Cahill named a 2012 MRS Fellow

David G. Cahill, a Willett Professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as a 2012 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

Cahill is also affiliated with the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at Illinois. His current research program focuses on developing a microscopic understanding of thermal transport at the nanoscale; the development of new methods of materials processing and analysis using ultrafast optical techniques; and advancing fundamental understanding of interfaces between materials and water.

Before joining the faculty at Illinois, he worked at IBM Watson Research Center where he conducted research on metal-semiconductor interfaces. Cahill received his BS in engineering physics from Ohio State University and his PhD in physics from Cornell University.

Cahill is the 1998 winner of the Peter Mark Memorial Award, the outstanding young investigator award of the AVS. Cahill was named a University Scholar by the University of Illinois in 2001, and a Willett Professor of Engineering by the College of Engineering in 2005. He is a fellow of the AVS, the American Physical Society, and the Materials Research Society. He also serves on the editorial boards of Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

Cahill was honored this month at the MRS spring meeting in San Francisco. The title of MRS Fellow honors MRS members for their distinguished research accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research world-wide. The maximum number of new Fellow appointments each year is limited to 0.2% of the current MRS membership.
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Contact: David Cahill, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 217/333-6753.

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