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Published as AuthorR. Casten
Dates
November 1, 1941 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Casten, R.
Additional Forms of Names
Casten, R. F.
Casten, Richard F.
Biography
Abstract
Richard Casten researches experimental and theoretical nuclear structure physics. Currently, he is the Allan Bromley Professor of Physics at Yale University. His other institutional affiliations include the Niels Bohr Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Important Dates
November 1, 1941Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1963Obtained BS, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester (Mass.).
1964Obtained MS, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1967Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1967 – 1969Research Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute (Niels Bohr institutet).
1969 – 1971Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1971 – 1997Assistant Physicist to Physicist, Nuclear Structure Group (1971-1981) and Senior Scientist, Nuclear Structure Group (1981-1997), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1976 – 1977Visiting Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble.
1995 – presentDirector, A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1995 – presentProfessor of Physics (1995-2008) and D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics (2008-present), Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
2011Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Experimental nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Yale University.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Both employed at Yale University.
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 Yale University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
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.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
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
Assistant Physicist to Physicist, Nuclear Structure Group and Senior Scientist, Nuclear Structure Group.
Institut Laue-Langevin
Visiting Scientist.
Niels Bohr institutet
Research Fellow.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained MS in 1964 and PhD in 1967. Professor of Physics; D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics; and Director, A. W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2011 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.)
Obtained BS in 1963.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Research Fellow.