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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorGerald D. Mahan
Dates
November 24, 1937 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Mahan, Gerald D.
Additional Forms of Names
Mahan, Gerald D., 1937-
Mahan, Gerald Dennis
Biography
Abstract
Gerald D. Mahan is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University (2001-present). Other institutional affiliations include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Indiana University. His research interests include condensed matter physics and solid state devices.
Important Dates
November 24, 1937Birth, Portland (Or.).
1959Obtained AB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1964Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1964 – 1967Physicist, Research and Development Center, General Electric Company.
1967 – 1973Associate Professor of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene (Or.).
1973 – 1984Professor of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington (Ind.).
1984 – 2001Professor of Physics, University of Tennessee.
1984 – 2001Distinguished Scientist, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (Tenn.).
1995Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2001 – presentDistinguished Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park (Pa.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Mahan, Christopher
Son.
Mahan, Roy
Son.
Mahan, Sally Spaugh
Wife. Married 1965.
Mahan, Susan
Daughter.
Advisors & Collaborators
Cai, Jianwei
Advised by Mahan at Pennsylvania State University, "The thermoelectric properties of strongly correlated systems."
Neogi, Sanghamitra
Advised by Mahan at Pennsylvania State University, "Transport in nonlinear chains and across several condensed matter interfaces."
Colleagues
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Suits, C. Guy (Chauncey Guy), 1905-1991
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Institutions
Major Positions
General Electric Company. Research and Development Center
Physicist.
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Physicist.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Distinguished Scientist, Solid State Division.
Pennsylvania State University. Department of Physics
Distinguished Professor of Physics.
University of Oregon. Department of Physics
Associate Professor of Physics.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1959).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1964) in Physics.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Oral history interview with Charles B. Duke, 2007 January 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Condensed matter in a nutshell / Gerald D. Mahan.
Local density theory of polarizability / Gerald D. Mahan and K.R. Subbaswamy.