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Published as AuthorPublished as SubjectG. Shirane
Dates
May 15, 1924 – January 16, 2005
Authorized Form of Name
Shirane, G.
Additional Forms of Names
Shirane, Gen
Biography
Abstract
Gen Shirane was Senior Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1968-2005). Other institutional affiliations inc luded Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and Pennsylvania State University. His research interests included neutron scattering and ferroelectricity.
Important Dates
May 15, 1924Birth, Nishinomiya-shi (Japan).
1947Obtained BE in Engineering Physics, University of Tokyo (Tōkyō Daigaku), Tokyo (Japan).
1948 – 1952Research Associate in Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku).
1952 – 1956Research Associate (1952-1955) and Assistant Professor of Physics (1955-1956), Pennsylvania State University.
1954Obtained DSc in Physics, University of Tokyo (Tōkyō Daigaku), Tokyo (Japan).
1956 – 1957Associate Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1957 – 1963Research Physicist (1957-1958) and Advising Physicist (1959-1963), Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1963 – 2005Physicist (1963-1968) and Senior Physicist (1968-2005), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1973Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1989Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1991Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
January 16, 2005Death, Bellport (N.Y.).
Occupation
Applied physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Applied physics and engineering.
Neutron scattering applications and techniques.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Jona, Franco, 1922-
Co-wrote "Ferroelectric crystals."
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Physicist; Physicist; and Senior Physicist.
Pennsylvania State University. Department of Physics
Research Associate and Assistant Professor of Physics.
Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku
Research Associate in Physics.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Research Physicist and Advising Physicist, Westinghouse Research Laboratories.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
Received 1973 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Tōkyō Daigaku
Obtained BE in Engineering Physics (1947) and DSc in Physics (1954).
Resources
Published Resources
Author
Ferroelectric crystals, by Franco Jona and G. Shirane.