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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsR. B. Griffiths
Dates
February 25, 1937 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Griffiths, R. B. (Robert Budington)
Additional Forms of Names
Griffiths, Robert, 1937-
Griffiths, Robert B., 1937-
Griffiths, Robert Budington
Biography
Abstract
Robert Budington Griffiths is Otto Stern University Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University (1964-present). His research interests include consistent quantum theory and statistical mechanics.
Important Dates
February 25, 1937Birth, Etah (India : District).
1957Obtained AB, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1958Obtained MS, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1962Obtained PhD in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1964 – presentAssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1964-1969); Professor of Physics (1969-1979); and Otto Stern University Professor of Physics (1979-present), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1969Visiting Associate Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
1984Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
1987 – 1990Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Occupation
Quantum physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Stanford University, "Some Properties of Exchange-coupled Magnetic Systems.
Colleagues
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
White, R. B.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon Unviersity.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics.
Carnegie-Mellon University. Physics Department
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Otto Stern University Professor of Physics.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Visiting Associate Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1984 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1957).
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1958) and PhD (1962).
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.