McNeil C.V.

LAURIE ELIZABETH McNEIL

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
(919) 962-0963
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.)

Bernard Gray Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014 - present.
Visiting Scholar, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore July-November 2009
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 - 2009.
Interim Chair, Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, UNC-CH, 2007 - 2008.
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences (now Curriculum in
Applied Sciences and Engineering), 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

George B. Pegram Medal, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society Fellow, American Physical Society
Chapman Family Faculty Fellow and Academic Leadership Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC-CH
William F. Little Award, UNC-CH, 2011
University Award for the Advancement of Women, UNC-CH, 2010
Mary Turner Lane Award, UNC-CH Association of Women Faculty and Professionals 2009
WOWS (Working On Women in Science) Scholar, UNC-CH 2007 - 2009
Dorothy Daspit Lectureship in Science, H. Sophie Newcomb College Institute, Tulane Univ. 2007 (first recipient)
Lecturer, AAAS Latin American Series on Women in Science and Engineering, 2004
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

Selected recent professional activities

Deputy Editor, Journal of Applied Physics
Member, Operational Resource Group, Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2013 - present
Chair, Physics Advisory Board, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Chair, APS/AAPT Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs (J-TUPP) 2014-2018
Member, Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee, Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement
APS/CSWP "Climate for Women" Site Visit Program 1994 - present

Current research interests

  • Structure-property relations in semiconductors
  • Optical spectroscopy of organic semiconductors
  • Brillouin scattering in semiconductors, insulators and biological materials

Selected recent publications

Complete publication list


Last modified 5 July 2018.