Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers for TSAPS Meeting 2020, Nov. 12-14, at UT Arlington

NameTitleInstitution AreaAbstract
Dr. David Nygren David NygrenPresidential Distinguished Professor Member of National Academy of SciencesDepartment of Physics The University of Texas at ArlingtonHigh Energy and Particle PhysicsAbstract
Dr. Jodi Cooley Jodi CooleyProfessor of Physics AAAS Fellow   Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award  Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University  Dark Matter Physics Neutrino Physics  Abstract
Dr. James Coleman James ColemanPresidential Distinguished Professor Dr. Richard N. Claytor Professor Member of National Academy of Engineering  Department of Physics and department of Electric Engineering The University of Texas at ArlingtonCondense Matter Physics Quantum MaterialsAbstract
Dr. Gary Zank
Gary Zank 
Director of CSPAR Aerojet Rocketdyne Chair in Space Science Eminent Scholar Trustee Professor Member of National Academy of SciencesDepartment of Space Science (SPA) at the University of Alabama in HuntsvilleInterplanetary Space Physics Physics of the Solar Corona Physics of the Local Interstellar MediumAbstract
Dr. Tsun-Kong (T.K.) Sham Tsun-Kong Sham Distinguished University Professor Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Canada Research Chair Officer of Order of CanadaDepartment of Chemistry, Western University, CanadaMaterials Science Synchrotron Spectroscopy and Energy MaterialsAbstract
Dr. Supriyo Datta Supriyo DattaThomas Duncan Distinguished Professor Member of National Academy of Engineering Morrill Award Winner  Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue UniversityQuantum Transport Physics and Nanoelectronics NanostructuresAbstract
Dr. Steve Long Steve LongIkenberry Endowed University Chair Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Fellow of AAAS and ASPBSchool of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPlant Science Energy Crops Mathematical Models of PhotosynthesisAbstract
Dr. Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas Kotov 
Joseph B. & Florence V. Cejka Professor Top 25 Materials Scientists Top 100 Chemists (2000-2011) ACS Nano EditorDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of MichiganNanomaterials Nanotechnology NanobiotechnologyAbstract
Dr. Zhifeng RenZhifeng RenM. D. Anderson Chair Professor, Director of Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today PhysicsDepartment of Physics, University of HoustonNanomaterials Nanophysics Condensed Matter Physics  Abstract
Dr. Harry L. SwinneyHarry SwinneyDistinguished Service Award
Member of National Academy of Sciences; APS Fellow, AAAS Fellow
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin
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