Personnel
Dr. Jack C. Wells
Group Leader
Computational Nanotechnology Group
Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research
ORNL/CSMD
One Bethel Valley Road, PO Box 2008
Bldg. 6010, MS-6355
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
865-241-2853
FAX: 865-241-0381
wellsjc@ornl.gov
Dr. Jack Wells received his B.S. in Physics (Magna cum Laude) from Centre College in 1985, a M.S. in Physics from Vanderbilt University in 1989, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Vanderbilt University in 1994.
In 1994 Wells served as Assistant Professor of Physics at Pikeville College in Pikeville, Kentucky. From 1994 until 1997, he was an Institute Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics (ITAMP) at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. During this time period, Wells maintained a collaborative research relationship with ORNL's Physics Division as a consultant, and participated in two long-term programs at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) at the University of California at Santa Barbara (Time-dependent Processes in Atomic Physics, 1991; New Ideas for Particle Accelerators, 1996).
In 1997, Wells joined the staff at ORNL as a Wigner Fellow in the Center for Computational Science (CCS).
In 1999, Wells joined the research staff of the Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research (CESAR) in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division. His research interests include the theoretical description and numerical simulation of nanoscale electrical and opto-electrical devices and device components, with applications implemented on high-performance parallel computers.
Wells received a Development Accomplishment Award from ORNL in 1999 in Technical Achievement for excellence in computational physics algorithms and employment of strategies to enhance the next-generation supercomputers.
He has published 25 journal articles and 18 invited conference proceedings in atomic, nuclear, computational, and nanoscale physics.
Wells is a Member of APS and MRS. He serves as a panel reviewer for the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (AMOP) Theory Program of the NSF, and a referee for The Physical Review, Chemical Physics Letters, and Computer Physics Communications.
