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Paul McEuen (born 1963) is an American physicist. He received his B.S. in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma (1985), and his Ph.D. in applied physics at Yale University (1991). After postdoctoral work at MIT (1990–1991), he became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He moved to Cornell University in 2001, where he is currently the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics. He is an expert on the electrical property of carbon nanotubes and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Research focus

Paul McEuen studies the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, scanning probe microscopy of nanostructures, molecular electronics, and applications of nanoelectronics in chemistry and biology. His group publishes their work frequently in Nature and Science, and McEuen has an h-index of 90.

Novel

McEuen wrote a scientific thriller, Spiral (released in 2011), in which an emeritus Cornell biology professor is murdered as part of a plot involving a biological weapon, which received positive reviews by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. The German translation became available on October 29, 2010. McEuen sold the movie rights for "Spiral" to Chockstone Pictures.

Positions

• Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, Cornell University, (2008–present)
• Professor, physics, Cornell University, (2001–present)
• Associate professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1996-2000)
• Assistant professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1992-1996)
• Postdoctoral researcher, MIT (1990-1991)

Awards and fellowships

• National Academy of Sciences (2011)
• American Physical Society Fellow (2003)
• Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize (2001)
• Packard Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellow (1999)
• LBNL Outstanding Performance Award (1997)
• National Young Investigator (1993-1998)
• Packard Foundation Fellow (1992-1997)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1992-1994)
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (1992-1995)

Other contributions

• McEuen has written Chapter 18, Nanostructures of Kittel's famous textbook Introduction to Solid State Physics (8ed).
• McEuen, along with others, helped uncover the Schön scandal.

References

1. "Cornell Physics Department". www.physics.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09.
2. "Home | Cornell Chronicle".
3. "Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics". www.lassp.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02.
4. "McEuen Lab Research".
5. "McEuen Lab Publications".
6. Google Scholar on 5/14/23. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ma8Y_ZcAAAAJ&hl=en/
7. Maslin, Janet (2011-03-13). "'Spiral,' Paul McEuen's Thriller, About a Cornell Professor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
8. Corwin, Miles (2011-04-18). "Book review: 'Spiral' by Paul McEuen". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
9. "Spiral – ein Thriller von Paul McEuen - Buchinfo". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
10. "H'wood Studio Book Buying in Downward 'Spiral'; Dealmaking Room for Producers". 20 April 2010.
11. Kittel, Charles (11 November 2004). Introduction to Solid State Physics (8 ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-41526-8.
12. Cassuto, Leonard (16 September 2002). "Big trouble in the world of "Big Physics"". Salon.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008.

External links

• McEuen Lab Homepage at Cornell University
• Paul McEuen's Department of Physics Faculty Home Page, Cornell University
• McEuen wins 2001 Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics

• 1963 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American physicists
• American nanotechnologists
• Carbon scientists
• Cornell University faculty
• Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics
• Yale University alumni
• University of Oklahoma alumni
• Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
• Fellows of the American Physical Society
• Nanophysicists