Professor of Physics, Department of Physics,
University of California, Berkeley

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1976

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Louie’s research interests are in theoretical condensed matter physics and nanoscience covering the areas of: electronic and structural properties of crystals, surfaces, interfaces and clusters; quasiparticle and optical excitations in solids; electron correlation effects in bulk and reduced-dimensional systems; nanotubes and nanostructures; superconductivity; ab initio pseudopotential theory; electron transport through single molecules. He has published over 370 papers, co-edited 2 monographs, and has been awarded 5 U.S. patents.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago (2006)
  
• Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  
• Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2005)
  
• The Foresight Institute Richard P. Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (shared with M. L. Cohen, 2003)
  
• Identified by the ISI as one of the most highly cited researcher in physics and in nanoscience
  
• The Davisson-Germer Prize in Surface Physics of the American Physical Society (1999)
  
• The Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics of the American Physical Society (1996)
  
• Outstanding Performance Award, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1995)
  
• U. S. Department of Energy Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Solid State Physics (1993)
  
• Municipal Chair Visiting Professor, J. Fourier University, Grenoble, France (1990)
  
• John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1989-90)
  
• Eminent Visiting Scholar, University of Tokyo (1989)
  
• Miller Institute Research Professorship (1986-1987, 1995)
  
• Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1985)
  
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1980-1982)
  
• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (1977)