Dr. Mark Spitler

Program Manager
Solar Photochemistry
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-32.1/Germantown Building
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail:mark.spitler@science.doe.gov
Phone: (301) 903-4568
Fax: (301) 903-0271

Dr. Spitler joined the U.S. Department of Energy in 2007 as the program manager for the Solar Photochemistry program. Prior to joining DOE, Dr. Spitler was a Senior Scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CA.) From 1997 to 2004 he was President of ChemMotif, Inc., a company formed with former Polaroid colleagues in Woburn, MA, and served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. This position was preceded by a tenure at the Polaroid Corporation as a senior scientist and research group leader in the Department of Media Systems Research and Department of Physical Chemistry. His initial assignment at Polaroid began in 1985 in the business development and manufacture of amorphous silicon solar cells. This experience followed service on the faculties of Amherst and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, with a concurrent appointment on the graduate faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Spitler was a postdoctoral student at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin with Heinz Gerischer. His doctoral work was completed under the supervision of Melvin Calvin.
Dr. Spitler has over three dozen journal articles and patents. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and the Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie. His research background includes photoelectrochemistry and semiconductor electrochemistry, spectral sensitization of solids, and sensors for detection of hazardous materials.

Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1977
B.S., Stanford University, 1972