Washington & Jefferson College
60 S. Lincoln St.
Washington, PA 15301
Phone: 724-503-1001 x6148
Fax: 724-223-6155
Email: jhampton at washjeff.edu

Washington & Jefferson College

Assisstant Professor, Department of Physics
August 2005 - present

The Pennsylvania State University

Postdoctoral Scholar, Departments of Chemistry and Physics
September 2002 - July 2005

Cornell University

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Department of Physics
January 1998 - August 2002
Gradaute Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics
Spring 1998, Spring 1999

Cornell University

Ph.D., Experimental Physics, August 2002
Minor in Chemistry/Chemical Physics
M.S., Physics, May 1999

University of Cambridge

M.Phil., Physics, November 1996

Oberlin College

B.A., Physics, May 1995

National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship, 1996-2002
Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship, 1995-1996
Oberlin College Sigma Xi, 1995
Oberlin College Phi Beta Kappa, 1994


J. R. Hampton, A. A. Dameron, and P. S. Weiss, "Double ink dip-pen nanolithography studies elucidate molecular transport," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 1648 (2006).

J. R. Hampton, A. A. Dameron, and P. S. Weiss, "Transport rates vary with deposition time in dip-pen nanolithography," J. Phys. Chem. B. 109, 23118 (2005).

A. A. Dameron, J. R. Hampton, S. D. Gillmor, J. N. Hohman, and P. S. Weiss, "Enhanced molecular patterning via microdisplacement printing," J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B. 23, 2929 (2005).

R. Stine, M. V. Pishko, J. R. Hampton, A. A. Dameron, and P. S. Weiss, "Heat-stabilized phospholipid films: Film characterization and the production of protein resistant surfaces," Langmuir 21, 11352 (2005).

A. A. Dameron, J. R. Hampton, R. K. Smith, S. D. Gillmor, T. J. Mullen, and P. S. Weiss, "Microdisplacement printing," Nano Lett. 5, 1834 (2005).

J. Powers, J. R. Manson, C. E. Sosolik, J. R. Hampton, A. C. Lavery, and B. H. Cooper, "Temperature-dependent scattering of hyperthermal energy K⁺ ions," Phys. Rev. B 70, 115413 (2004).

J. R. Hampton, J.-L. Martínez-Albertos, and H. D. Abruña, "SMOKE measurements of electrodeposited mono- and multilayers," Langmuir 19, 4309 (2003).

C. E. Sosolik, J. R. Hampton, A. C. Lavery, B. H. Cooper, and J. B. Marston, "Thermally enhanced neutralization in hyperthermal energy ion scattering," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 013201 (2003).

J. R. Hampton, J.-L. Martínez-Albertos, and H. D. Abruña, "Development of a versatile SMOKE system with electrochemical applications," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 73, 3018 (2002).

J. Hampton, J. P. Eisenstein, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West, "Capacitance of two-dimensional electron systems subject to an in-plane magnetic field," Solid State Commun. 94, 559 (1995).


"Molecular Engineering of Single Molecular Switches and Molecular Assemblies," American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (March 2005), invited talk.

"The Effect of Substrate Hydrophobicity in Ink Transport During Dip-Pen Nanolithography,'' American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (March 2005), contributed talk.

"The Limits of Soft Lithographic Techniques: Pattern Stability and Molecular Order," Sponsors Days Poster Session, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (October 12, 2004).

"Pattern Stability in Microcontact Printed Self-Assembled Monolayers,'' American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (August 2004), contributed poster.

"Nanoscale Ferroic Materials for Use in Data Storage," Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH (February 27, 2003).

"SMOKE Measurements of Electrochemically Deposited Co Thin Films and Co-Cu Multilayers,'' American Physical Society March Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (March 2002), contributed talk.

"Temperature-Dependent Scattering Dynamics of Hyperthermal-Energy K⁺ Incident on Cu(001)," American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (March 2000), contributed talk.

"Temperature Dependent Alkali Ion Scattering from Cu(001)," European Science Foundation Conference Particle-Solid Interactions: Dynamic Phenomena, San Sebastian, Spain (September - October 1999), contributed poster.



Member of: American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Scientific Affiliation
Reviewer for: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Langmuir, Nano Letters


Committee on Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships, Washington & Jefferson College, 2006 – present
Student Life Advisory Committee, Washington & Jefferson College, 2006 – present


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