Dr. James Chelikowsky

Biography

James Chelikowsky holds the W.A. “Tex” Moncrief, Jr. Chair in Computational Materials and serves as the Director of the Center for Computational Materials at the University of Texas at Austin. He has made substantial contributions to the field of computational materials science, focusing on the optical and dielectric properties of semiconductors, surface and interfacial phenomena in solids, point and extended defects in electronic materials, and pressure-induced amorphization of silicates and disordered systems. Chelikowsky's work also includes the study of clusters in the nano-regime, diffusion, and the microstructure of liquids. He has published over 375 papers, including five monographs, and has been recognized for his academic contributions throughout his career. His prior positions include being a professor at the University of Minnesota and assistant professor at the University of Oregon. He earned his B.S. degree with Summa Cum Laude honors in Physics from Kansas State University and completed his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley after holding a National Science Foundation fellowship. His postdoctoral work was conducted at Bell Laboratories.

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