John David Weeks

Biography

Abstract

John Weeks is a Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland (1995-present). His other institutional affiliations include Bell Laboratories and University of Chicago. His research includes the properties of inhomogeneous and confined fluids.

Important Dates

October 11, 1943Birth, Birmingham (Ala.).

1965Obtained BA, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).

1969Obtained PhD in Chemical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).

1969 – 1971Research Associate, University of California, San Diego.

1971 – 1972Research Associate, Cambridge University.

1972 – 1984Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1984 – 1990Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department (1984-1985) and Distinguished Member,Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department (1985-1990), AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1990Awarded Joel Henry Hildebrand Award, American Chemical Society.

1990 – presentProfessor of Chemistry, Institute for Physical Science and Technology (1990-1995); Distinguished University Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology (1995-present); and Affiliated Professor, Physics Department (2003-present), University of Maryland, College Park (Md.).

2009Member, National Academy of Sciences.

Occupation

Chemical physicist.

Places

Birth

Birmingham (Ala.)

Undergraduate Education

Cambridge (Mass.)

Graduate Education

Chicago (Ill.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

College Park (Md.)

Subjects

Crystals.

Inhomogeneous materials.

Statistical physics.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ahlers, G. (Günter)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Alfvén, Hannes

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Booker, Henry G.

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Boyle, Willard S., 1924-2011

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brueckner, Keith A.

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Cutler, Cassius Chapin

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Drake, James (James F.)

Both employed at University of Maryland.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Feher, George, 1924-

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)

Both employed at University of Maryland.

Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Galt, John Kirtland, 1920-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Gates, S. James

Both employed at University of Maryland.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Griem, Hans R.

Both employed at University of Maryland.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Herring, William Conyers, 1914-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kohn, Walter, 1923-2016

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Kompfner, Rudolf, 1909-1977

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kroll, Norman Myles, 1922-

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Lander, James J., 1914-1996

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lang, Norton D.

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Malmberg, J. H.

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Maple, M. Brian, 1939-

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Matthias, Bernd T., 1918-1980

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories and University of California, San Diego.

McMillan, William L.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

O'Neil, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1940-

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Suhl, Harry

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Williams, Ellen D.

Both employed at University of Maryland.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Both employed at University of California, San Diego.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department and Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Physics Research Department.

University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics

Research Associate.

University of Cambridge

Research Associate.

University of Maryland at College Park. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Affiliated Professor.

University of Maryland, College Park. Institute for Physical Science and Technology

Professor of Chemistry and Distinguished University Professor.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society

Received 1990 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award.

American Physical Society

Harvard University. Department of Physics

Obtained B.A. in 1965.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

University of Chicago. Department of Physics

Obtained Ph.D. (Chemical Physics) in 1969.

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