Jim De Yoreo is the Deputy Director for Research at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE Nanoscale Research Center located at Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1985. Following post-doctoral work at Princeton University, he became a member of the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1989, where he held numerous positions including Group Leader for Optical Materials, Capability Leader for Biophysical and Interfacial Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Laboratory Science and Technology Office. In December of 2007, Dr. De Yoreo became a Senior Scientist at LBL.
Dr. De Yoreo’s research has spanned a wide range of materials-related disciplines including low temperature solid state physics, geophysics and geochemistry, crystal growth, and biomolecular materials. His work on growth mechanisms and defect generation in optical crystals was instrumental in development of a process for growing meter-scale crystals for use as non-linear optical elements in the world’s largest laser systems. He pioneered the use of force microscopy for in situ investigations of solution-based crystal growth. Most recently, he has focused on investigations of biomimetic and biological controls over aggregation, self-assembly and mineralization in biomolecular and biomimetic systems, as well as scanned probe-based approaches to template-directed assembly of molecules and materials.
Dr. De Yoreo is a member of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Physical Society (APS), the American Association for Crystal Growth (AACG), the Biophysical Society and the American Chemical Society (ACS). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the MRS, the Editorial Board for the Journal of Crystal Growth, and the Executive Committee of the AACG. He has been appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community, Congressman Honda’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Nanotechnology, and other US Government agency panels.
Dr. De Yoreo has authored, co-authored, or edited over 150 papers, books, and patents. He was the recipient of a 1994 R&D 100 award, the 2001 LLNL Science and Technology Award and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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