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Alan J. Heeger

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Alan J. Heeger

2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, UC Presidential Chair
Professor, Physics & Materials
(UCSB)

CONTACT
4155 Broida Hall
UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Tel.: 805-893-3184
Fax: 805-893-3307
Email: ajhe@physics.ucsb.edu
Web site: http://www.ipos.ucsb.edu/research.html

EDUCATION
Ph.D.: 1961, University of California, Berkeley
B.S.: 1957, University of Nebraska

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pioneering research in and the co-founding of the field of semiconducting and metallic polymers. Focus on the science and technology of semiconducting and metallic polymers. Current interests include biosensors for the detection of specific targeted sequences on DNA, the detection of specific proteins and the detection of biologically relevant small molecules.

CURRENT TEAMS

Biomolecular Sensors

Bio-inspired Materials and Energy