Steven Van Slyke is an American

United States

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 chemist. He is known for his work with Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED)s.

Education and career

Van Slyke received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in chemistry

Chemistry

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 from Ithaca College

Ithaca College

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 and his M.S.

Master of Science

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 degree in materials science

Materials science

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 from Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

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. He has been employed at the Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak

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 Research Laboratories since 1979.

In June 2001 Van Slyke and Dr. Ching W. Tang

Ching W. Tang

Ching W. Tang, is a Hong Kong - American Physical Chemist. He was born in Yuen Long, Hong Kong in 1947. Tang currently is the Doris Johns Cherry Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Rochester . He also has joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the...

 received an Industrial Innovation Award from the American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society

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 for their work with organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
In 2004 he was a co-recipient of the "ACS Award for Team Innovation", also awarded by the American Chemical Society.

In 2004 he became an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Society for Information Display. Van Slyke left Kodak in 2010.

Publications

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