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Archival as AuthorPublished as SubjectV. J. Emery
Dates
May 16, 1934 – July 17, 2002
Authorized Form of Name
Emery, V. J. (Victor J.)
Additional Forms of Names
Emery, Victor John, 1934-2002
Biography
Abstract
Victor J. Emery was Senior Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1964-2002). Other institutional affiliations include the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Birmingham. His research interests include helium-3/helium-4 mixtures and superconductivity.
Important Dates
May 16, 1934Birth, Boston (England).
1954Obtained BSc, University of London, London (England).
1957Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester (England).
1957 – 1959Research Associate, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
1959 – 1960Harkness Fellow, University of California, Berkeley.
1960 – 1963Lecturer, University of Birmingham.
1963 – 1964Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1964 – 2002Associate Physicist (1964-1967); Physicist (1967-1972); and Senior Physicist (1972-2002), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1971 – 1972Visiting Professor, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA).
1976Visiting Professor, University of Paris.
1981Visiting Professor, University of Paris.
2001Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
2001Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
July 17, 2002Death, Wading River (N.Y.).
Occupation
Solid-state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
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Death
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People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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 University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Physicist; Physicist; and Senior Physicist.
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Research Associate.
Nordisk institut for teoretisk atomfysik
Visiting Professor.
Université de Paris
Visiting Professor.
University of Birmingham. Department of Mathematical Physics
Lecturer.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Harkness Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
Received 2001 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
University of London
Obtained BSc (1954).
University of Manchester
Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (1957).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Commonwealth Fund records of Harkness Fellowships, SG 1, Series 20, 1918-1988.
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Ave., Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598, USA