Dr. Eric Borguet is a Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.  He was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he spent his formative years.  He attended college in France at the Université de Paris-Sud (XI-Orsay) where he studied chemistry and physics.  He traveled to Philadelphia, USA and obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, under the mentorship of Professor Hai-Lung Dai where he investigated adsorption and intermolecular interactions on stepped metal surfaces.  His post-doctoral training was carried out at Columbia University in the group of Professor Kenneth Eisenthal where he carried out nonlinear optical studies of spectroscopy and ultrafast dynamics at liquid interfaces.

Chemical and physical processes at surfaces and interfaces are the principal focus of his ongoing research program at Temple University. 

Current  research themes include:

• Nanoporous Carbon Materials

• Nanoscale Dynamics at Interfaces

• Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Processes at Interfaces

• Electrical Conductivity in Single Molecules.

• Surface Mediated Sensor Devices

Honors and Awards include:

U.S. Young Observer to 2007 IUPAC General Assembly and Congress                   2007

Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science                                       2007-2008

Visiting Professor, Université de Bordeaux, France                                                    1999

NSF-CAREER Award                                                                                              1998-2002

Eric is married to Milita Borguet.  They have two boys: Darragh and Cían.

 Department of Chemistry
201 Beury Hall
Temple University
1901 N. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

 Office  (215) 204-9696  room 252

* Fax   (215) 204-9530

 eborguet@temple.edu

http://www.temple.edu/borguet