Jose Menendez

Jose Menendez

  • Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
  • Professor, Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Physics
Arizona State University
PO Box 871504
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: 480-965-4817
Email: Jose.Menendez@asu.edu



Biography

Menendez's current research work centers around new semiconductor materials and structures which offer the opportunity to test fundamental condensed matter physics concepts and at the same time make it possible to pursue new applications, particularly in fields such as optoelectronics and photovoltaics.


Honors and Awards

1990 Presidential Young Investigator Award 1998 Iberdrola Fellow (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) 2002 Dean's Quality of Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU 2003 Focus Center Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2008 American Physical Society Outstanding Referee 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Physics, ASU

Expertise

experimental solid state physics; optical devices; semiconductors

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, 1985

vision

Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.

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