Phaedon Avouris (Greek: Φαίδων Αβούρης; born 1945) is a Greek chemical physicist and materials scientist.
[1] He is an IBM Fellow and was formerly the group leader for Nanometer Scale Science and Technology at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.
[4] In 1968 he graduated with a BSc in chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
He was also appointed Fellow in the following scientific societies: the American Physical Society (APS) in 1987; Institute of Physics (U.K.) in 2004; Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) in 2014; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996; Materials Research Society (MRS) in 2011; American Vacuum Society (AVS) in 1997; World Technology Network (1999).
For his work, Avouris has received many awards from diverse scientific institutions including: