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Published as SubjectF. Iachello
Dates
January 11, 1942 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Iachello, F.
Additional Forms of Names
Iachello, Francesco
Iachello, Francesco, 1942-
Biography
Abstract
Francesco Iachello is Josiah Willard Gibbs Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Yale University. Other institutional affiliations include the University of Groningen and Turin Polytechnic. His research interests include the theory of quantum phase transitions and beta decay.
Important Dates
January 11, 1942Birth, Syracuse (Italy).
1964Obtained Dott, Turin Polytechnic (Politecnico di Torino), Turin (Italy).
1965 – 1971Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (Denmark).
1969Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1971 – 1974Associate Professor of Physics, Turin Polytechnic (Politecnico di Torino), Turin (Italy).
1974Visiting Senior Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory.
1974 – 1982Associate Professor of Physics, Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen (1974-1976) and Professor, University of Groningen (1976-1982) (Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen), Groningen (Netherlands).
1976 – 1977Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science.
1977Visiting Senior Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory.
1978 – presentProfessor of Physics (1978-2005) and J. W. Gibbs Professor of Physics and Chemistry (2005-present), Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1982Visiting Professor, University of Trent (Università degli studi di Trento).
1984Visiting Professor, University of Trent (Università degli studi di Trento).
1989 – 1992Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1993Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Theoretical Physics.
Ibrahim, Michael W.
Advised by Iachello at Yale University, "Molecules and nuclei: An algebraic sampler."
Larese, Danielle
Advised by Iachello at Yale Univeristy, "Exploring quantum phase transitions and quantum monodromy in the bending dynamics of floppy and rigid molecules using algebraic methods."
Scholten, O. (Olaf)
Advised by Iachello at University of Gronongen, "The Interacting Boson Approximation Model and Applications."
Colleagues
Both employed at Yale University.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Visiting Senior Scientist.
Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen
Associate Professor of Physics, Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut and Professor.
Università degli studi di Trento
Visiting Professor.
Yale University. Department of Chemistry
Josiah Willard Gibbs Professor of Chemistry.
Yale University. Physics Department
Professor of Physics and Josiah Willard Gibbs Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1993 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (1969).
Niels Bohr institutet
Fellow.
Politecnico di Torino
Obtained Dott (1965). Fellow.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.