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Archival as AuthorJohn P. Schiffer
Dates
November 22, 1930 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Schiffer, John P.
Biography
Abstract
John Schiffer is Senior Physicist at Argonne National Laboratory (1964-present). Other institutional affiliations include the University of Chicago. His research interests include experimental nuclear physics, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, and very cold crystalline plasmas.
Important Dates
November 22, 1930Birth, Budapest (Hungary).
1951Obtained BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin (Ohio).
1952Obtained MS, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1954Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1954 – 1956Research Associate, Rice Institute.
1956 – presentAssistant Physicist (1956-1960); Associate Physicist (1960-1964); Senior Physicist (1964-present); Associate Director, Physics Division (1964-1979); Director, Physics Division (1979-1982); Associate Director, Physics Division (1982-1999); and Interim Director, Physics Division (1999-2000), Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont (Ill.).
1959 – 1960Guggenheim Fellow, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
1964Visiting Associate Professor, Princeton University.
1967 – 1968Visiting Professor, University of Rochester.
1968Fellow, American Physical Society.
1969 – presentProfessor of Physics (1969-2000) and Emeritus Professor of Physics (2000-present), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1971 – 1973Member, Physics Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation.
1972 – 1977Member, Executive Committee (1972-1977) and Chair (1975-1976), Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
1973 – 1974Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich.
1975Member, Panel on the Future of Nuclear Physics, National Research Council.
1976Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
1981 – 1985Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy.
1984Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1987Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1989 – 1994Member, Council (1989-1994) and Chair, Section B (Physics) (1992-1993), American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1996 – 1999Member, Committee on Nuclear Physics, National Research Council.
1996 – 2003Member, Advisory Council, RIKEN.
1998Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Abrikosov, A. A. (Alekseĭ Alekseevich)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Bollinger, Lowell M. (Lowell Moyer)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Zinn, Walter H. (Walter Henry), 1906-2000
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Assistant Physicist; Associate Physicist; Senior Physicist; Associate Director, Physics Division; Director, Physics Division; and Interim Director, Physics Division.
Rice University. Physics and Astronomy Department
Research Associate.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Professor and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Council; Chair, Section B (Physics); and Fellow.
Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Division of Nuclear Physics; Fellow; and received 1976 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, England)
Guggenheim Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Member, Panel on the Future of Nuclear Physics and Member, Committee on Nuclear Physics.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Physics Advisory Panel.
Oberlin College. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1951).
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Visiting Associate Professor.
Rikagaku Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Member, Advisory Council.
Technische Universität München
Visiting Professor.
United States. Department of Energy
Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Visiting Professor.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained MS (1952) and PhD (1954).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Distinguished Speaker Session [sound recording] 1976 April 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
My Life in Physics: John Schiffer's autobiography.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA