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Archival as AuthorGene D. Sprouse
Dates
May 7, 1941 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Sprouse, Gene D.
Biography
Abstract
Gene Sprouse is Distinguished Professor of Physics at State University of New York, Stony Brook (2006-present). He is also Editor-in-Chief of Physical Review (2007-present). Other institutional affiliations include Stanford University. His research interests include nuclear structure, neutral atom trapping, and laser spectroscopy of radioactive atoms.
Important Dates
May 7, 1941Birth, Litchfield (Ill.).
1963Obtained BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1965Obtained MS, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1967 – 1970Research Associate in Physics (1967-1969) and Assistant Professor of Physics (1969-1970), Stanford University.
1968Obtained PhD in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1970 – presentAssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1970-1979); Professor of Physics (1979-2006); Director, Nuclear Structure Laboratory (1984-1987); Chair, Department of Physics (1990-1996); Director, Nuclear Structure Laboratory (1996-2007); and Distinguished Professor of Physics (2006-present), State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook (N.Y.).
1973 – 1974Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo.
1976Summer Physicist, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Atomic Energy Canada, Ltd.
1977Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology.
1984Fellow, American Physical Society.
2007 – presentEditor-in-Chief, Physical Review.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Hanna, Stanley S.
PhD advisor at Stanford University.
Colleagues
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Hänsch, T. W. (Theo W.), 1941-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Institutions
Major Positions
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
Summer Physicist.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1965) and PhD (1968). Research Associate in Physics; and Assistant Professor of Physics.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Nuclear Structure Laboratory; Department Chair; and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow and Editor-in-Chief, Physical Review.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Visiting Associate.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1963).
Tōkyō Daigaku
Visiting Professor.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA