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Charles V. Shank is a Professor Emeritus in the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his B.S. in 1965, M.S. in 1966, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1969. His past work experience includes being a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories from 1969 to 1976, Head of the Quantum Physics and Electronics Research Department from 1976 to 1983, and Director of the Electronics Research Laboratory from 1983 to 1989. He has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the R.W. Wood Prize (1981) and the Franklin Institute Edward Longstreth Medal (1982). Shank is a Fellow of several organizations and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1983 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1984. His research interests lie in Physical Chemistry, particularly in ultrafast dynamics of molecular vibrations and chemical reactions, utilizing femtosecond optical pulses to probe these ultrafast processes.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Served as a faculty member focusing on research and education in the field of chemistry.
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