Neal R. Armstrong

Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optical Sciences
Director of the Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials

Contact Information

Education

  • Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1974

  • B.S., University of New Mexico, 1970

Employment

  • University of Arizona, Optical Sciences, Professor, 1994–present; Department of Chemistry, Head, 1989–1994; Professor, 1987–present; Associate Professor, 1982–1987; Associate Professor, 1982–1987; Assistant Professor, 1978–1982

  • Michigan State University, Assistant Professor, 1975–1978

  • Ohio State University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1974–1975

  • Sandia National Laboratories: Division of Solid State Physics Research, Graduate Fellow, 1971–1974

Awards and Honors

  • The University of Arizona, Leading Edge Researcher Award, 2011

  • The University of Arizona College of Science, Galileo Circle Fellow, 2011

  • Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Prize, Technical University of Dresden and Max Planck Institute, Polymerforschung-Mainz, 2002

  • The University of Arizona College of Science, Career Teaching Award, 1996

  • Max Planck Institute fur Polymerforschung, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 1992

  • University of Munich, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 1985

  • National Science Foundation, Special Awards for Creativity, 1992 and 2000

Research

  • Interface characterization and modification
  • New molecular materials for energy conversion, light emission and sensing
  • Surface photoemission spectroscopies (UPS, XPS)
  • Scanning probe microscopies
  • Electrochemistry