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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsE. Ward Plummer
Dates
October 30, 1940 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Plummer, E. Ward
Additional Forms of Names
Plummer, E. W.
Plummer, E. W. (E. Ward)
Plummer, Ward
Biography
Abstract
E. Ward Plummer is Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University (2009-present). Other institutional affiliations include University of Tennessee, University of Pennsylvania, and the National Bureau of Standards. His research interests include the coupling of the electronic, magnetic and structural properties at a surface, and instrumentation for electron spectroscopy.
Important Dates
October 30, 1940Birth, Astoria (Or.).
1962Obtained BA in Physics and Mathematics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland (Or.).
1967 – 1973National Research Council (NRC) Fellow (1967-1968); Staff Scientist (1968-1970); and Assistant Section Chief, Surface Physics in the Far Ultraviolet (1970-1973), National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg (Md.).
1968Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1973 – 1992Associate Professor of Physics (1973-1977); Professor of Physics (1977-1988); and William Smith Professor of Physics (1988-1992), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1983Awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, American Physical Society.
1983 – 1987Member, User's Advisory Committee, National Synchrotron Radiation Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1986 – 1989Member, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Academy of Sciences.
1992 – 2009Visiting Distinguished Scientist (1992) and Distinguished Scientist (1993-2009), Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1993 – 2009Distinguished Professor of Physics (1993-2009) and Director, Tennessee Advanced Materials Laboratory (2001-2006), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tenn.).
2001 – 2007Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy.
2006Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2006 – 2009Director, Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2009 – presentProfessor of Physics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (La.).
Occupation
Materials physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Applied physics and engineering.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Ho, Wilson
Advised by Plummer at University of Pennsylvania.
Colleagues
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Primakoff, H. (Henry), 1914-1983
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Schubauer, Galen B. (Galen Brandt), 1904-
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Institutions
Major Positions
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Visiting Distinguished Scientist; Distinguished Scientist; and Director, Joint Institute for Advanced Materials.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
National Research Council (NRC) Fellow; Staff Scientist; and Assistant Section Chief, Surface Physics in the Far Ultraviolet.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and William Smith Professor of Physics.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Department of Physics
Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1983 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Member, User's Advisory Committee, National Synchrotron Radiation Light Source.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1968).
Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)
Obtained BA in Physics and Mathematics (1962).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member and Member, Solid State Sciences Committee.
United States. Department of Energy
Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.