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Published as SubjectStephan Berko
Dates
December 16, 1924 – May 15, 1991
Authorized Form of Name
Berko, Stephan
Biography
Abstract
Stephan Berko was a physicist, who researched the interaction of positrons with other matter. He was a professor of physics at Brandeis University for three decades.
Important Dates
December 16, 1924Birth, Oradea (Romania).
1946 – 1947Studied mathematics at the Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München) before immigrating to the United States, Munich (Germany).
1950Obtained BA in Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1954Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1954 – 1955National Research Fellow, Princeton University.
1955 – 1961Assistant Professor of Physics (1955-1957) and Associate Professor of Physics (1957-1961), University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1958 – 1959Sloan Foundation Fellow, Bohr Institute of Theoretical Physics.
1961 – 1991Professor of Physics (1961-1978); Chair, Department of Physics (1965-1967 and 1971-1974); and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics (1978-1991), Brandeis University, Waltham (Mass.).
1988Member, National Academy of Sciences.
May 15, 1991Death, Wellesley (Mass.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Neutron scattering applications and techniques.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962
Post-doc advisor at Bartol Research Foundation.
Colleagues
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Beams, Jesse W. (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977
Both employed at University of Virginia.
Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958
Both employed at University of Virginia.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brandeis University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics.
University of Virginia. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1950) and PhD (1954). Assistant Professor of Physics and Associate Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Niels Bohr institutet
Sloan Foundation Fellow.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
National Research Fellow.
Technische Universität München. Mathematisches Institut
Studied mathematics from 1946-1947, no degree earned.
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
Stephan Berko Physics Today obituary.
Stephan Berko: 1924-1991, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences