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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsRobert Elwood Pollock
Dates
March 2, 1936 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Pollock, Robert Elwood, 1936-
Biography
Abstract
Robert Pollock is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at Indiana University (2001-present). Other institutional affiliations include Princeton University. His research interests include intermediate energy nuclear reactions, accelerator development, non neutral plasmas, and bean physics.
Important Dates
March 2, 1936Birth, Regina (Sask.).
1957Obtained BSc, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Man.).
1959Obtained MA, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1963Obtained PhD in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1963 – 1964National Research Council Canada Fellow, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
1964 – 1970Assistant Professor of Physics (1964-1969) and Research Physicist (1969-1970), Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1970 – presentAssociate Professor to Professor, Cyclotron Facility (1970-1984); Acting Director and Director, Cyclotron Facility (1972-1984); Distinguished Professor of Physics (1985-2001); and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics (2001-present), Indiana University, Bloomington (Ill.).
1977 – 1980Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, Office of Nuclear Physics, United States Department of Energy.
1992Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Accelerators -- Design and construction.
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Indiana University Cyclotron Facility
Associate Professor to Professor and Acting Director and Director.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Physics
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained MA (1959) and PhD (1963). Assistant Professor of Physics and Research Physicist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1992 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, England)
National Research Council Canada Fellow.
United States. Department of Energy
Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, Office of Nuclear Physics.
University of Manitoba
Obtained BSc (1957).