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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJ. C. Hardy
Dates
July 10, 1941 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Hardy, J. C. (John Christopher), 1941-
Additional Forms of Names
Hardy, John Christopher, 1941-
Biography
Abstract
John Christopher Hardy is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University (1997-present). Other institutional affiliations include Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research interests include beta decay and weak interactions.
Important Dates
July 10, 1941Birth, Montréal (Québec).
1961Obtained BS, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1963Obtained MS, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1965Obtained PhD in Nuclear Physics, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1965 – 1967National Research Council Canada Fellow in Nuclear Physics, Oxford University.
1967 – 1970Miller Fellow (1967-1969) and Physicist (1969-1970), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1970 – 1997Associate Research Officer (1970-1974); Senior Research Officer (1975-1983); Head, Nuclear Physics Branch (1983-1985); Assistant Vice-President, Physics and Health Science (1986-1988); and Director, Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Division (1989-1997), Chalk River Laboratories Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd, Chalk River (Ont.).
1976Associate Scientist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
1976Awarded Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists.
1979Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.
1981Awarded Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada.
1987 – 1997Chair, Board of Directors, Deep River Science Academy.
1997 – presentProfessor of Physics (1997-2007) and Distinguished Professor (2007-present), Texas A & M University, College Station (Tex.).
2000 – 2006Chair, Program Advisory Committee, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2002 – 2004Member, Executive Committee, Nuclear Physics Division, American Physical Society.
2006Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Standard model (Nuclear physics).
Weak interactions (Nuclear physics).
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Associate Research Officer; Senior Research Officer; Head, Nuclear Physics Branch; Assistant Vice-President, Physics and Health Science; and Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Division, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories.
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
Associate Research Officer; Senior Research Officer; Head, Nuclear Physics Branch; Assistant Vice-President, Physics and Health Science; and Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Division.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Associate Scientist.
Miller Fellow and Physicist (Berkeley campus).
Texas A & M University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Executive Committee, Nuclear Physics Division and received 2006 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Canadian Association of Physicists
Received 1976 Herzberg Medal.
Deep River Science Academy
Chair, Board of Directors.
McGill University. Physics Department
Obtained BS (1961), MS (1963), and PhD in Nuclear Physics (1965).
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chair, Program Advisory Committee, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility.
Royal Society of Canada
Vice-President, Academy of Science; Fellow; and received 1981 Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics.
University of Oxford
National Research Council Canada Fellow in Nuclear Physics.