Tony Frederick Heinz (born 30 April 1956 in

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) is an American physicist.

Biography

Heinz studied at Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1978. He received his doctorate in 1982 at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, in physics. From 1983 to 1995 he was at the

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of IBM. He was a professor at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

and is now a professor at Stanford University. He served as President of

The Optical Society Optica (formerly known as The Optical Society (OSA) and before that as the Optical Society of America) is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals and organizes conference ...

in 2021.

Research

His research focuses on

ultrafast laser spectroscopy Ultrafast laser spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that uses ultrashort pulse lasers for the study of dynamics on extremely short time scales ( attoseconds to nanoseconds). Different methods are used to examine the dynamics of charge carrie ...

(femtosecond pulses) and thus investigates dynamics at surfaces. His group investigates electronic and optical properties of a few atoms of thin two-dimensional systems (such as

graphene Graphene () is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a Single-layer materials, single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice nanostructure.

or ultrathin crystals of transition-metal di-

chalcogen The chalcogens (ore forming) ( ) are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family. Group 16 consists of the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and the radioa ...

compounds). Heinz is one of the most cited scientists. Since 2019, the media group Clarivate counts him among the favorites for a

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(

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Awards and honors

* 2020 William F. Meggers Award from

"''For seminal studies of the properties and dynamics of surfaces, interfaces, and nanoscale materials by diverse spectroscopic techniques, including through the development of powerful new methods."'' * 2008 he earned the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics. * 1996 he earned the

Humboldt Prize The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

. * Fellow of the American Physical Society. * Fellow of

Selected publications

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References

External links

Heinz Group, Stanford
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