Education
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PhD, Syracuse University, 1958
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MS, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1954
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BS, Case Institute of Technology, 1952
Postdoctorals
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University of Chicago, 1961-1963
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Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, 1960-1961
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Brandeis University, 1959-1960
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Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1958-1959
Employment
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The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences, Research Professor, 2000-present
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University of Oregon: Physics Department; Professor Emeritus, 1995-2000; Professor,
1967-1995; Associate Professor, 1963-1967
Professional Affiliations
Professional Activities
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Panelist, Beyond BEC Workshop, Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for
Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University, 2-3 November
2001
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11th International Laser Physics Workshop, Advisory and program
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Advisory and Program Committee, Seminar on Bose-Einstein Condensation
and Atom Lasers, International Workshop on Laser Physics, Bratislava,
Slovakia, 1-5 July 2002
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Member of the scientific committee for the school "Quantum Gases in
Low Dimensions", to be held at Les Houches, France, 15-25 April 2003
Awards and Honors
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Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984-1985
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Fellow, American Physical Society 1978
Research
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Dynamical behavior of Bose-Einstein condensates in ultralow temperature trapped atomic
vapors
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Theory of optimal control of quantum and classical systems
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Foundations of quantum mechanics of identical particles: Bosons, fermions, and anyons
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Variational methods for equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
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