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John Rogers

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Founder Professor of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry

Office 3355 Beckman Institute

Telephone 217-244-4979 Fax 217-333-2736

Mail Address Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801

jrogers@uiuc.edu    Rogers research group page

John A. Rogers obtained B.A. and B.S. degrees in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989. From MIT, he received S.M. degrees in physics and in chemistry in 1992 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, Rogers was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard University Society of Fellows. During this time he also served as a Director for Active Impulse Systems, a company based on his Ph.D. research that he co-founded in 1995, which was acquired by a large company in 1998. He joined Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997, and served as Director of this department from 2000-2002. He is currently Founder Professor of Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with appointments in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Chemistry.

Rogers' research includes fundamental and applied aspects of nano and molecular scale fabrication, materials and patterning techniques for large area electronics and unusual photonic systems. He has published more than 175 papers, and has ~60 patents, more than 30 of which are licensed or in active use. His research has been recognized with many awards including the Harvard University Robert B. Woodward Scholar Award (2001), American Chemical Society’s Team Innovation Award (2002), and the Xerox Distinguished Lecturer Award (2006). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and serves on several Editorial Boards, including those for Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Nano Letters. Most recently, he received the 2007 Daniel Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, the highest honor that the University of Illinois College of Engineering bestows on one of its faculty, for achievement in research and teaching.

For complete descriptions, see Rogers research group page.