Past MRS Presidents

MRS presidents serve as the chief representative and spokesperson of the society and provide leadership to the  Board of Directors. This service to MRS begins in the position of vice president/president-elect and lasts a full three years, serving the third year as immediate past president.
 
MRS has been fortunate to have had professional, dedicated and hard working presidents over the years who have provided excellent guidance and leadership to MRS as it continuously evolved.
 
Sabrina Sartori (2023)

University of Oslo

Carolyn R. Duran (2022)

Apple Inc.

Cherie R. Kagan (2021)

University of Pennsylvania

 
Matt Copel (2020)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Michael R. Fitzsimmons (2019)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee

Sean J. Hearne (2018)

Sandia National Laboratories

 
Susan Trolier-McKinstry (2017)

The Pennsylvania State University

Kristi S. Anseth (2016)

University of Colorado Boulder

Oliver Kraft (2015)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

 
Tia Benson Tolle (2014)

The Boeing Company

Orlando Auciello (2013)

University of Texas at Dallas

Bruce M. Clemens (2012)

Stanford University

 
Jim De Yoreo (2011)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

David S. Ginley (2010)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Shefford P. Baker (2009)

Cornell University

 
Cynthia A. Volkert (2008)

University of Göttingen

Alan J. Hurd (2007)

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Peter F. Green (2006)

University of Michigan

 
David J. Eaglesham (2005)

First Solar

Howard E. Katz (2004)

Johns Hopkins University

Merrilea J. Mayo (2003)

Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable The National Academies

 
Alexander H. King (2002)

Purdue University

Martin L. Green (2001)

Agere Systems Inc.

Harry A. Atwater (2000)

California Institute of Technology

 
Ronald Gibala (1999)

University of Michigan

Robert J. Nemanich (1998)

North Carolina State University

Robert Hull (1997)

University of Virginia

 
Carl V. Thompson (1996)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Julia M. Phillips (1995)

AT&T Bell Laboratories

John C. Bravman (1994)

Stanford University

 
S. Thomas Picraux (1993)

Sandia National Laboratories

G. Slade Cargill III (1992)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

James B. Roberto (1991)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 
Russell R. Chianelli (1990)

Exxon Research and Engineering

R.P.H. Chang (1989)

Northwestern University

John E.E. Baglin (1988)

IBM Almaden Research Center

 
Kathleen C. Taylor (1987)

General Motors Research Laboratories

Gordon E. Pike (1986)

Sandia National Laboratories

Elton N. Kaufmann (1985)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 
C.W. White (1984)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Harry J. Leamy (1983)

Bell Telephone Laboratories (Deceased—2008)

Clyde J.M. Northrup Jr. (1982)

Sandia National Laboratories

 
King Ning Tu (1981)

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

John M. Poate (1980)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

R.J.H. Voorhoeve (1979)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

 
Kenneth A. Jackson (1978)

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Rustum Roy (1977)

The Pennsylvania State University (Deceased—2010)

Harry C. Gatos (1973-1976)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Deceased—2015)