A Xerox Corporation physicist, Dr. Charles B. Duke, has been awarded the American Physical
Society's 2006 George E. Pake Prize. Granted annually by the American Physical Society,
the Pake Prize honors individuals for their work combining original research and the
leadership of industrial research and development.
The Society recently cited Duke for his "groundbreaking theoretical contributions to the
understanding of tunneling in solids, and inelastic scattering of low-energy electrons
in solids, and for his outstanding contributions to Xerox Corporate Research both as an
intellectual and research manager."
Duke, vice president and senior research fellow in the Xerox Innovation Group, is a
recognized expert in the nature of surfaces and interfaces between materials.
"The George E. Pake Prize is a well-deserved honor for Charlie Duke. It is a true reflection
of his impact on Xerox as a leader, mentor and innovator," said Hervé Gallaire, president,
Xerox Innovation Group and chief technology officer.
At Xerox, Duke's theoretical work influenced the design of a new class of polymer-based
photoconductors and dry inks that led to the first Xerox products based on flexible-belt
photoreceptors, a physical device inside a marking system on which an image is written
and developed. This breakthrough has been at the core of Xerox products since the early
1980s.
Beyond his corporate responsibilities, Duke has published more than 370 technical
publications, including four books, and has supported and led several professional
societies. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the IEEE, and the American
Vacuum Society. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1993 and to
the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.
Duke served as founding editor in chief of the Journal of Materials Research, and from
1992 to 2001 he was editor in chief of Surface Science and Surface Science Letters. He
currently is the chair of a National Research Council study of network science that
advances knowledge of complex systems and processes exhibiting network behaviors.
Duke joined Xerox in 1972. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke
University in 1959 and a doctorate in physics from Princeton University in 1963.
The George E. Pake Prize was endowed in 1983 by Xerox Corporation in recognition of the
top achievements and contributions of Dr. George E. Pake, the founder and first director
of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The American Physical Society is an organization
that advances and furthers the knowledge of physics worldwide. Duke will receive the Pake
Prize in March at the American Physical Society's meeting in Baltimore. Duke is the first
Xerox researcher to win the Pake Prize for contributions primarily made as an active Xerox
employee.
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