McNeil C.V.

LAURIE ELIZABETH McNEIL

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
(919) 962-2079
FAX: (919) 962-0480
mcneil@physics.unc.edu

Education

Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982
M.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
A.M., Physics, Harvard University, 1977
A.B., Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, 1977

Professional history (since Ph.D.)

Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 - present.
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996 - present.
Assistant Chair for Advancement, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 1999 - 2004.
Visiting Scientist, DuPont Central Research and Development, 1998 - 1999.
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Curriculum in Applied Sciences, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 1995 - 1998.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curriculum in Applied
Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991 - 1996.
Faculty Research Participant, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, June - December 1990.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Curriculum in Applied
Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984 - 1991.
Postdoctoral Associate and IBM Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983- 1984.

Honors and awards

Fellow, American Physical Society
Lecturer, AAAS Latin American Series on Women in Science and Engineering, 2004
Chapman Family Faculty Fellow and Academic Leadership Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC-CH
Academic Leadership Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC-CH, 2003
Kathryn A. McCarthy Lectureship in Physics, Tufts University, 2000 (first recipient)
Member, Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, UNC-CH
Bowman and Gordon Gray Professorship, UNC-CH 1996 - 1998

Recent professional activities

Organizing Committee, APS/AAPT Physics Chairs Conference 2006
National Academies Research Associateship Program review panel (Physical Sciences) 2005- present
Chair, La. Board of Regents Enhancement Prog. review panel (Phys. & Astro.) 2005
Member, U.S. delegation to the IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (Paris 2002)
NSF NIRT, IGERT, MWN review panels, Electronic Materials 2001, 2004, 2006
APS DCMP Executive Committee 2001 - 2004
APS/AAPT National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics 2000 - 2005
Chair, APS Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Selection Committee 2000
APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics 1995 - 1997 (Chair 1997)
SESAPS Executive Committee 1995 - 1999
Team leader and member, "Climate for Women" Site Visit Program, APS 1994 - present

Current research interests

  • Optical spectroscopy of organic semiconductors
  • Vibrational studies of carbon nanotubes
  • Structure and defects in wide-band gap semiconductors
  • Strain effects in III-V heterostructures
  • Silicate glasses and crystals: optical and vibrational spectra; pressure-induced amorphization
  • Structure-property relations in amorphous semiconductors and insulators

Selected recent publications

Complete publication list


Last modified 3 January 2006.