Mark Hersam

Mark Hersam attended Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, IL where he was Valedictorian[3] and an Eagle Scout. He then went on to receive his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. Upon winning the Marshall Scholarship,[4] Hersam received a M.Phil. in Microelectronic Engineering and Semiconductor Physics from the University of Cambridge in 1997. His Ph.D was granted from the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000.

While at UIUC, Hersam did research[5] under Professor David Ruzic[6] in the Nuclear Engineering Department and Professor Joseph Lyding[7] in the Electrical Engineering Department.

After graduating from UIUC, Hersam was an intern at the Argonne National Laboratory where he did research in the Energy Technology Division studying the energy-related applications of surface acoustic-wave-based sensing.

While at Cambridge University, Hersam was advised by Mark Welland and the two co-authored the paper "Potentiometry and repair of electrically stressed nanowires using atomic force microscopy"[8] in the journal of Applied Physics Letters.

As a doctoral candidate, Hersam again worked with Professor Joseph Lyding at the Beckman Institute where they studied "atomic level manipulation and silicon-based molecular nanotechnology."[9]

• Teacher of the Year[15] in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010
• Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award,[16] 2010
• SES Research Young Investigator Award, Electrochemical Society,[17] 2010
• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009
• Young Alumni Achievement Award, ECE Department, UIUC,[18] 2007
• AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award,[19] 2006
• TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award,[20] 2006
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers,[21] 2005
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2005
• Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2005
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship,[22] 2005
• Northwestern University Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll,[23] 2004
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002[22]
• Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigators Award, 2001[24]
• Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award, 2000[25]
• American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award, 1999[26]

• Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Junior Fellow, 2001
• IBM Distinguished Fellowship, 1999
• Koehler Graduate Fellowship, 1998
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1997
• British Marshall Scholarship, 1996