Background
The Heeger family came to Sioux City (Iowa) from Belarus as Jewish immigrants in 1904 when Alan's father was a small boy (age 4). His mother was born in Omaha (Nebraska); she was a first generation child of Jewish immigrants.
physicist professor Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry
The Heeger family came to Sioux City (Iowa) from Belarus as Jewish immigrants in 1904 when Alan's father was a small boy (age 4). His mother was born in Omaha (Nebraska); she was a first generation child of Jewish immigrants.
He went to the elementary school in Akron, USA, but after Alan's father's death, the family moved to Omaha.
In 1990 Heeger founded the UNIAX Corporation to develop and manufacture light-emitting displays based on conducting polymers.
In 2001 he cofounded Konarka Technologies to produce thin, flexible solar cells made of plastic.
He is Co-founder and Chairman of CBrite Inc. in Santa Barbara.
He is Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Cynvenio (micro fluidics for cell sorting and related areas) and Cytomx Therapeutics (novel technology for targeted drug delivery).
(Filled with humor, this book tells Professor Heeger's sto...)
(This paper reports elastic and inelastic neutron-scatteri...)
(Doped polyacetylene forms a new class of conducting polym...)
He has long been interested in and a fan of theatre. Prof. Alan Heeger has participated in the production of 4 Broadway plays: "In the Heights", "West Side Story", "Barefoot in the Park" and "Cinderella".
He is married and has two sons.
