Dr. Steven G. Greenbaum
Hunter College, City University of New York

Dr. Steve Greenbaum is a Professor of Physics at Hunter College in the City University of New York (CUNY) and also serves as Executive Officer of the Ph.D. Program in Physics at the CUNY Graduate Center.  Dr. Greenbaum earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from Brown University.  He spent two years in the Semiconductor Branch of the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. as an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, and also spent three sabbatical years as (i) Fulbright Scholar at the Weizmann Institute of Science, (ii) NASA/NRC Senior Research Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, and (iii) Visiting Professor in the Chemistry Department at Stony Brook University and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rutgers University.  Dr. Greenbaum’s main research interest involves spectroscopic studies of disordered solids by magnetic resonance and synchrotron x-ray absorption, most of which has recently centered on materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion (i.e. batteries and fuel cells). He has authored or co-authored over 180 peer reviewed publications and given over 50 invited talks at national or international conferences. He was the 2001 recipient of the Roosevelt Gold Medal for Science, bestowed by the New York Council of the United States Navy League, and the 2002 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, awarded jointly by the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also received the 2003 Richard Nicholson Science Teaching Award. Dr. Greenbaum is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.