W. Carl Lineberger

William Carl Lineberger received his Ph. D. in 1965 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined the University of Colorado Faculty in 1970, where he is the E.U. Condon Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Fellow of JILA. Lineberger's research centers on the application of lasers to problems in chemical physics, especially those involving gas phase anions.  Particular interests include photoelectron and photodetachment spectroscopy, electron affinities, energetics and structure of transient species, dipole-bound states, metal diatoms and clusters, and ultrafast processes in molecular clusters.  He has published over 270 scientific papers.  He has trained numerous Ph.D. and postdoctoral students who have gone on to be leaders in their fields.

Lineberger is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2011, he was nominated by President Obama for Membership on the National Science Board, subsequently confirmed by the US Senate. On NSB, he served as a Member of the Executive Committee, the Committee on Program and Plans, and the Committee on Strategy and Budget. He chairs the NSB Subcommittee on Facilities. He was appointed for a second six-year term on NSB by President Obama in May, 2016.