Bruce D. McCombe
Dean
810 Clemens Hall
North Campus
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
Ph: (716) 645-2711
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Dr. Bruce D. McCombe, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Physics, was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in March 2007. He had previously served as Interim Dean from July 1, 2006. Dr. McCombe had been the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School from January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. Dr. McCombe joined the faculty of the then Department of Physics and Astronomy at UB in 1982, and has served in a variety of administrative posts, including Associate Chair and Chair of the Department of Physics, and more recently as Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to coming to UB he was head of the Electronics Technology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. He is Director of UB's Center for Spin Effects and Quantum Information in Nanostructures, and an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. McCombe's research interests are in the general area of semiconductor physics, particularly optical, infrared and far infrared spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, and spin-dependent properties of semiconductors for spintronics applications.
A fellow of the American Physical Society, he is the author or co-author of more than 250 articles in refereed journals and refereed and non-refereed conference proceedings and a like number of contributed presentations at national and international conferences, symposia and workshops. Former editor of Physica E, Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, he has presented more than 120 invited talks at national and international conferences and workshops, and has organized or co-organized three international conferences and several international workshops and symposia.
McCombe earned a bachelor's degree in physics, cum laude, from Bowdoin College and a doctorate in solid state physics from Brown University.