Education
He received his Bachelor of Surgery in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma (1985), and his Doctor of Philosophy in applied physics at Yale University (1991).
He received his Bachelor of Surgery in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma (1985), and his Doctor of Philosophy in applied physics at Yale University (1991).
After postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990-1991), he became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He moved to Cornell University in 2001, where he is currently the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics. Paul McEuen studies the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, scanning probe microscopy of nanostructures, molecular electronics, and applications of nanoelectronics in chemistry and biology.
His group publishes their work frequently in Nature and Science, and Paul has a Hirsch number of 53.
McEuen wrote a scientific thriller, Spiral (released in 2011), in which an emeritus Cornell biology professor is murdered as part of a plot involving a biological weapon, which received positive reviews by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. The German translation became available on October 29, 2010.
McEuen sold the movie rights for "Spiral" to Chockstone Pictures. Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, Cornell University, (2008-present) Professor, Physics, Cornell University, (2001-present) Associate Professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1996-2000) Assistant Professor, Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1992-1996) Postdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990-1991).
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He is one of the world experts on carbon nanotubes and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.