Professor Len Brillson named MRS Fellow

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Professor Len Brillson
Len Brillson, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and physics, was recently named a 2013 Fellow of the Materials Research Society. He was honored for “seminal contributions to the understanding and control of semiconductor interfaces, their metallurgical reactions, native point defects, and electronic properties.”

The title of MRS Fellow honors notable members for distinguished research accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research worldwide. A maximum of 0.2% of members receive the award each year. The 2013 MRS Fellows will be recognized at a special reception at the 2013 MRS Spring Meeting on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in San Francisco.

Brillson is also a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Vacuum Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Brillson joined The Ohio State University in 1996 as a professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics and a Center for Materials Research Scholar. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, invited reviews, monographs and books with over 6,000 citations, and an interdisciplinary textbook, “Surfaces and Interfaces of Electronic Materials.” (Wiley, 2010).

Brillson has received several awards, including the Ohio State College of Engineering’s Lumley Research Award, Xerox Corporation’s Outstanding Achievement Award, Surface Science Magazine’s Excellence Award and the 2006 AVS Gaede-Langmuir Award.

Research in Dr. Brillson’s laboratory focuses on properties of advanced electronic material thin films and interfaces centered on semiconductors, single crystal complex oxides, and polycrystalline photovoltaics at the nanoscale.

Founded in 1973, the Materials Research Society consists of more than 16,000 materials researchers worldwide who seek to advance technical excellence by providing a framework in which the materials disciplines can convene, collaborate, integrate and advocate.