Arnold Burger, PhD Professor of Physics, Department of Life and Physical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Business Education  Ph.D. Materials Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Office 240 W.E.B. DuBois Hall  Email aburger(at) fisk.edu  Address 1000 17th Ave. N., Nashville, TN, 37208, USA  Phone     (615) 329-8516 Personal Page Detail web page at Fisk

Bio

Arnold Burger obtained the B.Sc. degree in Physics-Mathematics (1976), M.A. in Materials Science (1981), and Ph. D. in Materials Science (1986), all from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1986 he joined the Department of Physics at Fisk University and since then he has developed at Fisk a program in crystal growth of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and their use in electronic and optical devices. He participates presently in the research at the Center for Physics and Chemistry of Materials. Currently, Dr. Burger is a Professor in the Department of Life and Physical Sciences and the Director of the Materials Science and Applications Group and also holds the position of adjunct professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Burger advised over 65 graduate students and 14 postdoctoral scholars; has published over 400 papers, book chapters, proceedings and invited presentations and was awarded seven patents in these fields. In 2010, Dr. Burger was appointed to a three-year term as a member representative to the Board of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). Dr. Burger is an elected Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Member and a Fellow of the SPIE optics and photonics society and together with his colleagues and collaborators is a three-time recipient of the R&D100 Award, in 1998, 2001, and 2010 for developing new methods to grow crystals and various compact sensors to detect and image radiation.

Sample Publications

1. Stassun, K.G., Burger, A., & Lange, S.E. 2010, “The Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program: A Model for Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Groups in the Physical Sciences through Effective Partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions”, Journal of Geosciences Education, Vol. 58, 3, 135-144 2.
2. Cui, Y., Roy, U.N., Bhattacharya, P. , Parker, A., Burger, A., Goldstein, J.T., "Raman spectroscopy study of AgGaSe2, AgGa0:9In 0:1Se2, and AgGa0:8In0:2Se2 crystals", Solid State Communications, Volume 150, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 1686-1689, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2010.06.022 3.
3. Washington AL, Teague LC, Duff MC, Burger A, Groza M, Buliga V, "Atmospheric Effects on the Performance of CdZnTe Single-Crystal Detectors", JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, Volume: 39, Issue: 7, 2010, Pages: 1104-1109 DOI: 10.1007/s11664-010-1193-5 4.
4. Elshazly ES, Tepper G, Burger A, "Charge trapping in detector grade thallium bromide and cadmium zinc telluride: Measurement and theory", NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH A, Volume: 620 Issue: 2-3, 2010, Pages: 279-284 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.02.263 5.
5. Bhattacharya P, Groza M, Cui Y, Caudel D, Wrenn T, Nwankwo A, Burger A, Slack G, Ostrogorsky AG, "Growth of InI single crystals for nuclear detection applications", JOURNALOF CRYSTAL GROWTH Volume: 312 Issue: 8, 2010, Pages: 1228-1232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.12.021