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Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsSamuel Aronson
Dates
May 14, 1942 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Aronson, Samuel, 1942-
Biography
Abstract
Samuel Aronson conducted experiments in particle physics at Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab before becoming director of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Important Dates
May 14, 1942Birth, Huntington (N.Y.).
1964Obtained AB in Physics, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1968Obtained PhD in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1968 – 1971Research Associate in High Energy Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago.
1972 – 1978Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).
1978 – 2012Associate Physicist, Accelerator Department (1978-1979); Physicist, Isabelle Project, Accelerator Department (1979-1982); Physicist, Department of Physics (1982-1987); Associate Chair, Department of Physics (1987-1988); Deputy Chair, Department of Physics (1988-1991); Senior Physicist and Head, PHENIX Detector Project (1991-2001); Chair, Department of Physics (2001-2005); Associate Laboratory Director, High Energy and Nuclear Physics (2005-2006); and Director (2006-2012), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
2001Fellow, American Physical Society.
2005Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2015President, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Experimental high energy physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Barschall, H. H. (Henry Herman), 1915-1997
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Herb, R. G. (Raymond George), 1908-1996
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Parker, E. N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
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.
Webb, M. B. (Maurice Barnett), 1926-
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Physicist, Accelerator Department; Physicist, Isabelle Project, Accelerator Department; Physicist, Department of Physics; Associate Chair, Department of Physics; Deputy Chair, Department of Physics; Senior Physicist and Head, PHENIX Detector Project; Chair, Department of Physics; Associate Laboratory Director, High Energy and Nuclear Physics; and Director.
Enrico Fermi Institute
Research Associate in High Energy Physics.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
President.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB in 1964.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1968.