Tony F. Heinz

Tony F. Heinz is a Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering and a joint affiliation with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Heinz received a BS degree in Physics from Stanford University in 1978. He was an NSF Graduate Fellow at UC Berkeley, where he received a PhD degree in Physics in 1982. Heinz was then at the IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights, NY as a research staff member and group leader until joining the faculty of Columbia University in 1995. He was subsequently appointed as the David Rickey Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics and was the recipient of Columbia’s Great Teacher Award. He served as a Scientific Director of the Columbia Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center and of the Energy Frontier Research Center. In 2012, he was the President of Optica. Heinz joined Stanford University in 2015, serving also as the Director of Chemical Sciences at SLAC and subsequently as the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences, with oversight of the materials science, chemical science, computer science, and applied energy divisions. His research accomplishments have been recognized by numerous distinctions, including the ICO Optics Prize, Springer Prize in Applied Physics, von Humboldt Research Award, AVS Medard Welch Award, Optica William Meggers Award, Clarivate Citation Laureate in Physics, APS Frank Isakson and Arthur Schawlow Prizes, and IEEE NTC Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology. Heinz is a Fellow of the AAAS, APS, AVS, IEEE, MRS, NAS, and Optica.