Chris G. Van de Walle

• Phone : 415-812-4163
• Fax: 415-812-4140
• E-mail: vandewalle@parc.xerox.com
• Address: Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto CA 94304

Short CV:

Ph. D. E. E., Stanford University, 1986.

Postdoctoral Scientist, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York (1986-1988).

Senior Member of Research Staff, Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, New York (1988-1991).

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York (1991).

Member of Research Staff, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, California (1991- ).

Research interests:

• Computational physics. Density-functional calculations. Pseudopotentials.
• Semiconductor heterojunctions and superlattices, including strained-layer interfaces; deformation potentials. Metal-semiconductor interfaces, Schottky barriers.
• Atomic and electronic structure of defects and impurities in semiconductors, diffusion, and reactions. Calculation of hyperfine parameters.
• Hydrogen in semiconductors. Fluorine, etching.
• Properties of wide-band-gap semiconductors (ZnSe, GaN, ...).