Michael Fuhrer Named NanoCenter Associate Director

NanoCenter Director Gary Rubloff has named Michael Fuhrer, UMD Associate Professor of Physics, as Associate Director of the NanoCenter. Dr. Rubloff noted, "his leadership in nanoelectronics is strategic for our growth in this important area and to its impact on other research directions as well." Fuhrer, who joined the UMD faculty in 2000, has a substantial background in nanotechnology research.

Michael Fuhrer has established himself as an energetic member of the UMD community. As Gary Rubloff explained, "his personal skills and excellent track record as a faculty citizen will help us to continue to build a thriving, growing and effective community of nano researchers and educators at Maryland."

Dr. Fuhrer’s research involves the physics of electronic devices constructed of nanoscale components, for example individual carbon nanotubes, novel two-dimensional electronic nanostructures, or individual organometallic molecules.  Prof. Fuhrer studied the first carbon nanotube heterojunctions, demonstrated the first carbon-nanotube-based single-electron memory device, and showed that the room-temperature mobility in semiconducting carbon nanotubes is the highest of any semiconductor.  He has published over 40 papers in technical journals, and presented his research in more than 50 invited talks. 

Michael Fuhrer received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He received his Ph. D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998 after doing research on electronic and thermal transport in High-Tc and fullerene superconductors with Prof. Alex Zettl. Prof. Fuhrer remained at Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher with Profs. Alex Zettl and Paul McEuen, working on electronic transport in carbon nanotube devices.  Prof. Fuhrer joined the faculty at the University of Maryland as an Assistant Professor in 2000, promoted to Associate Professor in 2005.

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