R. Stanley Williams

<p>Richard Stanley Williams (born 1951) is a <a href="/facts/Research_scientist/JDvthEFM">research scientist</a> in the field of <a href="/facts/Nanotechnology/Co4FFNfY">nanotechnology</a> and a <a href="/facts/Senior_Fellow/DLThQbkq">Senior Fellow</a> and the founding director of the <a href="/facts/Quantum_Science_Research_Laboratory/Pq3NGJh4">Quantum Science Research Laboratory</a> at <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a>. He has over 57 patents, with 40 more patents pending. At HP, he led a group that developed a working <a href="/facts/Solid_state_(electronics)/US0Qbq28">solid state</a> version of <a href="/facts/Leon_Chua/v5DWrV5E">Leon Chua</a>'s <a href="/facts/Memristor/BrFKeE7l">memristor</a>.
</p><p>Williams earned a <a href="/facts/Bachelor%2527s_degree/s739u69z">bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="/facts/Chemical_physics/VEqp9VrK">chemical physics</a> in 1974 from <a href="/facts/Rice_University/YvEYoWMn">Rice University</a> and a <a href="/facts/Ph.D./paJumdN8">Ph.D.</a> in <a href="/facts/Physical_chemistry/WqwnJjRM">physical chemistry</a> from the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> in 1978. After graduating, he worked at <a href="/facts/Bell_Labs/fKP5Gk0H">Bell Labs</a> before joining the faculty at <a href="/facts/UCLA/KwPz7AK1">UCLA</a>, where he served as a professor from 1980 to 1995. He then joined <a href="/facts/HP_Labs/Pq3NGJh4">HP Labs</a> as director of its <a href="/facts/Information_and_Quantum_Systems_Lab/Pq3NGJh4">Information and Quantum Systems Lab</a>.
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R. Stanley Williams