Education

1993 Ph.D., Physics, University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois. Dissertation Title: "Quantum Dynamics of Vortices in Superconductors", Advisor: Prof. Thomas Rosenbaum
1991 M.A., Physics, University of Chicago ; Chicago, Illinois.
1988 B.Sc., Physics, University of Florida ; Gainesville, Florida. Senior Thesis Title: "Pseudotwinning in AuCd(47.5 at.%) Shape Memory Martnesite"

Research Employment Record

9/02- Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington; Seattle, WA.
9/96-9/02 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington; Seattle, WA.
10/93-9/96 Visiting Scientist (Postdoctoral Fellow), NEC Research Institute; Princeton, NJ. Advisor: Dr. Stuart A. Solin.
1/89-10/93 Research Assistant for Prof. Thomas F. Rosenbaum, James Franck Institute and the Department of Physics, University of Chicago, and the N.S.F. Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity; Chicago, IL.
5/87-9/88 Undergraduate Research Assistant for Prof. Steven Nagler, University of Florida, Department of Physics; Gainesville, FL.
1/86-4/87 Undergraduate Research Assistant for Prof. E.D. Adams, University of Florida, Department of Physics; Gainesville, FL.
9/82-8/84 Lab Assistant for Prof. Sol Gerchakov, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami; Miami, FL.

5/99 Cottrell Scholars Award from the Research Corporation.
1/98-12/98 Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation.
9/97-9/99 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.
12/92-12/93 Grainger Fellow; "Top Graduate Student in Experimental Physics," Department of Physics, University of Chicago.
5/88 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
1/87-4/87 and 1/86-8/86 University of Florida Society for Chemical Physics Undergraduate Research Fellowship under Prof. E.D. Adams (low-temperature physics).

1995 Gerald T. Seidler and Stuart A. Solin, "Process for Forming a Magnetoresistive Sensor for a Read/Write Head", U.S. Patent No. 5,622,874.