Alan J. Heeger

Alan J. Heeger
Heeger in 2013
Born	Alan Jay Heeger (1936-01-22) January 22, 1936 (age 88) Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Alma mater	University of Nebraska University of California, Berkeley
Known for	SSH model
Spouse	Ruth (2 children)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000) Balzan Prize ENI award Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1983)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Chemistry
Institutions	University of Pennsylvania University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis	Studies on the magnetic properties of canted antiferromagnets (1962)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Portis
Doctoral students	Fan Chunhai (postdoc student)

Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.

Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications.