Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin is an Honorary Professor in the  at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ ().Ìý
The primary tools that he uses for his research are low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopes, some of which operate in high magnetic fields. Â These systems are able to image, manipulate, and probe structures on surfaces at the scale of individual atoms.
Prof. Hirjibehedin received a B.S. in both Physics and Computer Science from  in 1997, after which he earned a Ph.D. in Ìý´Ú°ù´Ç³¾in 2004. Â
His dissertation research – conducted at both Columbia and Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies under the guidance of  – was a study of novel interaction effects in low dimensional electron systems formed in semiconductor quantum structures.
In 2004, Prof. Hirjibehedin became a postdoctoral Research Staff Member at  in the Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Group. Working with Drs. Don Eigler and Andreas Heinrich, he used the atom-manipulation and spin-excitation-spectroscopy capabilities of a low-temperature high-field scanning tunneling microscope to study the onset of cooperative magnetic behavior in atomically-precise low-dimensional structures.
Career History
- Honorary Professor of °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (2018)
- Professor of Physics, Chemistry and Nanotechnology (2017)
- Reader (Associate Professor) in Physics, Chemistry and Nanotechnology, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (2013-2017)
- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (2007-2013)
- Postdoctoral Scientist, IBM Almaden Research Center (2004-2007)
- Graduate Research Assistant, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies (1998-2004)
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, Columbia University (2004)
- M.Phil. in Physics, Columbia University (2000)
- M.A. in Physics, Columbia University (1999)
- B.S. in Physics and Computer Science, Stanford University (1997)
Awards and Honors
- Medal for Scanning Probe Microscopy, Royal Microscopical Society (2018)
- Outstanding Innovation Award, IBM Almaden Research Center (2007)
- Bravo Team Award, IBM Almaden Research Center (2006)
- Charles Townes Fellow, Columbia University (2003)
- Jerry Selvaggi Scholar, Columbia University (2002)
- Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAAN) Fellowship, Columbia University (1999-2001)
- David Starr Jordan Scholar, Stanford University (1993)
External Positions
- Visiting Associate Professor to the School of Materials Science at theÂ
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the , Zaragoza, Spain
Memberships
- American Physical Society
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College
- Institute of Physics
- Materials Research Society
Researcher Information
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