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Gertrude F. Neumark

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Gertrude F. Neumark
Professor Emerita
(office) 1137 S.W. Mudd
(mail) 200 S.W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4701
New York, NY 10027

Phone: +1 212 854 8267
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Howe Professor Emerita of Materials Science and Engineering and
Professor Emerita of Applied Physics and Mathematics;

Special Research Scientist in the Departments of Applied Physics and Applied Mathemathics and of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Research Specialty

Electrical and optical properties of wide band gap semiconductors.

Education

Columbia University, Ph.D. (Chemistry) 1951

Radcliffe College, M.A. (Chemistry) 1949

Barnard College, B.A. Summa Cum Laude (Chemistry) 1948

Honors

  • B.A. Degree Summa Cum Laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa (elected 1948)
  • Rice Fellowship from Barnard (only Fellowship given to graduating class for graduate work in science) (1948)
  • Dana Fellowship, Radcliffe (1948)
  • Anderson postdoctoral Fellowship, AAUW (1951)
  • Sigma Xi (elected 1951)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (elected 1982)
  • NSF award as Visiting Professor at Columbia University (1982/3)
  • Listing, by American Physical Society, on archival website under Notable Woman Physicists (1998)

Professional Experience

Columbia University, New York
  • Professor of Materials Science (1985-Present)
  • Adjunct Professor, Materials Science (1983-85)
  • Visiting Professor, Materials Science (1982-83)

Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY
  • Member Technical Staff; Senior Member Research Staff;
    Program Leader (1960-85)

Sylvania Research Laboratories, Bayside, NY
  • Senior Physicist; Advanced Research Physicist (1952-60)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Physical Society, Fellow
  • American Chemical Society
  • Materials Research Society
  • New York Academy of Science
  • Society of Women Engineers, Senior Member
  • Listing, in Who's Who in America

Professional Activities

  • Member, Award Committee for the Geoppert Meyer Prize of the Amerian Physical Society
  • Member of Advisory Committee for Semiconductor Meeting at Trieste Institute of Theoretical Studies
  • Panelist for National Research Council
  • Reviewer of Research Program for Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche
  • Panelist and reviewer of proposals for the National Science Foundation
  • Reviewer of proposals for Department of Energy

Publications (Highlights)

I. Kuskovsky, D. Li, G. F. Neumark, M. Moldovan, N.C. Giles, V. N. Bondarev, and P. V. Pikhitsa, "Time-Resolved Photoluminescence of Heavily Nitrogen-Doped ZnSe: Role of Fluctuations," J. Cryst. Growth, in press.

I. Kuskovsky, G. F. Neumark, V. N. Bondarev, and P. V. Pikhitsa, "Decay Dynamics in Disordered Systems: Applications to Heavily Doped Semiconductors," Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2413 (1998)

G. F. Neumark and N. C. Padmapani, "Laser Processing of II-VI Compounds for Improved Doping," Materials Science and Engineering B45, 213 (1997)

I. Kuskovsky and G. F. Neumark, "Doping and Non-Equilibrium during Low-Temperature Growth: Application to MBE," Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. No. 155, 227 (1997)

C. Kothandaraman, G. F. Neumark, and J. A. Kash, "Temperature Evolution of Excitonic Luminescence in N-Doped ZnSe," Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 2016 (1997)

C. Kothandaraman, I. Kuskovsky, and G. F. Neumark, "Time Resolved Luminescence Study of Heavily N-Doped ZnSe," Appl. Phys. Lett. 69, 1523 (1996)

I. Kuskovsky and G. F. Neumark, "Characterization of ZnSe:N Using Screening Effect," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 406, 443 (1996)

C. Kothandaraman, G. F. Neumark, and R. M. Park, "Compensation in Heavily N-Doped ZnSe - A Luminescence Study," J. Cryst. Growth 159, 298 (1996)