Laura Herz is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. She received her PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and was a Research Fellow at St John's College Cambridge from 2001 - 2003 after which she moved to Oxford. Her research interests lie in the area of organic and organic/inorganic hybrid semiconductors including aspects such as self-assembly, nano-scale effects, energy-transfer and light-harvesting for solar energy conversion.

Professor MERCOURI G. KANATZIDIS Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Chair Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 Tel. (847)-467-1541, FAX (847)-491-7713 EDUCATION AND TRAINING B.S. Chemistry, November 1979, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ph.D. Chemistry, 1984, University of Iowa, Postdoctoral Associate, 1985, University of Michigan Postdoctoral Associate, 1987, Northwestern University RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 8/06- present: Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University (joint appointment with Argonne National Laboratory). 6/93-7/06: Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University. 7/91-6/93: Associate Professor, Michigan State University. 7/87-6/91: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University. Awards and honors: Presidential Young Investigator Award. National Science Foundation, 1989-1994. ACS Inorganic Chemistry Div. Award: EXXON Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1990. Beckman Young Investigator, 1992-1994. Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 1991-1993. Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 1993-1998. Michigan State University Distinguished Professor 1998. Sigma Xi Senior Meritorious Faculty Award 2000. University Distinguished Professor MSU 2001. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 2002. Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2003. Morley Medal, American Chemical Society, Cleveland Section, 2003. Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor Northwestern University 2006. Materials Research Society Fellow 2010. American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow 2012. Chetham Lecturer Award, University of California Santa Barbara, 2013. Einstein Professor Chinese Academy of Sciences 2014. International Thermoelectric Society Outstanding Achievement Award 2014. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND RECOGNITION Chair-Elect Solid State Subdivision, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, ACS, 1997-1998. Editorial Advisory Board Chemistry of Materials, 1993-2000. Editorial Advisory Board Inorganic Chemistry 1994-1997. Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1996-2012. Editorial Advisory Board Energy and Environmental Science 2012-present. Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. Chairman Solid State Chemistry Subdivision, American Chemical Soc 1998-1999. American Chemical Society, Div. of Chemical Education, Examinations Institute: 1996 and 2003 Inorganic Chemistry Committee, DOE Review Panelist 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012 NSF Panelist 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012. PUBLICATIONS (Publications >800, citations >26,000, H index 80) Total number of graduate students graduated: 47 Total number of postdocs advised: 75 Ten female group-alumnae hold faculty positions in American and foreign universities. Graduate Advisor: Dimitri Coucouvanis, (U. Michigan) Postdoctoral Advisor: Tobin J. Marks (Northwestern University)