Past MRS Presidents

MRS presidents serve as the chief representative and spokesperson of the society and provide leadership to the  Board of Directors. This service to MRS begins in the position of vice president/president-elect and lasts a full three years, serving the third year as immediate past president.
 
MRS has been fortunate to have had professional, dedicated and hard working presidents over the years who have provided excellent guidance and leadership to MRS as it continuously evolved.
 
Takao Someya (2024)

The University of Tokyo

Sabrina Sartori (2023)

University of Oslo

Carolyn R. Duran (2022)

Apple Inc.

 
Cherie R. Kagan (2021)

University of Pennsylvania

Matt Copel (2020)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Michael R. Fitzsimmons (2019)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee

 
Sean J. Hearne (2018)

Sandia National Laboratories

Susan Trolier-McKinstry (2017)

The Pennsylvania State University

Kristi S. Anseth (2016)

University of Colorado Boulder

 
Oliver Kraft (2015)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Tia Benson Tolle (2014)

The Boeing Company

Orlando Auciello (2013)

University of Texas at Dallas

 
Bruce M. Clemens (2012)

Stanford University

Jim De Yoreo (2011)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

David S. Ginley (2010)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 
Shefford P. Baker (2009)

Cornell University

Cynthia A. Volkert (2008)

University of Göttingen

Alan J. Hurd (2007)

Los Alamos National Laboratory

 
Peter F. Green (2006)

University of Michigan

David J. Eaglesham (2005)

First Solar

Howard E. Katz (2004)

Johns Hopkins University

 
Merrilea J. Mayo (2003)

Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable The National Academies

Alexander H. King (2002)

Purdue University

Martin L. Green (2001)

Agere Systems Inc.

 
Harry A. Atwater (2000)

California Institute of Technology

Ronald Gibala (1999)

University of Michigan

Robert J. Nemanich (1998)

North Carolina State University

 
Robert Hull (1997)

University of Virginia

Carl V. Thompson (1996)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Julia M. Phillips (1995)

AT&T Bell Laboratories

 
John C. Bravman (1994)

Stanford University

S. Thomas Picraux (1993)

Sandia National Laboratories

G. Slade Cargill III (1992)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

 
James B. Roberto (1991)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Russell R. Chianelli (1990)

Exxon Research and Engineering

R.P.H. Chang (1989)

Northwestern University

 
John E.E. Baglin (1988)

IBM Almaden Research Center

Kathleen C. Taylor (1987)

General Motors Research Laboratories

Gordon E. Pike (1986)

Sandia National Laboratories

 
Elton N. Kaufmann (1985)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

C.W. White (1984)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Harry J. Leamy (1983)

Bell Telephone Laboratories (Deceased—2008)

 
Clyde J.M. Northrup Jr. (1982)

Sandia National Laboratories

King Ning Tu (1981)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

John M. Poate (1980)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

 
R.J.H. Voorhoeve (1979)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Kenneth A. Jackson (1978)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Rustum Roy (1977)

The Pennsylvania State University (Deceased—2010)

 
Harry C. Gatos (1973-1976)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Deceased—2015)