Dr. Hubler is Head of the Materials & Sensors Branch in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA. He received his B.S. in Physics from Union College in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the Rutgers University/Bell Labs program in 1972. Dr. Hubler`s graduate thesis involved the measurement of the gyromagnetic ratios of short lived (ps) nuclear excited states by means of the implantation perturbed angular correlation technique. He spent two years as a NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at NRL developing applications of accelerators to materials analysis.

Since joining the NRL staff in 1975, Dr. Hubler has published over 150 papers, five book chapters, edited three books and he has six patents in the areas of ion implantation, ion beam assisted deposition, and laser machining. His current basic research interests include ion beam assisted deposition and pulsed laser deposition of nanostructured optical films, defects in insulators, and accelerator mass spectrometry. His applied research interests center on ultra-sensitive accelerometers and gravimeters, new chemical weapon and explosives sensors, low energy nuclear physics and body armor. Dr. Hubler has also organized several symposia and international scientific meetings, has served in several roles for the Materials Research Society, and has earned four NRL publication awards and a Meritorious Civilian Service Award.

The Materials & Sensors Branch consists of 60 scientists working in applications of magnetism, spintronics, superconductivity, sensor systems, ion beams and energetic thin-film deposition, laser processing of materials, chemical and explosives detection, and gravity sensors.