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Dates
December 17, 1929 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Pohl, Robert O.
Additional Forms of Names
Pohl, R. O. (Robert O.)
Pohl, Robert Otto, 1929-
Robert Pohl is Goldwyn Smith Emeritus Professor of Physics at Cornell University (2000-present). His research interests include experimental investigations on lattice and heat transport in crystalline and amorphous solids; crystal growth; cryogenic techniques; and problems involving energy.
December 17, 1929Birth, Göttingen (Germany).
1951Obtained BA, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany).
1955Obtained MS, Univeristy of Erlangen, Erlangen (Germany).
1957Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Erlangen, Erlangen (Germany).
1957 – 1958Assistant in Physics, University of Erlangen.
1958 – presentResearch Associate (1958-1960); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1960-1968); Professor of Physics (1968-2000); and Goldwyn Smith Emeritus Professor of Physics (2000-present), Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1964Visiting Professor, Aachen Technical University.
1966 – 1967Visiting Professor, Stuttgart Technical University.
1985Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1999Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Solid state physicist.
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Research Associate; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Goldwyn Smith Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Universität Erlangen
Obtained MS (1955) and PhD in Physics (1957). Assistant in Physics.
Received 1985 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Visiting Professor.
Technische Hochschule Stuttgart
Visiting Professor.
Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
Obtained BA (1951).
Robert O. Pohl papers, 1973-1998.
Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA