Tim Reith is a Research Professor in the Surface Science Division of the University’s College of Optical Sciences. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics and a Ph.D. in materials science from Syracuse University. Before joining the University of Arizona, he worked at the IBM Corporation for many years in several different technologies including: vacuum system design and construction, semiconductor device metallization schemes, Ohmic and Schottky barrier diode contacts to silicon and germanium, thin magnetic films for recording heads, magneto-optic recording media using rare earth-transition metal alloys, and hard disk drive recording media. His most recent responsibilities before leaving IBM included disk design for all future high-end server drives as well as managing the liaison between IBM Almaden Research and the IBM Storage Technology Division for future strategic advanced media research and development. In 1996, he was among the first 18 IBM Distinguished Engineers named world-wide and was the first to hold this position at their San Jose site. He holds 20 U.S. Patents in several technical fields and has authored more than 50 publications. He was named a member of the IEEE Magnetics Society Editorial Board in 2002 and the Advances in Magnetics Editor a year later. His current interests include the growth and characterization of lower-dimensionality epitaxial magnetic films, with an emphasis on Co-based structures for potential ultra-high density recording applications.

 optics, Physics, Ophthalmology