Tony Heinz
Tony Frederick Heinz is an American physicist.
Biography
Heinz studied at Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1978. He received his doctorate in 1982 at the University of [California, Berkeley], in physics. From 1983 to 1995 he was at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of IBM. He was a professor at Columbia University and is now a professor at Stanford University. He served as president of The Optical Society in 2021.Research
His research focuses on ultrafast laser spectroscopy and thus investigates dynamics at surfaces. His group investigates electronic and optical properties of a few atoms of thin two-dimensional systems. His significant contributions to the condensed matter and materials physics includes discovery of room temperature excitons in 1D and 2D materials.Heinz is one of the most cited scientists. Since 2019, the media group Clarivate counts him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize.
Awards and honors
- 2020 William F. Meggers Award from The Optical Society "For seminal studies of the properties and dynamics of surfaces, interfaces, and nanoscale materials by diverse spectroscopic techniques, including through the development of powerful new methods."
- 2008 he earned the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics.
- 1996 he earned the Humboldt Prize.
- Fellow of the American Physical Society.
- Fellow of The Optical Society.
Selected publications