Bio
Takeshi Egami received his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo in 1968, and his PhD in Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. After the postdoctoral research at the University of Sussex, U.K. and Max-Planck-Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, he returned to the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 as Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1976, to Professor in 1980, and was the Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering from 1997 to 2002. He moved to the current position in 2003. He was Founding Director of UT-ORNL Joint-Institute for Neutron Sciences, currently Shull-Wollan Center (2008 – 2015). Egami has authored or co-authored 1 book, over 30 full reviews and over 550 technical papers. He gave over 370 invited technical presentations at national and international conferences.
Professional Experience
2003- UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist/Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division; Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Director (2008-2015), Interim Director (2004-2008), Director Emeritus (2015-).
1997-2002 Department Chair, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
1980‑2003 Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, secondary appt in Department of Electrical Engineering (1986‑2003), Graduate Group Chairman (1988‑1993, 1996-1997), Director, Materials Characterization Facility (1999-2002).
1976‑80 Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1973‑76 Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
2009- Adjunct Professor, Tohoku University, World Premier International Research Center, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Sendai, Japan
2003-10 Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2002-03 John Wheatley Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
1998 Guest Professor, KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization),
Tsukuba, Japan
1993 Guest Professor, Inst. for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
1988 Summer Faculty Visitor, IBM Almaden Research Lab, San Jose
1987 Guest Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1979‑80 Visiting Scientist, Max‑Planck‑Institut fur Metallforschung, Institut fur Physik,
Stuttgart, Germany
1972‑73 Visiting Scientist, Max‑Planck‑Institut fur Metallforschung, Institut fur Physik,
Stuttgart, Germany
Awards
J. D. Hanawalt Award, International Center for Diffraction Data, 2010, with S. J. L. Billinge
(Special session at 2010 Denver X-Ray Conference, Denver, CO).
Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, Amer. Crystallographic Assoc., 2003
(Festschrift in Z. Krstallogr. 219, No. 3, 117-185 (2004)).
Metal Physics Achievement Award, Japan Institute of Metals, 1988
Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal of TMS‑AIME, 1974
Sow-Hsin Chen Distinguished Lectureship of Neutron Science and Technology, College of Atomic Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2023
Aris Phillips Lecture Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, 2015-2016
Senior Researcher Prize, International Symposium on Metastable and Nano Materials (ISMANAM), 2006
John Wheatley Scholar of Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2002-03
NSF Creativity Extension Award, 1999
Education
1964‑1968 University of Tokyo, B. Eng. in Applied Physics
1968‑1971 University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
1971‑72 Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Sussex, School of Applied Science, Brighton, UK
Professional Service
Editor - Advances in Physics (’11-)
Divisional Assoc. Editor in Condensed Matter Physics - Physical Review Letters (‘13-‘18)
Assoc. Editor – Frontier in Physics (’22-), Progress in Materials Science ('88 – ‘95), Mater. Trans., JIM (‘96-‘00)
Guest Editor - Journal of Chemistry and Physics of Solids, Special issues on ferroelectrics
(’96, ‘99)
Professional Affiliations
American Physical Society (Fellow),
Neutron Scattering Society of America (Fellow),
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow),
Materials Research Society,
American Crystallographic Association,
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society