Dr. Lowndes research at ORNL has spanned several different fields: time-resolved studies of ultrarapid pulsed-laser melting and solidification; pulsed-laser processing of semiconductors; photovoltaic materials and solar cells; the laser ablation process; pulsed-laser deposition of thin films and heterostructures; high-temperature superconductivity in thin films and superlattices; and most recently, nanostructured materials, both vertically aligned carbon nanofibers and their applications for nanotechnology, and multifunctional transition metal oxide thin-film heterostructures. He has been active in the development of facilities and capabilities for nanoscale science and technology research, including serving (1999-2000) as Chairperson of the Nanoscience/ Nanotechnology Working Group for the Dept. of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was appointed a Corporate Fellow of ORNL in 1994. From 1986-2000 he served as professor of materials science and engineering (part-time) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in electronic materials and thin-film growth and supervised graduate student research.
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