laboratory for Surface Studies. He is being recognized for advancing the science of molecular beam epitaxy, and applying it to fundamental investigations of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of metal oxide films, surfaces, and interfaces.

Chambers, a Laboratory Fellow at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has 25 years of experience in the fields of surface science and electronic materials. His current areas of research include the synthesis and properties of a new class of ferromagnetic oxide semiconductors that have potential in spintronics.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry/chemical physics from the University of California at San Diego in 1973 and a doctorate in physical chemistry from Oregon State University in 1977.

Chambers will be honored at a special reception at UWM in August, where he will be presented a certificate of achievement and a prize of $5,000. Additionally, he will be giving a series of lectures on his work to a select audience of students, faculty, university administrators and industry representatives.

Previous winners of the Müller award embody an elite group of surface science researchers from around the world, including Gerhardt Ertl, Gabor Somojai, Ted Madey, Harold Ibach, John Pendry and Ernst Bauer.

The Laboratory for Surface Studies is a University of Wisconsin Center of Excellence sited on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Its current membership consists of 11 faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Materials Engineering, and Physics. Faculty and students conduct experimental and theoretical research on the structure, and properties of solid surfaces and on the interaction of surfaces with atoms and molecules.

The E.W. Müller Award is named for Erwin W. Müller, one of the most gifted physicists of the 20th century. Born in Berlin in 1911, his emigrated to the U.S. in 1952, and became a professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Winner of numerous prestigious awards himself, Müller conceived the field emission microscope, discovered the physical effect of field disorption, field evaporation and field ionization. His field ion microscope was for several decades the only device capable of routinely showing the crystalline structure of metal services with their individual atoms. Müller died in 1977.

Schedule and Abstracts of the Muller Lecture Series

Recipients of the E.W. Muller Award

Pictures from the Summer Student Symposium and Muller Award Ceremony

		UWM Press Release- 2004 E.W. Müller Award
		Issued by: Greg Walz-Chojnacki, 414-229-4454; gwc@uwm.edu May 27, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Scott Chambers Receives UWM Laboratory for Surface Studies’ Müller Award MILWAUKEE – Scott Chambers has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the E.W. Müller Award for outstanding research in surface science from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Laboratory for Surface Studies. He is being recognized for advancing the science of molecular beam epitaxy, and applying it to fundamental investigations of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of metal oxide films, surfaces, and interfaces. Chambers, a Laboratory Fellow at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has 25 years of experience in the fields of surface science and electronic materials. His current areas of research include the synthesis and properties of a new class of ferromagnetic oxide semiconductors that have potential in spintronics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry/chemical physics from the University of California at San Diego in 1973 and a doctorate in physical chemistry from Oregon State University in 1977. Chambers will be honored at a special reception at UWM in August, where he will be presented a certificate of achievement and a prize of $5,000. Additionally, he will be giving a series of lectures on his work to a select audience of students, faculty, university administrators and industry representatives. Previous winners of the Müller award embody an elite group of surface science researchers from around the world, including Gerhardt Ertl, Gabor Somojai, Ted Madey, Harold Ibach, John Pendry and Ernst Bauer. The Laboratory for Surface Studies is a University of Wisconsin Center of Excellence sited on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Its current membership consists of 11 faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Materials Engineering, and Physics. Faculty and students conduct experimental and theoretical research on the structure, and properties of solid surfaces and on the interaction of surfaces with atoms and molecules. The E.W. Müller Award is named for Erwin W. Müller, one of the most gifted physicists of the 20th century. Born in Berlin in 1911, his emigrated to the U.S. in 1952, and became a professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Winner of numerous prestigious awards himself, Müller conceived the field emission microscope, discovered the physical effect of field disorption, field evaporation and field ionization. His field ion microscope was for several decades the only device capable of routinely showing the crystalline structure of metal services with their individual atoms. Müller died in 1977. Schedule and Abstracts of the Muller Lecture Series Recipients of the E.W. Muller Award Pictures from the Summer Student Symposium and Muller Award Ceremony