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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsR. A. Webb
Dates
September 10, 1946 – January 23, 2016
Authorized Form of Name
Webb, R. A. (Richard Alan)
Additional Forms of Names
Webb, Richard Alan
Biography
Abstract
Richard Webb was John M. Palms Bicentennial Professor of Physics, Nano Center, at University of South Carolina (2004-2016). Other institutional affiliations included International Business Machines (IBM) and University of Maryland. His research interests included spin dynamics of spin valves and magnetorestive multilayers; decoherence and high frequency properties of mesoscopic devices; and the development of coupled electron spins as Qbits for a quantum computer and measurements of entangled electron spin decoherence times.
Important Dates
September 10, 1946Birth, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1968Obtained BA, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1970Obtained MS, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
1973Obtained PhD, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
1973 – 1975Research Associate, University of California, San Diego.
1975 – 1978Assistant Research Physicist to Associate Research Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory.
1978 – 1993Researcher, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights (N.Y.).
1992Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
1993 – 2004Alford Ward Professor of Physics, Center for Superconductivity Research, College Park (Md.).
1996Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2004 – 2016John M. Palms Bicentennial Professor of Physics, NanoCenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia (S.C.).
January 23, 2016Death.
Occupation
Condenser matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at University of California, San Diego, "Measurements of Johnson noise using an rf biased SQUID and its application to Millikelvin thermometry" and both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Bollinger, Lowell M. (Lowell Moyer)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Landauer, Rolf William, 1927-1999
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
O'Neil, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1940-
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948-
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at IBM.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Institutions
Major Positions
Assistant Research Physicist to Associate Research Physicist.
Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center
Researcher.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1970) and PhD (1973). Research Associate.
University of Maryland at College Park. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Alford Ward Professor of Physics, Center for Superconductivity Research.
University of South Carolina. Department of Physics and Astronomy
John M. Palms Bicentennial Professor of Physics, NanoCenter.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1992 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1968).