Gabriel Aeppli

Biography

Abstract

Aeppli is a Swiss-American solid-state physicist, who is known for his fundamental contributions to experimental studies of quantum spin dynamics and spin coherence in condensed matter systems. He has been sponsored by the USDOE, American Physical Society, EPSRC, and National Research Council (US).

Important Dates

November 25, 1956Born, Zurich (Switzerland).

1978Obtained BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Mass.).

1978Obtained MS in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Mass.).

1982 – 1996Member, Technical Staff (1982-1993) and Distinguished Member, Technical Staff (1993-1996), Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1983Obtained PhD in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Mass.).

1994 – 1996Chair, Pulsed Source Steering Committee, United States Department of Energy.

1996 – 1998Member, Committee on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, National Research Council, Washington (D.C.).

1996 – 2002Senior Research Scientist, NEC Research Institute, Princeton (N.J.).

1997Fellow, American Physical Society.

1997 – 2000Member, Solid State Sciences Subcommittee, Board of Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences, Washington (D.C.).

2002Awarded Wolfson Research Merit Award, Royal Society.

2002 – 2014Director, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Chelsea (London, England).

2002 – presentQuain Professor of Physics, University College London, Chelsea (London, England).

2003Awarded Magnetism Prize/Neel Medal, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

2003 – 2004Member, Panel on High Magnetic Fields, National Research Council, Washington (D.C.).

2005Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

2005 – 2008Member, Science Board, Institute of Physics.

2006 – 2007Member, Committee on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, National Research Council, Washington (D.C.).

2007 – presentMember, Science Board, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Swindon (Wiltshire, England).

2010Fellow, Royal Society.

Occupation

Solid state physicist.

Places

Birth

Zurich (Switzerland)

Undergraduate Education

Cambridge (Mass.)

Graduate Education

Cambridge (Mass.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Princeton (N.J.)

Washington (D.C.)

Chelsea (London, England)

Swindon (Wiltshire, England)

Subjects

Nanotechnology.

Quantum computers.

Solid state physics.

Superconductors.

Relationships

People

Family

Aeppli, A. (Alfred), 1894-

Father.

Colleagues

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Member and Distinguished Member, Technical staff.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff.

London Centre for Nanotechnology

Director.

NEC Laboratories America

Senior Research Scientist.

University College, London. Department of Physics

Quain Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Institute of Physics (Great Britain)

Member, Science Board.

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering

Obtained BS (1978), MS (1978), and PhD (1983).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics

Obtained BS in 1978.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member, Solid State Sciences Subcommittee, Board of Physics and Astronomy.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Member, Panel on High Magnetic Fields, and Member, Committee on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)

Member, Science Board.

United States. Department of Energy

Chair, Pulsed Source Steering Committee.

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