Ellen D. Williams
Distinguished University Professor

Department of Physics and Institute for Physical Science & Technology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4111
(301) 405-6156
edw@physics.umd.edu   

Education
       1981

Ph.D. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
Thesis Topic: Studies of Chemical Adsorption Using Low Energy Electron Diffraction
Thesis Advisor: Dr. W. H. Weinberg

  1976 B.S. in Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824
Employment
  2000-present Distinguished University Professor, 2000-present
  1991-present Professor, Department of Physics, and Institute for Physical Science & Technology, University of Maryland
  1993-1995 Director, Chemical Physics Program
University of Maryland
  1990-1991 Associate Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology
University of Maryland
  1987-1991 Associate Professor, Department for Physics and Astronomy
University of Maryland
  1983-1987 Assistant Professor, Department for Physics and Astronomy
University of Maryland
  1981-1983 Research Associate, Department for Physics and Astronomy
University of Maryland
Advisor: R. L. Park
  1977-1981 Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology
  1976-1979 Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology
  1976 Summer Research, Kodak Research Laboratories
Rochester, New York
  1974 Summer Research, Miles Laboratories, Elkhart, Indiana
Awards
  2005

National Academy of Sciences

  2003 Materials Research Society – David Turnbull Award
  2003 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  2001 American Physical Society – David Adler Lectureship Award
  2000 Distinguished University Professor
  1998-1999 American Physical Society Centennial Speaker
  1996-1998 University of Maryland Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow
  1996 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow
  1996 E.W. Mueller Award, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  1996 University of Maryland Outstanding Woman of the Year
  1993 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
  1993 Fellow of the American Physical Society
  1990 American Physical Society - Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award
  1986-1989 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator
  1984-1989 Presidential Young Investigator
  1983 Cottrell Research Grant
  1979-1980 IBM Graduate Fellowship
  1976-1979 National Science Foundation Fellowship
  1972-1976 Alumni Distinguished Scholars Scholarship, Michigan State University

Educational Outreach

Publications

Professional Activities

Invited Talks and Colloquia

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