Howard Katz

Chair and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Howard Katz at Materials Science and Engineering

office (410) 516-6141

Institute for NanoBioTechnology

Maryland Hall 206A

Research Interests

  • Organic-based electronic devices including transistors and diodes
  • Hybrid nanoparticles for biological imaging and mechanistic toxicology studies
  • Chemically sensitive devices and systems
  • Organic and hybrid materials for photonics
  • Synthesis of conjugated organic compounds as semimconductors and chromophores
  • Spin-transporting, spin-doped, and spin-coupled organic semiconductors and magnetoelectronic effects
  • Molecular interactions and complexation
  • Dielectric and high-field properties of materials
  • Nonlinear optical materials
  • Nanostructures and junctions in electronic and optical devices
  • Thermoelectric and photovoltaic energy conversion in organic and polymeric materials
  • Organic materials in science and technology education

Awards

  • APS Fellowship, Divison of Materials Physics, March 10, 2008.
  • Materials Research Society Fellow, March 26, 2008.
  • Materials Research Society Board of Directors 2001; President 2004, IUMRS President 2009
  • AAAS Fellowship, February, 2004.
  • R&D100 Awards, plastic displays and holographic materials, 2002.
  • Finalist, JHU Teaching Award, February 01, 2006 - June 01, 2006.
  • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award, Bell Laboratories, 1998.

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