Center for Emergent Superconductivity

Principal Investigators

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John M. Tranquada

Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bldg. 510A
Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone: (631) 344-7547
Fax:     (631) 344-2918
Email:  jtran@bnl.gov
Web:   http://www.bnl.gov/cmpmsd/

 

Educational Background

• B.A., cum laude, in Physics, Pomona College, 1977
  
• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington, 1983

Professional Experience

• 1983-1986: Postdoctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University and BNL
• 1986-1988: Assistant Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 1988-1990: Associate Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 1990-2000: Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory (with tenure since 1992)
• 1998-present: Leader of Neutron Scattering Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 2000-present: Senior Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 2009-2011: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Stony Brook University

Professional Affiliations

• American Physical Society, Fellow (1997)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow (2006)
• Neutron Scattering Society of America, Fellow (2007)

Other Professional Activities

• Steering Committee for the US-Japan Cooperative Research Program on Neutron Scattering, 1999-
  
• BESAC Subpanel on Neutron Scattering, 2000
  
• BESAC Subpanel Review of IPNS and MLNSC, 2000
  
• BESAC member, 2008-2010
  
• DOE Peer Reviewer of IPNS (2002), MLNSC (2002, 2006), HFIR (2006); Committee of Visitors (2007);
  Ames Lab CMP program (2007)
  
• SNS-HFIR User Group (SHUG) Executive committee, 2000-2003 Vice-Chair, 2001; Chair, 2002
  
• Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters, 2001-2007
  
• Lehman Review Committee for the Spallation Neutron Source, 2001-2006
  
• Program Advisory Committee for NCNR (NIST), 2001-2007
  
• Neutron Scattering Science Advisory Committee, ORNL, 2006-2009
  
• Scientific Council for SPSMS, CEA/Grenoble, May 2005
  
• Review committee for Beam Line 35 (Inelastic X-ray Scattering), SPring-8, November 2005
  
• Program and advisory committees for several international conferences
  
• Executive Committee of the Division of Materials Physics of the APS, 2006-2008
  
• Helmholtz Assoc. Review of Program “Research with Photons, Neutrons, and Ions”, Panel Member, 2009
  
• Treasurer, Neutron Scattering Society of America, 2009-2010

Honors & Awards

• DOE Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Solid State Physics, 1988
  
• BNL R&D Award, 1997
  
• Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America, 2006
  
• APS Outstanding Referee, 2009
  
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for superconductivity experiments, 2009

Publications

• http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-9832-2009