J. W. Beeman

Jeffrey W. Beeman received the B.S. degree from SyracuseUniversity, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 1981. He is currently a Materials Scientist/Engineer with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. Hejoined the Electronic Materials Research Team headed by Prof. E. Haller (University of California at Berkeley andLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in 1984. From 1984 to 2008, he focused primarily on germanium-based cryogenicdetectors of all kinds, ultimately fabricating devices that have flown on the Spitzer, Planck, and Herschel spacetelescopes. Additional work during this time included the fabrication, modification, and characterization of variouscompound semiconductors. His current research interests include superconductive materials, nanoparticle formation andcharacterization, double beta decay detection, “Dark Matter” detection, X-ray microcalorimetry, ion beamsynthesis and modification of materials, high-efficiency solar cell production, and solar water splitting.