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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsG. W. Crabtree
Dates
November 28, 1944 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Crabtree, G. W.
Additional Forms of Names
Crabtree, George W.
Biography
Abstract
George Crabtree is a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. His research interests include materials science, sustainable energy, nanoscale superconductors and magnets, and vortex matter in superconductors.
Important Dates
November 28, 1944Birth, Little Rock (Ark.).
1967Obtained BS, Northwestern University, Evanston (Ill.).
1968Obtained MS, University of Washington, Seattle (Wash.).
1974Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1974 – presentAssistant Scientist to Associate Scientist (1974-1985); Senior Physicist (1985-present); and Director, Materials Science Division (2001-present), Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont (Ill.).
1983Fellow, American Physical Society.
1986Visiting Professor, University of Grenoble.
1986Research Scientist, National Center for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique).
1987Editor, Physica C, Elsevier.
1989 – 2003Professor of Physics, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb (Ill.).
1991 – presentMember (1991-present) and Chair (1998-2000), External Advisory Committee, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
2001 – 2002Chair, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter Physics, American Physical Society.
2008Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Abrikosov, A. A. (Alekseĭ Alekseevich)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Bollinger, Lowell M. (Lowell Moyer)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Assistant Scientist to Associate Scientist; Senior Physicist; and Director, Materials Science Division.
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Research Scientist.
Northern Illinois University
Professor of Physics.
Université de Grenoble
Visiting Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chair, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
Elsevier Science Publishers
Editor, Physica C.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Member and Chair, External Advisory Committee.
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1967).
University of Illinois at Chicago
Obtained PhD in Physics (1974).
University of Washington. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1968).