Hrvoje Petek

Professor

Office: G01 Allen Hall

Phone: (412)624-3599

Fax: (412)624-9802

Email: petek@pitt.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

List of Publications (pdf)

Education:

  • 1980-1985
  •    Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1976-1980
  •     B.S. in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Appointments:

Institute for Molecular Science
  • Aug. 1985 - Nov. 1987
  •   Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Prof. Keitaro Yoshihara
  • Dec. 1987 - Jan. 1993
  •    Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Science
Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory
  • Feb. 1993 - March 2000
  •   Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader
The University of Pittsburgh
  • April 2000 - present
  •    Professor of Physics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sept. 2002 - present
  • Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
  • Feb. 2005 - present
  •  Co-Director, Petersen Institute for NanoScience and                                         Engineering
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Awards and Honors:

  • • Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
  • • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003
  • • NEDO Joint International Research Grant Awardee, 1996 -1999, 2003 - 2006
  • • Yamada Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985
  • • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985 - 1987
  • • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 1980 - 1984
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Professional Service:

  • July 2006 - present
  • Editor-in-Chief, Progress in Surface Science
  • 2006
  •                         Thematic Issue Editor (with J. T. Yates), “Photochemistry                                        and Photophysics on Surfaces”, Chemical Reviews
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