1. Education
     Ph.D. (Physics) U.C.L.A.  1968
     M.A.  (Physics) U.C.L.A.  1961
     B.A.  (Physics) U.C.L.A.  1959

2. Professional Experience:
     a. Present position:
             Professor of Physics (1976-
                 California State University, Los Angeles (C.S.U.L.A.)
     b. Previous or concurrent positions:
             Professor, University of Leicester, (UK) 1995-
             Professor, Solid State Science Center, U.C.L.A., 1990-1991
             Project Specialist, Chinese Provincial Universities Development
                    Program, World Bank 1987-1988
             NATO Senior Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory (UK) 1983-84
             Senior Research Fellow, Darwin College,
                   University of Cambridge (U.K.), 1975-76
             Associate Professor (Physics) C.S.U.L.A., 1971-76
             Assistant Professor (Physics) C.S.U.L.A., 1968-71
      c. Visiting Positions:
             Professor, Arya Mar University, Teheran, Iran, Winter 1976
             Professor, University of Natal, Durban, R.S.A., Fall 1976
             Research Scientist, University of Bucharest, Romania,  1972
             Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia,  1971
             Research Scientist, Leningrad State University, USSR,  1970
             Professor, University of Istanbul, Turkey, Summer 1972,1969
             Research Associate, University of Athens Greece, Summer 1969
       d. Administrative positions (C.S.U.L.A.)
             Director, Accelerator Facility 1981-83
             Executive director, Applied Physics Institute 1981-83

3..  Referee:
     a) Journals
              Solid State Electronics,
              Physical Review
              Physical Review Letters
              Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids
     b) Proposals
              Member, NASA Proposal Review Panel, 1992
               NSF research propoal reviewer 1998-

4. Grants and Fellowships:
        NSF, Research Grant  ($155,000) 1999-
         NSF, Research Grant ($65,000) 1995-97
         NSF, Research Grant ($65,000) 1994-95
         NSF, Research Grant ($65,000) 1993-4
         NSF - Laboratory Improvement Program Grant 1992-5
         NATO - Collaborative Research Grant, 1991-
         American Chemical Society, Faculty Research Fellow, 1990
         Research Corporation grantee, 1987-91
         NATO Research Fellowship 1983-84
         NSF - Scientific Equipment program 1976-78

5. Professional Societies:
         Member, Sigma Pi Sigma
         Member, Sigma Xi
         Member, Phi Beta Delta (international honorary)
         Member, Phi Kappa Phi
         Member, American Physical Society
         Fellow, British Interplanetary Society

6.  Research area: Generally in optical properties of semi-conductors

7 .  Teaching Service
     a) Lower Division:
              Two year calculus based sequence for physics/engineering  majors ending with relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear and  elementary particles. Various associated laboratories.
     b) Upper Division:
              Courses in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, modem  optics, three quarter sequence in solid state, a three quarter  sequence of senior laboratories, supervision of independent study  and research for undergraduates.
     c) Graduate:
             A two quarter sequence of solid state theory. Supervision of independent study and research for graduate students. Supervision of postdoctoral and visiting scholar projects.
     d) Research students supervised
              1. 305 students individually supervised.
              2.  Two students  placed first in statewide research competition
                            A. B. Epstein     1987
                            E. Urgiles          1994
              3. Fifteen graduate theses supervised
              4. four post doctoral scholars supervised.

8.  Publications (41 total publications with a total of 51 student co-authors,
        * indicates student co-authors )  Sample publications include

3. "Electro-photoluminescence in HgI2" C.C. Coleman and M. Chester,
            Phys.  Letters 28A, 145 (69).

12. "A Single Frequency Approximation for Interface State Density
            Determination", W Hill* and C.C. Coleman,
            Solid State Electronics,  23, 987 (80).

19. "Determination of Composition of Lead Zirconate Titanate
            Piezoelectric Ceramics by means of Rutherford Backscattering
            Spectroscopy" A.X. Kuang, Dwight Ang* and C.C. Coleman.
            Ferroelectrics, 67, 217 (86).

29. "Optical Effects of Methylated Hydrazine Intercalation in Lead
            Iodide", R. Al-Jishi, C.C. Coleman, R. Treece* and H. Goldwhite,
             Phys. Rev. B 19, 4862 (89).

36.  "Characterization of Solution Synthesized CdTe and HgTe",
            M.  Mullenborn*, R. F. Jarvis Jr.*, B. G. Yacobi, R. B. Kaner,
            C. C. Coleman  and N. M. Hagel, Appl. Phys. A56, 317-21 (93).

37. "Photoimaging in Mercuric Iodide Polycrystalline Films",
             C. C. Coleman, A. B. Epstein* and R. J. Ebert*,
             J. Phys. Chem. Sol., 54, 1497 (93)

39. "Electrode Polarization in a Yittria-Stabilized Zirconia Solid
             Electrolyte Cell", D. J. Clark* and C. C. Coleman,
            Solid State  Ionics 67, 229 (94)

40. "Intercalation of Hydrazines in Lead Iodide", C. C. Coleman,
             B. Magness*, P. Melo*, H. Goldwhite, W. Tikkanen, Q. Tham*,
             K. Pham*, R. Jacobinas*, R. B. Kaner and R. Treece,
             J. Phys. Chem. Sol., 57, 1153 (96)

41. "Vapor Reaction Growth of Single Crystal GeI2", E. Urgiles*,
            P. Melo* and C. C. Coleman, J. Crystal Grow., 165, 245 (96)
 
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