Martin E. Kordesch obtained his BA in Physics from the University of
Chicago (1978), and M.S.(1980) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees in Physics
from Case Western Reserve University. His early work was on in situ
Mossbauer and EXAFS measurements of corrosion systems and fuel cell
catalysts. He was a Max Planck Fellow and then Staff Scientist at the
Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, Germany from 1984-1989, where he
worked on the surface chemistry of cyanide compounds and hydrogen
surface resonances using vibrational spectroscopy and
synchrotron-based photoelectron spectroscopy.He joined Ohio University in 1989, and worked on the in situ observation of CVD diamond growth with emission microscopes. His current research involves the growth and characterization of low work function surfaces, carbon nanosheets and nanotextured surfaces for field emission.
