Condensed Matter Physics Group of the Physics Department at Iowa State University a part of the Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering of Ames Laboratory (a DOE facility).
Our group's interest focuses on the development of a theoretical understanding of the properties of disordered systems, photonic crystals, metamaterials, left-handed materials, random lasers, random magnetic systems, nonlinear systems, and amorphous semiconductors. The theoretical models developed are often quite sophisticated to accurately reflect the complexity of real materials.
A519 Zaffarano Hall soukoulis@ameslab.gov
Short CV
University of Athens, Athens, Greece Physics B.S. 1974 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Physics M.S. 1975 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Physics Ph.D. 1978
Appointments
2007-present Frances M. Craig Endowed Chair, Iowa State University 2005-present
Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University
1990-present Senior Scientist, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1990-present
Professor, Department of Physics and Ames Lab., Iowa State University
1986-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Ames Lab., Iowa State University 1984-1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Ames Lab., Iowa State University 1981-1984 Research Physicist, Exxon Corporate Research Laboratories 1978-1981 Visit. Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Univ. of Virginia 1984-present Associated Faculty, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece 2001-present Professor (part time), Department of Materials Science and Technology, Univ. of Crete 2006-present Courtesy Appointment, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State U. 2007-present Courtesy Appointment, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State U.
Honors/Awards
APS - Fellow (1991) OSA - Fellow (2002) AAAS - Fellow (2002) Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Solid State Physics (DOE, 1992) LAS Excellence in Research Award, ISU 2000 ISU Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2001 Energy 100 Award and Science 100 Award, U. S. DOE, Humboldt Senior Research Award, 2002 Descartes Prize for Research, European Union, 2005
