Education
The Romanian born Doctor Schuller received his Licenciado (1970) from the University of Chile, Mississippi degree (1972) and Doctor of Philosophy (1976) from Northwestern University.
The Romanian born Doctor Schuller received his Licenciado (1970) from the University of Chile, Mississippi degree (1972) and Doctor of Philosophy (1976) from Northwestern University.
He is best known for his work on superlattices. His interests are focused on thin films, nanostructures, novel materials, magnetism, and superconductivity. From 1978-1987, he was a Senior Physicist and Group Leader at Argonne National Laboratory.
Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego.
In addition to this position, he is also Layer Leader-Materials and Devices of CAL-(Information Technology)2 Institute, and Director-Air Force Office of Scientific Research-MURI at University of California, San Diego. He held visiting professorships at the Catholic University -Santiago, Chile. Universidad del Valle, Colombia.
The Catholic University-Leuven, Belgium, and the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany. Schuller is a professor of physics at University of California San Diego, and the recipient of numerous prizes, including the David Adler Lectureship (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Award (2000), Wheatley Award (1999), Department of Energy Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments (1987), a Doctor Honoris Causa at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2005) and the 2015 Lise Meitner Lectureship Award.
Doctor Schuller is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Advisory Committee at the IMDEA Nanoscience Institute.