Princeton University, Physics AB 1974
Stanford University, Electrical Engineering MS 1976
Stanford University, Electrical Engineering PhD 1979
Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley
Professor of the Graduate School (2018-present)
Department Chair (1995-2000)
Professor (1991-2018)
Associate Professor (1988-91)
Assistant Professor (1983-88)
Additional appointments, University of California, Berkeley
Affiliated Faculty, Applied Science & Technology Program
Affiliated Faculty, Energy and Resources Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Director, Advanced Light Source (2006-17)
Stanford University
Marvin Chodorow Fellow, Applied Physics Department (1980-83)
Member, National Academy of Sciences, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society, OPTICA (The Optical Society - OSA), and American Association for the Advancement of Science
APS 5-Sigma Physicist Award for Outstanding Advocacy (2019)
APS Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics (2015) (with seven others)
APS Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (2005) (with the APS Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense)
LBNL Advanced Light Source Halbach Prize for Instrumentation (2000) (with one other)
APS Distinguished Traveling Lecturer of the Laser Science Topical Group (1992-93)
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984)
President, Advisory Board, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Chair, International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Extreme Laser Infrastructure
Chair, LaserNetUS Science Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences
Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Apollon Research Infrastructure, France
Member, External Advisory Committee, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State U
Member Scientific Advisory Committee for the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory
Member NSF OPAL External Advisory Board, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Member Advisory Board of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium at UC Berkeley
Member, PULSE Institute External Advisory Committee, Stanford University
Past President of the American Physical Society (2018) ; APS Presidential Line (2016-19)
Past Member, Advisory Committee, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley
Past Member, American Physical Society Bridge Program Disciplinary Advisory Board
Past Co-Chair, NSF MPS Facilities and Major Research Infrastructure Subcommittee
Past Member, Board of Directors, Hertz Foundation
Past Member, International Review Committee, SLiT-J Synchrotron, Japan
Past Member, Adv. Com., Quant.-Mats. for Energy Eff. Neuromorphic-Computing Q-MEEN-C, UCSD
Past Member, Executive Committee, NIF User Group, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Past Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (2015-20)
Past Member, US & Russian National Academy of Sciences Committee on Missile Defense (2017-18)
Past Director, Institute for Materials Dynamics at Extreme Conditions, Univ. CA (2011-16)
Past Elected Member and President, Lafayette, CA, School District Governing Board (2000-2004)
Past Member, NSF LIGO Program Advisory Committee (2016-19)
Past Co-Chair of the NSF-DMR Committee for the Materials 2022 Report
Past Chair of the DOE-SC-, NNSA-, NSF-, and NPI-supported Brightest Light Initiative Workshop (2019)