Altaf H. (Tof) Carim
Program Manager, Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

"Nanotechnology and Nanotechnology at DOE"

Biographical Sketch
Tof Carim joined the Office of Basic Energy Sciences at DOE in September 2001 as a Program Manager with primary responsibility for activities in the structure and composition of materials. His present duties include serving as the DOE program manager for two of the five Nanoscale Science Research Centers that are being established, representing DOE on the interagency Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council, and overseeing operations of four electron beam microcharacterization user facilities.

Prior to joining DOE, Dr. Carim was at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), where he was on the faculty for eleven years, most recently as Chair of the Electronic and Photonic Materials Program. He previously held summer positions at Bell Laboratories and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, did graduate work under support from Philips Research Laboratories Sunnyvale, held a post-doc at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium in The Netherlands, and for two years was a faculty member at the University of New Mexico. He also was a visiting investigator at the Carnegie Institution of Washington on a sabbatical leave.

Dr. Carim's primary expertise is in microstructural and microchemical characterization of materials, with research contributions in a variety of areas including semiconductor interfaces, superconducting and ferroelectric oxide thin films and ceramics, crystal structure determination, crystalline defects, joining of ceramics and composites, development of anisotropic microstructures, electron holography, and morphology of nanoparticles and nanowires. He has authored or coauthored over 85 research publications in these areas, including two book chapters, has edited two volumes, and has given more than 60 conference and seminar presentations. He has been active in numerous professional organizations, has organized a number of technical meetings and symposia, and has editorial roles with several journals. His awards and honors include recognition as an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator and receipt of an AIST Foreign Researcher Invitation to lecture in Japan.

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