Richard M. Osgood, Jr.

Columbia University

Departments of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering

Fu Foundation School of Engineering

500 W. 120th Street, Rm. 1322                                                                      Phone: (212) 854-4462

New York, NY  10027                                                                                   Fax: (212) 854-1909
E-mail: osgood@columbia.edu

Professional History

2000-2002:     Associate Laboratory Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory

1988-present:  Higgins Professor of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering

1982-1987:      Professor, Departments of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering,

                        Columbia University

1981-1982:      Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

1995 (3 mos.): Visiting Researcher, IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory

1994-1995:      Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mass. Inst. of Tech.

         1989:      Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany

1990-present:  Technical Director, Columbia Radiation Laboratory

1984-1990:      Co-Director, Columbia Radiation Laboratory

1986-1990:      Director, Columbia Microelectronics Sciences Laboratories

1983-1986:      Acting Director, Columbia Microelectronics Sciences Laboratories

1980-1981:      Project Leader, Direct-Write Processing Program, Lincoln Laboratory, MIT

1973-1980:      Staff Member, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1976 (Aug.):    Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

1966-1969:      Research Officer (Capt. U.S. Air Force), U.S.A.F. Avionics Laboratory

1965-1966:      Research Officer, U.S.A.F., Materials Laboratory

 

Education

Ph.D. (Physics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973

M.S. (Physics), Ohio State University, 1968

B.S., U.S. Military Academy, 1965

 

406 Publications, 12 Patents, 2 Major Software Licenses

 

Special Grants, Awards, and Appointments

American Physical Society Traveling Lectureship, 1992

R.W. Wood Prize from the American Optical Society, 1991

Awarded Japanese Honorary Lectureship for OITDA (Optical Device Association) 1991

IEEE LEOS Traveling Lecturer

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1989

Fellow, American Physical Society (APS)

Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA) 

Councilor, Materials Research Society, (1983 - 1987)

Hertz Foundation Predoctoral Fellow at M.I.T., (1970 - 1973)

Samuel Burka Award (with Dr. W. Eppers), best technical paper, Air Force Avionics Lab., 1968

Editorial Board, Handbook on Laser Materials Processing

Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, (1981 - 1988)

Co-Editor, Materials Science and Engineering series (Springer-Verlag)

Co-Editor, Applied Physics, (1983-1995)

Scientific Advisory Board (Vice Chairman) - Brookhaven National Laboratory (1998-2000)

 

Chair, Brookhaven National Laboratory Search Committee – Associate Lab, Director, BES

Visiting Board, ARO Physics Division Program Review, 2003

Visiting Board - Chemical Science and Technology, Los Alamos National Lab., (1986 - present)

Visiting Board - Chemical Sciences, Pacific Northwest Labs, (1997)

Advisory Board, MIT Spectroscopy Lab, (1983 - 1990)

Consultant, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Solid-State Electronics Division (1993-1994)

Member, DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, (1989-1991)

Member, DOE Energy Research Advisory Panel on Advanced Isotope Separation, 1980

Member of Steering Committee, Defense Sciences Research Council, DARPA (1991-1998)

Member Materials Research Council (DARPA) (1984-1990)

Ad Hoc Member U.S.A.F. Scientific Advisory Board (Electronics) 1997

Organizing Comm., 1997 OSA Topical Meeting, Chem. and Phys. of Small‑Scale Structures

Organizing Committee, 1996-99 Physical Electronics Conferences

Selection Committee, R.W. Wood Prize, Optical Society of America - 1995

Committee of Visitors: DOE BES Chemistry 2003; DOE BES Facilities 2004

Chair, Committee of Visitors:  DOE BES Facilities, (2006)

Review panel PNNL DOE Lab (Environmental Molecular Science Lab)

Subsection Leader for DOE Workshop on Future Light Sources – 2008-2009

DoE Review Panel, PNNL – Chemical Physics, Northwestern Catalysis Center

 

 

Research Areas:  Surface physics and physical chemistry; Advanced devices and fabrication

                               techniques; Optical physics and engineering; Materials processing.

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