Alain E. Kaloyeros ( gr, Αλεν Καλόγερος, ar, آلان كالوييروس, born 1956,

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) is an

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and was the founding president and chief executive officer of the

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Early life and education

Kaloyeros was born in

to a Lebanese mother and

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father. His family is

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Christian. He attended

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and graduated with a License D’Enseignement in Mathematics and Physics with honors and left Lebanon in 1980 for graduate school in

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at the

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, and he transferred to the

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. Kaloyeros graduated from The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a doctorate in

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in 1987 with a perfect grade point average of 5.000/5.000. Kaloyeros has authored and co-authored over 200 scientific articles in technical journals and contributed to 8 books on topics pertaining to the science and technology of nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, nano-optoelectronics, nano-medicine, and green energy. His technical focus was in ultrathin film materials and structures, atomic layer vapor phase deposition processes, and nanoscale x-ray, electron, and photon-based characterization and metrology. He advised more than 36 Ph.D. and over 100 Masters students. His work has been referenced in over 4,700 citations by his peers in scientific and technical publications. He was awarded 14 U.S. and international patents.

Career

Kaloyeros was a professor in the

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's physics department from 1988 until 2009 when the nanotechnology research center was spun-off from the department into a separate SUNY college. He was a Professor of

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at the

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(CNSE) at

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. In January 2015, he was appointed the founding president of

(SUNY Poly). He served as the Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, the Interconnect Focus Center – New York, the Energy/Environment Technologies Applications Center, and the New York State Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology.

Legal issues

In September 2016, Kaloyeros was charged with felony

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. He was then suspended from his job as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's President. On July 12, 2018, Kaloyeros was found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy in a federal trial in Manhattan. The judge, Valerie E. Caproni, scheduled the sentencing dates in October. The case is being appealed to the U.S. second circuit. Following the verdict, the

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announced that it would seek his removal from his tenured faculty position. After delays due to poor health, Kaloyeros began serving time in a federal prison in February 2022. He was released on July 2, 2022 (along with three other men - Joseph Geraldi, Steven Aiello and Louis Ciminelli) after serving about five months in prison.

Personal life

Kaloyeros is separated from Paula Kaloyeros and they are undergoing an amicable divorce. They have two sons, Nicholas and Alexander. He lives in

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, a suburb of Albany.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaloyeros, Alain E. Living people 1956 births 21st-century American physicists American people of Greek descent American people of Lebanese descent Grainger College of Engineering alumni University at Albany, SUNY faculty Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon Greek Orthodox Christians from the United States Scientists from Beirut Lebanese University alumni Lebanese people of Greek descent People from Bethlehem, New York Experimental physicists Scientists from New York (state)

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Career

Legal issues

Personal life

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