Roger G. Tobin

Experimental surface science

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Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
4 Colby St.
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
617-627-5461 (office)
617-627-3744 (FAX)
roger.tobin@tufts.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Experimental condensed matter physics, surface science.
  • Infrared spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces;
  • Chemisorption on metals,
  • Adsorbate effects on electronic conduction,
  • Adsorbate-substrate and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions,
  • Physics and chemistry of chemical sensors;
  • Quantum effects in adsorption on nanoscale metallic films;

OTHER INTERESTS:

  • Energy policy and climate change.
  • Physics education.
  • Physics of sports, especially baseball.

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D. in Physics 1985 University of California, Berkeley, California.
    Thesis: Vibrational Linewidths of Adsorbed Molecules by Infrared Emission Spectroscopy
    Paul L. Richards, Advisor.
  • M.A. in Physics 1982 University of California, Berkeley, California.
  • A.B. in Physics 1978 Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, summa cum laude.

 

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