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Alan J. Heeger, born on January 22, 1936, is an American physicist, chemist, and engineer. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa and is a citizen of the United States. Heeger attended Omaha Central High School, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the University of California, Berkeley for his education. He is the father of David Heeger and has two notable doctoral students, Park Yung-woo and Lee Kwang-hee. Alan M. Portis served as Heeger's doctoral advisor.
Heeger is best known for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades for his work. In 2000, Heeger received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1983 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
