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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsG. Gabrielse
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
Gabrielse, G.
Additional Forms of Names
Gabrielse, Gerald
Biography
Abstract
Gerald Gabrielse is George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University (1987-present). Other institutional affiliations include the University of Washington. His research interests include low energy antiproton and antihydrogen physics.
Important Dates
1969 – 1971Attended Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights (Ill.).
1971 – 1973Obtained BS, Calvin College, Grand Rapids (Mich.).
1975Obtained MS, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1978 – 1987Research Associate (1978-1982); Research Assistant Professor (1982-1985); Assistant Professor of Physics (1985-1986); and Associate Professor of Physics (1986-1987), University of Washington, Seattle (Wash.).
1980Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1987 – presentProfessor of Physics (1987-2003); Chair, Department of Physics (2000-2003); and George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics (2003-present), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1990 – 1993Member, Executive Committee, Topical Group for Precision Measurement, American Physical Society.
1992Fellow, American Physical Society.
1995 – 2000Member, Board of Trustees, Calvin College.
2001 – 2003Member, Committee on High-Energy-Density Plasma Physics, National Academy of Sciences.
2002Awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, American Physical Society.
2003 – 2006Member, Board of Trustees, Trinity Christian College.
2005 – 2007Member, Board of Advisors, Templeton Foundation.
2007Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2011Awarded Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Quantum physicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Washington.
Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Feldman, Gary J.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Franklin, Melissa Eve Bronwen
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Neddermeyer, Seth H. (Seth Henry), 1907-1988
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Pipkin, Francis M.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at University of Washington.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; and George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics.
University of Washington. Department of Physics
Research Associate; Research Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor of Physics; and Associate Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Executive Committee, Topical Group for Precision Measurement; Fellow; received 2002 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics and received 2011 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.
Calvin College
Obtained BS (1973) and Member, Board of Trustees.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member, Committee on High-Energy-Density Plasma Physics and Member.
Templeton Foundation
Member, Board of Advisors.
Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Ill.)
Student and Member, Board of Trustees.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1975) and PhD in Physics (1980).