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Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJonathan Dorfan
Dates
October 10, 1947 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Dorfan, Jonathan
Biography
Abstract
Jonathan Dorfan is Professor and Director Emeritus of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1978-present). Other institutional affiliations include Stanford University and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. His research interests include particles and the fundamental make-up of matter.
Important Dates
October 10, 1947Birth, Cape Town (South Africa).
1969Obtained BSc, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town (South Africa).
1976Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine (Calif.).
1976 – 1978Research Associate, Stanford University.
1978 – presentStaff Physicist (1978-1984); Associate Professor (1984-1989); Professor (1989-present); Associate Director (1994-1999); Director (1999-2007); and Director Emeritus (2007-present), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park (Calif.).
1987 – 1989Chair, Advisory Board, Particle Data Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1987 – 1992Member, Advisory Board, Theoretical Advanced Study Institute, University of Colorado Boulder.
1990 – 1993Member, Executive Board, Division of Particles and Fields, American Physical Society.
1991 – 1994Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy.
2000 – presentMember, International Committee for Future Accelerators.
2000 – presentMember, Advisory Council, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
2000 – presentMember, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute of Physics.
2005 – presentMember, Board of Governors, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2005 – presentMember, Advisory Committee on TRIUMF, National Research Council.
2010 – presentPresident Elect (2010-2012) and President/CEO, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa-shi (Japan).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Arnold, R. G. (Raymond George), 1942-
Both employed at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Hänsch, T. W. (Theo W.), 1941-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Kao, Chi-Chang
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
President Elect and President/CEO.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Director Emeritus.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Staff Physicist; Associate Professor; Professor; Associate Director; Director; and Director Emeritus.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Research Associate.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Executive Board, Division of Particles and Fields.
International Committee for Future Accelerators
Member.
Chair, Advisory Board, Particle Data Group.
Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik
Member, Scientific Advisory Board.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Member, Advisory Committee on TRIUMF.
Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory
Member, Advisory Council
United States. Department of Energy
Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
University of California, Irvine. Division of Physics and Engineering
Obtained PhD in Physics in 1976.
University of Cape Town. Department of Physics
Obtained BSc.
University of Colorado Boulder
Member, Theoretical Advanced Study Institute.
Weizmann Institute of Science
Member, Board of Governors.