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As a physicist, I want to mention some key contributors in my field, beginning with former colleague Jim Stith, past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, who contributed greatly to elevating Physics Education to research prominence.
As a physicist, I want to mention some key contributors in my field, beginning with former colleague Jim Stith, past president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, who contributed greatly to elevating Physics Education to research prominence.
Stith is also an APS fellow, a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a former professor at Ohio State University and at the US Military Academy at West Point.
math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/st…
math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/st…
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The late Homer Neal was a leading experimental particle physics researcher, contributing to the ATLAS experiment at CERN, & was distinguished professor and chair at U of Michigan, where he helped oversee a phenomenal renaissance of the department stature.
The late Homer Neal was a leading experimental particle physics researcher, contributing to the ATLAS experiment at CERN, & was distinguished professor and chair at U of Michigan, where he helped oversee a phenomenal renaissance of the department stature.
Neal was also President of the American Physical Society, an APS Fellow, and served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Neal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Neal
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Sylvester Gates has made significant contributions to supersymmetry & superstring theory, and has held professorships at the University of Maryland and Brown University. He is past president (just last year) of the American Physical Society.
Sylvester Gates has made significant contributions to supersymmetry & superstring theory, and has held professorships at the University of Maryland and Brown University. He is past president (just last year) of the American Physical Society.
I will keep adding to this over the course of the month.
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National Medal of Science recipient Shirley Ann Jackson was the second Black American Woman to get a PhD in physics in the US, & the first at MIT (in 1973).
National Medal of Science recipient Shirley Ann Jackson was the second Black American Woman to get a PhD in physics in the US, & the first at MIT (in 1973).
Among many science & leadership roles she has played are: Staff Scientist, Bell Labs; Professor of Physics, Rutgers; Director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Bill Clinton; president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_A…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_A…
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Claudia Alexander was a planetary geophysicist who was project manager for the NASA Gallileo probe of Jupiter, and later for the Rosetta mission (with the European Space Agency) to explore the comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Claudia Alexander was a planetary geophysicist who was project manager for the NASA Gallileo probe of Jupiter, and later for the Rosetta mission (with the European Space Agency) to explore the comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Dr Alexander was taken too soon by cancer in 2015. She had a significant twitter presence at @claudiauthorsci
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_A…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_A…
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Ronald McNair was an MIT educated PhD laser physicist & astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986.
Ronald McNair was an MIT educated PhD laser physicist & astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986.
In Col. McNair's memory, the McNair Scholars program was created, to assist underrepresented groups in obtaining graduate education
Many streets, schools, and other public spaces have been named in his honor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_E.…
Many streets, schools, and other public spaces have been named in his honor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_E.…
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Herman Branson was an early leader in biophysics, using physics to study biological problems. He is co-author of the seminal paper with Linus Pauling & Robert Corey identifying the alpha helix as a secondary structure element in proteins
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Herman Branson was an early leader in biophysics, using physics to study biological problems. He is co-author of the seminal paper with Linus Pauling & Robert Corey identifying the alpha helix as a secondary structure element in proteins
Branson taught at Howard University for 27 years, and eventually became president of the public HBCU Central State University in Ohio, then the public HBCU Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
blog.helix.com/2018/02/herman…
blog.helix.com/2018/02/herman…
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Charles Mcgruder III holds an endowed chair in astrophysics at Western Kentucky University where he studies gamma ray bursters. After going undergrad at Cal Tech in the 60s he went to Heidelberg for his PhD & then taught in Nigeria.
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Charles Mcgruder III holds an endowed chair in astrophysics at Western Kentucky University where he studies gamma ray bursters. After going undergrad at Cal Tech in the 60s he went to Heidelberg for his PhD & then taught in Nigeria.
"My life is a response to American racism. The greatest prejudice against Blacks is in relation to intelligence.... in my age, it was assumed that Blacks are inferior, especially intellectually. I picked that up as a child and vowed to fight it. That’s why I went into physics."
"When I left America, I didn’t think I would ever go back. Today in the US it’s good for me, for the upper middle class. But it has not changed for the better for those living in the projects."
McGruder's son, Chima, is a grad student in astronomy at Harvard studying exoplanet atmospheres. He's shown here in 2020 with his father (right) as well as Sylvester Gates (left) & his daughter Delilah Elizabeth Abney Gates, also a Harvard graduate student studying black holes
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