Sam Aronson
Sam Aronson | |
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Alma mater | Columbia University Princeton University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | Enrico Fermi Institute University of Wisconsin–Madison Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Sam Aronson is an American physicist, formerly president of the American Physical Society in 2015 and also formerly the director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]
Biography
Aronson was born in Huntington, New York.[3] He earned an A.B. in physics from Columbia University in 1964, and a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1968.[3][4][5]
After graduation, Aronson worked at the
In 1991, Aronson became director of the PHENIX detector project, overseeing the construction of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.[4] He became director of the laboratory’s physics department in 2001. He became associate laboratory director for nuclear and particle physics in 2005 and was named director in 2006.[4]
In 2013, Aronson became director of the RIKEN BNL Research Center.[1] He served as vice president of the American Physical Society in 2013 and became president in 2015.[1][6]
Aronson was named senior scientist emeritus of the BNL in 2017.[7] He is the Secretary of the National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium.[8]
Aronson is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4][9]
References
- ^ a b c "Samuel Aronson". aip.org. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
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- ^ a b Physics, American Institute of (2021-09-24). "Sam Aronson". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Brookhaven Lab's Sam Aronson Inducted into the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1966). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
- ^ "Sam Aronson of Brookhaven Elected APS VP". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Former Lab Director Samuel Aronson Named Senior Scientist Emeritus". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Samuel Aronson Named as AAAS Fellow". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
External links
- Interview of Sam Aronson by David Zierler on June 23, 2020 Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45467