Chang-Beom Eom (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Chang-Beom Eom - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chang-Beom Eom is currently a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on epitaxial thin film heterostructures of complex oxides, including ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, multiferroics, superconductors, and novel two-dimensional electron gases at oxide interfaces, with an emphasis on understanding fundamental solid state phenomena and developing novel device applications. He has led several NSF-funded interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research programs involving collaborations with academia, national labs, industry, and international institutions. He has extensive experience with outreach to the broader community, developing programs to host minority secondary school science teachers in his laboratory and implementing teaching modules for high school classes.
Eom received his PhD in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 1991. He received the Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award at the 1990 Fall Meeting. He then spent two years at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey as a postdoctoral member of the technical staff, before joining Duke University in 1993 as an associate professor. He joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000 as part of an interdisciplinary cluster hire in nanostructured materials, and has since directed the University of Wisconsin-Madison Oxide Laboratory (http://oxide.cae.wisc.edu/). He received a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1994 and a David Lucile Packard Fellowship in 1995. He is the 2007 recipient of the Ho-Am Prize in Engineering and is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of MRS. He was an invited professor at the Department of Physics of University of Geneva, Switzerland in 2003. Eom has authored over 250 publications with over 9000 citations and has an h-index of 50. He also holds four patents.
Eom has been an active member of MRS over the past 22 years, serving the Society as a symposium organizer for a dozen symposia and as a member of the Meeting Quality Subcommittee. He was a meeting chair of the 2011 Spring MRS meeting, which hosted more attendees than any other Spring MRS meeting (over 5,000 attendees and a program comprised of 50 technical symposia). Outside of MRS, he has been active with other science and engineering societies, including APS. He has served as chair of the International Workshop on Oxide Electronics and is a member of its international committee. He was an organizer of the symposium of National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Annual symposium on Frontiers of Engineering in 2000.
Candidate’s Statement
“Since my first presentation at an MRS meeting 22 years ago, I have seen tremendous growth of the Society. Membership has expanded dramatically, and the quality and breadth of the technical symposia at the Spring and Fall meetings are now unparalleled. MRS is at the forefront of promoting and disseminating materials science and engineering across the world, and I look forward to serving MRS as it advocates the crucial role of materials research in modern society. The strength of the organization is its interdisciplinary nature, promoting diverse and forefront topics for its technical meetings and recruiting new members from all over the world. MRS has taken a leadership role in developing new interdisciplinary research areas and providing an open forum for scientists and engineers worldwide. In addition, I recognize that a critical factor underlying the success of the MRS
is the active participation, excellent service, enthusiasm, and vision of its dedicated members and staff, and I will make it a key priority to foster and build upon these values.
MRS has been influential in all science and engineering fields; the MRS journals, including the MRS Bulletin, represent one key example that benefits broadly its members and the larger community. We should continue to accelerate our influence, growing to adapt to changes in the future. MRS must continue to work towards accommodating and welcoming new ideas and new people into our established society. As we expand, it will be crucial to continue to improve the quality of our meetings and services. In addition, in order to create a broader awareness of the positive contributions of materials research, we must reach out to the general public and to policymakers to expand funding opportunities and to facilitate the training of future generations of materials scientists. Another focus will be on building a materials research community in emerging countries, in particular by bringing scientific opportunity and experience to scientists in developing countries. By encouraging international collaboration, MRS can significantly impact developing technologies, economic development, and self-sustainability throughout the world.
With my previous, extensive service for MRS, I believe I am well positioned to work with a broad spectrum of materials science and engineering professionals and students in our community. I hope to bring an experienced, diverse perspective and make strong contributions to the Board of Directors, to the Society more broadly, and to the international community. I am committed to promoting an outstanding science and engineering environment in which MRS members thrive and foster materials research for the 21st century.”
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