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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorSteven E. Koonin
Dates
December 12, 1951 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Koonin, Steven E.
Additional Forms of Names
Koonin, S. E. (Steven E.)
Biography
Abstract
Steven E. Koonin is Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress and Professor of Information, Management, and Operations Science at New York University (2012-present). Other institutional affiliations include Institute for Defense Analyses and United States Department of Energy. His research include theoretical physics and energy policy.
Important Dates
December 12, 1951Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1972Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1975Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1975 – 2004Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics (1975-1978); Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics (1978-1981); Professor of Theoretical Physics (1981-2004); Chair of the Faculty (1989-1991); and Provost (1995-2004), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1986 – 1990Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2004 – 2009Chief Scientist, British Petroleum Company (BP), London (England).
2009 – 2011Under Secretary for Science, United States Department of Energy.
2010Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2011 – 2012Member, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Institute for Defense Analyses.
2012 – presentDirector, Center for Urban Science and Progress (2012-present); Professor of Physics (2012-present); and Professor of Information, Management, and Operations Science (2012-present), New York University, New York (N.Y.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Kerman, A. K.
PhD advisor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Hydrodynamic approximations to time-dependent Hartree-Fock."
Neuhauser, Daniel
Advised by Koonin at California Institute of Technology.
Trentalange, Stephen
Advised by Koonin at California Institute of Technology in physics.
Colleagues
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at New York University.
Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Kimble, H. Jeff (Harry Jeffrey), 1949-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Additional
Barnes, C. A.
Tombrello, Thomas A.
Institutions
Major Positions
British Petroleum Company
Chief Scientist.
California Institute of Technology
Chair of the Faculty and Provost.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1972). Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics; Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics; and Professor of Theoretical Physics.
Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Department of Information, Management, and Operations Science
Professor.
New York University. Center for Urban Science + Progress
Director.
New York University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
United States. Department of Energy
Under Secretary for Science.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Institute for Defense Analyses
Member, Science and Technology Policy Institute.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (1975).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear Sciences 46th anniversary symposium [videorecording], 1992 May 14-15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Special session on cold fusion, I, II [videorecording]
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Marshall N. Rosenbluth papers, 1960-2003.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Oral history interview with Charles A. Barnes, 1989 June 13 and 26.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Thomas Tombrello, 2010 December 26-31.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Published Resources
Author
Steve Koonin, Dept. of Energy Under Secretary for Science, speaks at NSCL June 12, 2009