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Biography

AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjects

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PeopleInstitutions

George Zweig

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Dates

May 20, 1937 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Zweig, George

Biography

Abstract

George Zweig is a Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1985-present). Other institutional affiliations include California Institute of Technology. His research interests include the reaction at high energies k leptonic decay and partially conserved currents and continuous wavelet transform.

Important Dates

May 20, 1937Birth, Moscow (Russia).

1959Obtained BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).

1963Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1963 – 1964National Research Council (NRC) Fellow, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

1964 – 1983Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

1967 – 1968Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

1981Fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

1981 – presentStaff Member (1981-1985) and Fellow (1985-present), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).

1985 – presentPresident, Signition, Inc.

1996Member, National Academy of Sciences.

Occupation

Particle physicist.

Places

Birth

Moscow (Russia)

Undergraduate Education

Ann Arbor (Mich.)

Graduate Education

Pasadena (Calif.)

Employment

Pasadena (Calif.)

Los Alamos (N.M.)

Subjects

Neurobiology.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology on two topics in Elementary Particle Physics, and both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Colleagues

Adelberger, Eric G.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Anastasio, Michael R.

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bahcall, John N.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bardeen, James Maxwell, 1939-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Boehm, Felix

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bowman, J. D. (J. David)

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Brown, Harold, 1927-2019

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Browne, John C.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Campbell, David K.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Christy, Robert F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Dashen, Roger F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Fisk, Zachary

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Fowler, William A.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Frauenfelder, Hans, 1922-

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Freedman, Daniel Z.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gates, S. James

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Goldberger, Marvin L.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Haxton, Wick C.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Hecker, Siegfried S.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Holdren, John P.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kerr, Donald M.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Knapp, Edward A.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Koonin, Steven E.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kryder, Mark H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Leighton, Robert B.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

McKeown, R. D.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Moss, Joel M.

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Nanos, G. Peter

Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Oddone, Piermaria J.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Politzer, H. David, 1949-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Robertson, R. G. Hamish, 1943-

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Robinson, C. Paul

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Schwarz, John H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Sciulli, Frank J.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Thorne, Kip S.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Tollestrup, Alvin

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Tsuei, Chang C.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wheatley, John Charles

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Will, Clifford M., 1946-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wiringa, Robert Bruce

Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Ye, Jun, 1967-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Institutions

Major Positions

California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

Obtained PhD in Physics (1963). Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Staff Member and Fellow.

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Staff Member.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

European Organization for Nuclear Research

National Research Council (NRC) Fellow.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Fellowship.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

University of Michigan. Department of Physics

Obtained BS (1959).

University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics

Visiting Professor of Physics.

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