Robert Hamers
Expert on nanotechnology, sustainability, renewable energy environmental science, surface and interface science
Professor, chemistry; director, Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-6371 — Home and cell phones available upon request rjhamers@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Nanoscience and nanotechnology
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces
- Solar energy conversion
- Lithium ion batteries and other advanced technologies for energy storage
- Biological interfaces to materials
Achievements
- Co-founder of Silatronix, Inc., a UW-Madison spinoff company commercializing new electrolytes for safer, high-performance lithium-ion batteries
- American Chemical Society Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 2012
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 2001
- Fellow, American Vacuum Society
- Arthur Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry, American Chemical Society