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Published as SubjectJ. M. Greene
Dates
September 22, 1928 – October 22, 2007
Authorized Form of Name
Greene, J. M. (John M.), 1928-
Additional Forms of Names
Greene, John M., 1928-
Greene, John Morgan
Biography
Abstract
John Morgan Greene was Senior Technical Adviser at General Atomics (1982-2007). Other institutional affiliations included Princeton University. His research interests included magnetohydrodynamics and solitons.
Important Dates
September 22, 1928Birth, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1950Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1956Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1956 – 1982Research Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1982 – 2007Senior Technical Adviser, General Atomics, San Diego (Calif.).
1988 – 1991Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1992Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
October 22, 2007Death, San Diego (Calif.).
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Stochastic partial differential equations.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992
PhD advisor at University of Rochester, "Higher-Order Corrections to the Nucleon-Nucleon Potential in Charge-Symmetric Pseudoscalar Theory."
Colleagues
Both employed at General Atomics.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Dawson, J. M. (John Myrick), 1930-
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
GA (Series) (San Diego, Calif.)
Senior Technical Adviser.
Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory
Research Physicist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1992 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1950).
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Physics (1956).