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Published as AuthorThomas F. Gallagher
Dates
November 19, 1944 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Gallagher, Thomas F., 1944-
Additional Forms of Names
Gallagher, Thomas Francis
Biography
Abstract
Thomas F. Gallagher is Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia (1984-present). Other institutional affiliations include Stanford Research Institute and the University of Utah. His research interests include Rydberg atoms and their response to intense short microwave pulses.
Important Dates
November 19, 1944Birth, Bronxville (N.Y.).
1966Obtained AB, Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.).
1968Obtained AM, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1971Research Associate, Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1971Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1971 – 1972Research Associate, Physics, University of Utah.
1972 – 1984Physicist (1972-1978); Senior Physicist (1978-1983); and Program Manager (1983-1984), Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International (Stanford Research Institute), Menlo Park (Calif.).
1984 – presentProfessor of Physics (1984-1991) and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics (1991-present), University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Va.).
1996Awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Atomic and molecular physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
Both employed at Harvard University.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
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.
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
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.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained AM (1968) and PhD in Physics (1971). Research Associate, Physics.
Stanford Research Institute
Physicist; Senior Physicist; and Program Manager, Molecular Physics Laboratory.
University of Utah. Department of Physics & Astronomy
Research Associate, Physics.
University of Virginia. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1996 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics.
Williams College. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1966).