#  Frans Spaepen 

 



## Positions & Employment

- Rowland Institute, Director 2002 - 2013
- Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  
     > Present: John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor  
     > 2008 - 2009: Interim Dean
- Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems  
     > 2009 - 2010: Interim Director
- Harvard Materials Research Laboratory/Materials Research Science and Engineering Center  
     > 1990 - 1998: Director
- Harvard Division of Applied Sciences  
     > 1983: Professor  
     > 1981: Associate Professor  
     > 1977: Assistant Professor

### EDUCATION

- Burgerlijk metaalkundig ingenieur, 1971, University of Leuven
- Ph.D., 1975, Applied Physics, Harvard University,

### Other Experience & Professional Membership

- Co-editor, Solid State Physics, 1994-2009

### Honors

- Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2008
- Fellow, American Physical Society (chairman of the Division of Materials Physics in 1992)
- Fellow, Metallurgical Society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
- Member, Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
- Fellow, Materials Research Society