Laura H. Greene

Biography

Abstract

Laura Greene is Chief Scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, as well as a Swanlund and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992-present), and Associate Director for the Center for Emergent Superconductivity. Other institutional affiliations include Bell Labs and Bellcore. Her research is in experimental condensed matter physics investigating strongly correlated electron systems.

Important Dates

June 12, 1952Birth, Cleveland (Ohio).

1974Obtained BS, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).

1974 – 1975Researcher, Physics Division, Hughes Aircraft Company.

1978Obtained MS in Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).

1980Obtained MS in Experimental Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).

1983 – 1984Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Latoratories.

1984Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).

1985 – 1992Member, Technical Staff, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Murray Hill (N.J.).

1992 – 1997General Member, Council (1992-1996) and Member, Executive Board (1995-1997), American Physical Society.

1992 – presentProfessor of Physics (1992-2000) and Swanlund Professor of Physics (2000-present), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).

1993Fellow, American Physical Society.

1994Awarded Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, American Physical Society.

1996Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

1996 – 2002Member, United States Liason Committee (1996-2001) and Member, United States Delegate to the Low Temperatures Physics Commission (1996-2002), International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

1997Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2000 – 2015Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy.

2002 – 2005Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2003 – 2006Member, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences.

2005 – 2011Member, Board of Trustees, Gordon Research Conferences.

2006Member, National Academy of Sciences.

2007 – 2010Editor-in-Chief, Reports on Progress in Physics.

2015Chief Scientist, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.

2015Francis Eppes Professor of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee (Fla.).

2015 – 2018Distinguished Visiting Professor, Institute for Basic Sciences Center for Correlated Electron Systems (IBS CCES), Seoul National University, Seoul (Korea).

2017President, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Experimental condensed matter physicist.

Places

Birth

Cleveland (Ohio)

Undergraduate Education

Columbus (Ohio)

Graduate Education

Columbus (Ohio)

Ithaca (N.Y.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Urbana (Ill.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Superconductivity.

Women in science.

Women physicists.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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.

Baym, Gordon

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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.

Campbell, David K.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ceperley, David

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Drickamer, H. G. (Harry George), 1918-2002

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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 Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Frauenfelder, Hans, 1922-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ginsberg, Donald M.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Goldenfeld, Nigel

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Gossard, A. C.

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.

Holt, R. J. (Roy J.)

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Klein, Miles V., 1933-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Lazarus, David, 1921-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Leggett, A. J. (Anthony J.)

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pandharipande, V. R.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

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.

Pines, David, 1924-2018

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

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.

Simmons, Ralph Oliver

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Slichter, Charles P.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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.

Sullivan, Jeremiah D.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Van Harlingen, Dale J.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Institutions

Major Positions

Bell Communications Research, Inc.

Member, Technical Staff.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Postdoctoral member, Technical Staff.

Hughes Aircraft Company

Researcher, Physics Division.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics

Professor of Physics and Swandlund Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Fellow.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow.

American Physical Society

General Member, Council; Member, Executive Board; Fellow; President (2017);and received 1994 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award.

Cornell University. Department of Physics

Obtained MS (1980) and PhD (1984).

Gordon Research Conferences

Member, Board of Trustees.

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Member, United States Liason Committee, and Member, United States Delegate to the Low Temperature Physics Commission.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member, Board on Physics and Astronomy.

Ohio State University. Department of Physics

Obtained BS (1974) and MS (1978).

United States. Department of Energy

Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics

Member, Advisory Board.

Resources

Archival Resources

Author

High-temperature superconducting materials [sound recording]: press conference ; 1987 March 19.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA