Paul A. Fleury, who recently became Yale's dean of engineering and has now been named the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Engineering and Applied Physics, is an award-winning scientist and engineer noted for his research in condensed matter and optical science.

Before coming to Yale this fall, he served since 1996 as dean of engineering at the University of New Mexico, where he boosted the school's engineering program to national prominence. At Yale, he is responsible for five academic departments and is overseeing an enhancement and expansion of Yale's engineering programs and facilities, including the construction of a new engineering and applied science facility. These initiatives are part of the University's $500 million investment plan to ensure the strength and vitality of Yale's science and engineering programs for generations to come.

Fleury's own research focus has been in the microscopic origin of physical phenomena in condensed matter systems, with emphasis on collective behaviors underlying magnetic, optical, electronic, acoustic and structural properties of materials. He has used laser spectroscopy and nonlinear optics in his work to probe such materials as molecular hydrogen, liquids, rare gases, metals, semiconductors and superconductors. He holds five patents and has authored more than 120 scientific publications.

Fleury has also held senior positions in industrial and government laboratories. He worked for 30 years at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, where he was director of materials and processing research. He previously served there as director of the physical research laboratory, director of the materials research laboratory and head of the Condensed State Physics Research Department. In 1992-93 he was vice president of research and exploratory technology at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has served on numerous national panels and committees concerned with engineering and science research.

Fleury's honors include the Frank Isakson Prize from the American Physical Society and the Michelson Morley Award.

Fleury earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics at John Carroll University, and received his Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences and is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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