Hrvoje Petek | |
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Born | Zagreb, Croatia | January 13, 1958
Nationality | American, Croatian |
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980, B.S., Chemistry) University of California, Berkeley (1985, Ph.D., Chemistry) |
Known for |
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Ultrafast microscopy, Plasmonics, Two-photon photoelectron spectroscopy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Experimental physics |
Institutions | Institute for Molecular Science Hitachi Ltd. University of Pittsburgh |
Hrvoje Petek (born January 13, 1958) is a Croatian-born American physicist and the Richard King Mellon Professor of Physics and Astronomy, [1] at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also a professor of chemistry. [2]
Petek received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. [3] Subsequently, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985. [4]
Petek has developed coherent photoelectron spectroscopy [5] [6] and microscopy [7] as methods for studying the dephasing and spatial propagation of polarization fields in solid state materials and nanostructure. He is developing methods for multidimensional multiphoton-photoemission spectroscopy. [8] Together with Taketoshi Minato, Yousoo Kim, Maki Kawai, Jin Zhao, Jinlong Yang and Jianguo Hou, Petek discovered a delocalized electronic structure created by oxygen vacancy on titanium dioxide surface. [9] Together with Jin Zhao, Ken Jordan and Ken Onda, Petek also discovered wet electron states, where electrons are partially solvated by water and other protic solvents at molecule vacuum interfaces. [10] Together with Min Feng and Jin Zhao, Petek discovered atom-like superatom states of C60, and similar hollow molecules. [11] Petek's research of metal plasmon excitations with semiconductor substrates, unrevealed the charge injection from optically active plasmonic modes into semiconductor substrates. [12]
Petek is editor-in-chief of Progress in Surface Science [13] and has organized conferences such as the 11th International Symposium of Ultrafast Surface Dynamics, held in Qiandao Lake, China. [14] Petek has been (2015-2019) a member of the National Research and Development Agency Committee for the National Institute for Materials Science and is currently a senior scientific advisor to the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan. [15]
Hrvoje Petek | |
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Born | Zagreb, Croatia | January 13, 1958
Nationality | American, Croatian |
Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980, B.S., Chemistry) University of California, Berkeley (1985, Ph.D., Chemistry) |
Known for |
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Ultrafast microscopy, Plasmonics, Two-photon photoelectron spectroscopy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Experimental physics |
Institutions | Institute for Molecular Science Hitachi Ltd. University of Pittsburgh |
Hrvoje Petek (born January 13, 1958) is a Croatian-born American physicist and the Richard King Mellon Professor of Physics and Astronomy, [1] at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also a professor of chemistry. [2]
Petek received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. [3] Subsequently, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985. [4]
Petek has developed coherent photoelectron spectroscopy [5] [6] and microscopy [7] as methods for studying the dephasing and spatial propagation of polarization fields in solid state materials and nanostructure. He is developing methods for multidimensional multiphoton-photoemission spectroscopy. [8] Together with Taketoshi Minato, Yousoo Kim, Maki Kawai, Jin Zhao, Jinlong Yang and Jianguo Hou, Petek discovered a delocalized electronic structure created by oxygen vacancy on titanium dioxide surface. [9] Together with Jin Zhao, Ken Jordan and Ken Onda, Petek also discovered wet electron states, where electrons are partially solvated by water and other protic solvents at molecule vacuum interfaces. [10] Together with Min Feng and Jin Zhao, Petek discovered atom-like superatom states of C60, and similar hollow molecules. [11] Petek's research of metal plasmon excitations with semiconductor substrates, unrevealed the charge injection from optically active plasmonic modes into semiconductor substrates. [12]
Petek is editor-in-chief of Progress in Surface Science [13] and has organized conferences such as the 11th International Symposium of Ultrafast Surface Dynamics, held in Qiandao Lake, China. [14] Petek has been (2015-2019) a member of the National Research and Development Agency Committee for the National Institute for Materials Science and is currently a senior scientific advisor to the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan. [15]