# Eric J Heller Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics ![Rick](/sites/g/files/omnuum7821/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2025-05/Heller.jpg?itok=MnvpLK2f) location\_on Department of Chemistry, Harvard University. 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617 496 7537]() email University of Minnesota B.S. 1968 Harvard University Ph.D. Chemical Physics 1973 University. of Chicago Postdoc. Res. Assoc. 1973-75 UCLA Asst. Professor 1975-78 Professor 1981-83 Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory Staff Scientist 1982-84 University of Washington Professor 1984-1993 Harvard University Professor of Physics 1993-1998 ITAMP, CfA Harvard UniversityDirector 1993-1998 Harvard University Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics & 1998-2009 Harvard University Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics 2009-present - ## People [Primary Investigator](/people/primary-investigator) [Current Members](/people/current-members)