Craig Hawker
Institute Role
Member of Production & Storage Solutions Group
Role in Affiliated Centers
Steering Committee
Member of the International Center for Materials Research and the Mistubishi
Chemical Center for Advanced Materials
Research
Craig Hawker is interested in the interface between organic and polymer
chemistry with emphasis on the design, synthesis, and application of
well-defined macromolecular structures in biotechnology, microelectronics and
surface science. Energy efficiency research interests include the use of
nano-imprint lithography to create organic photovoltaics and the use of block
co-polymer lithography nanotechnology to create smaller, faster and more
efficient microprocessors. Additional research interests include macromolecular
synthesis (thiol-ene dendrimers for “click chemistry,” ketene functionality and
hydrogel-based microarray systems) and polymer nanoparticle applications in
drug delivery, medical diagnostics and therapeutics.
Biography
Craig Hawker is the director of
the Materials Research Lab at UC Santa Barbara and a Professor of Chemistry and
Materials. He received a B.Sc. degree and University Medal in chemistry
from the University of Queensland (1984) and a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from
the University of Cambridge (1988). After completing a post-doctoral fellowship
at Cornell University, he returned to the University of Queensland as a Queen
Elizabeth II Fellow. Hawker came to
UCSB in 2004 after eleven years as a scientist at the IBM Almaden Research
Center in San Jose, CA. In addition to a variety of named lectureships, he is
editor of the Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry and a member
of the editorial boards of several other journals. Hawker is also an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Queensland and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of
Intermolecular Inc., Relypsa Inc., and Warwick Effect Polymers, as well as
consulting for various multinational companies.
Hawker has received numerous national and international awards and honors, the most recent include being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (2010), Macro Group UK International Medal for Outstanding Achievement (2010), the DSM – International Performance Materials Prize (2008) and the Mark Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society (2007).
