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SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Fellow of the American Physical Society.
• Active in research in atomic and molecular physics, with more than 135 publications, including more than 15 in Physical Review Letters, on a great variety of topics in atomic and molecular physics.
• Published recent popular article ”Making Ultrabright X-rays” in Scientific American.

RESEARCH INTERESTS/REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Fundamental experimental research in atomic physics, investigating the role of electron correlation in atomic and molecular systems, ion-atom collisions, diagnostics of discharge and fusion plasmas, and high-resolution atomic and molecular photoionization. Recent work on the search for quantum chaos; photoionization of ions; and measurement of femtosecond lifetimes in the energy domain. Experience with x-ray monochromators and applications of sychrotron radiation. More than 135 publications.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
A.B., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
M.A., Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1965.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Staff Scientist at Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California (1989–1993); Manager of the User Liaison Group (1993–1995); Manager of Scientific Outreach (1995-1996); Coordinator for Scientific Support (1996-1997); Staff Scientist (1997-present).
• Visiting Professor, Chiang Mai University (since 2002).
• Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Orsay (1992).
• Staff Scientist, Magnetic Fusion Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, (1975–1989).
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University (1986–1997).
• Visiting Scientist, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Institut für Kernphysik, Germany (1980–1981).
• Visiting Scientist, Center for Nuclear Studies at Fontenay-aux-Roses, France (1997)
• Scientist, Center for Nuclear Studies at Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (1971–1975).
• Scientist, Institute for Fundamental Electronics, University of Paris, Orsay, France (1971–1973).
• Principal Research Scientist, Honeywell Research Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1968–1970).
• Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Department of Physics, Madison, WI (1963-1968).
• Aerospace Engineer, NASA, Ames Research Center, CA, (Summer 1963).

Popular Publications

“Making Ultrabright X-Rays,” Scientific American (December 1998), with M. Altarelli and J. Cross.

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FELLOWSHIPS
• National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1964).
• C.N.R.S. Fellowship, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Paris (1971-1972).
• Joliot-Curie Fellowship, Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucleaires, Saclay (1972-1973).
• NATO Research Grant (1980-1982 and 1985-1986).
• Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Traveling Fellowship (1980-1981).
• National Academy of Science exchange scientist with USSR (1986).
• France-Berkeley Fund Grant ( 1998).

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MEMBERSHIP
• American Physical Society; Fellow (1992–present).
• American Physical Society Division of Electron and Atomic Physics Program Committee
(1978-1980 and 1985-1988).
• General Committee of International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC), 1992–1995; Executive Committee (1993–1995).
• Member of the International Advisory Committee for Journal of Physics B (1992-2000).

Meeting Organization and Direction of Schools and Workshops
• Co-organizer of International Symposium on Atomic Processes in Fusion Plasmas, University of California Santa Cruz, July 31–August 2, 1985. Proceeding published as LBL-19690 (July 1985). Report published in Comments on Atomic and Molecular Physics 18, 237 (1986).

• Organizer, ALS Annual Users’ Association Meeting, Berkeley, 1990-1997, and of various workshops.

• Director, NATO ASI (Advanced Study Institute) on New Directions in Research with Third-Generation Synchrotron Radiation Sources, Maratea, Italy, June 28–July 10, 1992. Editor of Proceedings (published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994).

• Co-organizer of International Workshop on Photoionization, held in San Francisco, October 24-27, 1994.
• Organizing Chair, VUV XII Conference (International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics), San Francisco, August 3-7, 1998.

• Co-organizer, Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, held in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, April 28-May 8, 2000. “Atoms and Molecules in a New Light.” Co-Editor of Proceedings.

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Invited Papers, Reviews
• Many invited papers, including DEAP/DAMOP meetings, International Conference on Cyclotrons and Applications, U.S.-Mexico Symposia, International Symposia on Production and Neutralization of Negative Ions and Beams, Conference on Polarized Proton Ion Sources, Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Workshop on Cross Sections for Fusion, U.S.-Japanese Seminar, EBIS and ECR Workshops, Atomic Physics with Bright Synchrotron-Radiation Sources, and Alpha-Particle Diagnostics and Fusion Diagnostics Workshops. Invited talks on synchrotron radiation in Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and elsewhere. Lecturer at School on Chaos and Quantum Chaos, Taiwan, 1998. Invited talks at Brazilian National Vacuum Society meeting (2001) and Inter-American Workshop on the Use of Synchrotron Radiation for Research and Symposium on Nanotechnologies, Campinas, Brazil (2001).
• Review article on charge transfer of hydrogen ions and atoms in metal vapors: Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 14, 971 (1985).
• Book Review: "Atomic and Molecular Processes in Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion," reviewed in Nuclear Science and Engineering 79, 322 (1981).
• Review article on double ionization of helium by charged particles and photons, J. Phys. B 28, 913 (1995).
• International Advisory Committees for Thai Light Source and Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (1996-7).

PATENTS
Ionization Smoke Detector, U.S. Patent No. 3,735,138.
Polarization of Fast Particle Beams by Collisional Pumping, U.S. Patent No. 4,724,117.

BOOKS EDITED
New Directions in Research with Third-Generation Soft X-Ray Synchrotron Light Sources, edited by A. S. Schlachter and F. J. Wuilleumier, NATO ASI Series E: Applied Sciences–Vol. 254, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
Atoms and Molecules in a New Light, edited by Carmen Cisneros, Eduardo Montenegro. Fred Schlachter, and Howard Bryant, Proceedings of the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, puiblished by the University of Mexico (2000).

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SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Covington et al., Photoionization of Metastable O+ Ions: Experiment and Theory, Physical Review Letters 87, 243002 (2001).
• Müller et al., Photoionization of C2+ ions: time-reversed recombination of C3+ with electrons, Journal of Physics B 35, L37 (2002).
• Schippers et al., Experimentally linking photoionization of Sc2+ with photorecombination of Sc3+: an application of detailed balance in a unique atomic system, Physical Review Letters 89, 193002 (2002).
• Stolte et al., Anionic Photofragmenation of CO: a Selective Probe of Core-level Resonances, Physical Review Letters 86, 45045 (2001)
• Püttner et al., Statistical Properties of Inter-Series Mixing in Helium: from Integrability to Chaos, Physical Review Letters 86, 3747 (2001).
• Schlachter et al., Lifetime of a K-shell vacancy in atomic
carbon created by 1s->2p photoexcitation of C+.(submitted for publication).

updated July 30, 2003