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Peter D. Johnson

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Dates

January 30, 1952 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Biography

Abstract

Peter D. Johnson is Chair of the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory. His other institutional affiliations include University of Warwick and Bell Telephone Laboratories. His research specialties include surface science and photoelectron spectroscopy.

Important Dates

January 30, 1952Birth, Wellingborough (England).

1972Obtained BSc, Imperial College London, London (England).

1978Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry (England).

1978 – 1981Research Associate, University of Warwick, Coventry (England).

1981 – 1983Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1983 – presentAssociate Physicist (1983-1986); Physicist (1986-2000); Deputy Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department (2006-2007); Senior Physicist (2000-present); Acting Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department (2007-2008); and Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department (2008-present), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).

1999Fellow, American Physical Society.

2007Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

2011Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Condensed matter physicist.

Places

Birth

Wellingborough (England)

Undergraduate Education

London (England)

Graduate Education

Coventry (England)

Employment

Upton (N.Y.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Materials science.

Superconductivity.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Adair, Robert K., 1924-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aronson, Samuel, 1942-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Blume, Martin, 1932-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Casten, R.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chaudhari, Praveen, 1937-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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 Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Davis, J. C. Séamus

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Emery, V. J. (Victor J.)

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Frazer, Benjamin Chalmers

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Goldhaber, Maurice, 1911-2011

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Palmer, Robert B., 1934-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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 Telephone Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Samios, Nicholas P.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Schwartz, Melvin, 1932-2006

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shirane, G.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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 Telephone Laboratories.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Telephone 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.

Vineyard, G. H.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Warburton, Ernest Keeling

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Institutions

Major Positions

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff.

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Associate Physicist; Physicist; Senior Physicist; Deputy Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department; Acting Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department; and Chair, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department.

University of Warwick. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD (1978). Research Associate.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow.

American Physical Society

Fellow and received 2011 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.

Imperial College, London. Department of Physics

Obtained BSc (1972).

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