F. S. Stephens

Biography

Abstract

Frank Stephens is Distinguished Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1995-present). His research interests include coulomb excitation, nuclear structure, and heavy ion physics.

Important Dates

June 30, 1931Birth, Indiana.

1952Obtained AB, Oberlin College, Oberlin (Ohio).

1955Obtained PhD in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1955 – 1957Research Chemist, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.

1957 – presentScientist to Senior Scientist (1957-1995) and Distinguished Scientist (1995-present), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (Calif.).

1959 – 1960Ford Foundation Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen.

1970 – 1971Guest Professor, University of Munich.

1980Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Nuclear chemist.

Places

Birth

Indiana

Undergraduate Education

Oberlin (Ohio)

Graduate Education

Berkeley (Calif.)

Employment

Berkeley (Calif.)

Subjects

Heavy ions.

Nuclear chemistry.

Nuclear structure.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Bowman, J. D. (J. David)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Clarke, John, 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Deser, S. (Stanley)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Diamond, R. M.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Drell, Persis S.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Falcone, Roger W.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Furth, H. P.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Grunder, Hermann

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Hardy, John Christopher

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Jacak, Barbara

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Lee, Yuan Tseh, 1936-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Lyneis, Claude, 1943-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Nagamiya, S. (Shoji)

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Nygren, David R.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Oddone, Piermaria J.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Perlman, Isadore

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Perlmutter, Saul

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Randall, Lisa

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Rosenfeld, Arthur H., 1926-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Ruderman, Malvin A.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Sandweiss, Jack H.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Segrè, Emilio

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Shirley, David Arthur, 1934-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Steiner, Herbert M.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley.

Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Thouless, D. J.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Wojcicki, Stanley G., 1937-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Institutions

Major Positions

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Scientist to Senior Scientist and Distinguished Scientist.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Distinguished Scientist.

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

Research Chemist and Scientist to Senior Scientist.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 1980 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.

Niels Bohr institutet

Ford Foundation Fellow.

Oberlin College. Department of Physics

Obtained AB (1952).

Universität München

Guest Professor.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry

Obtained PhD (1955).

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