Brookhaven Lab Scientists Granted Emeritus Status

September 7, 2017

Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA), the company that manages Brookhaven Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy, granted emeritus status to 13 scientists—Samuel Aronson, Vasilis Fthenakis, Jonathan Hanson, Laurence Littenberg, Morgan May, James Muckerman, Frank Paige, David Schlyer, Nikolaos Simos, Suresh Srivastava, William Studier, Subramanyam Swaminathan, and Peter Takacs—since 2014.

These scientists have been granted emeritus status (from left, top): Sam Aronson, Vasilis Fthenakis, Jonathan Hanson, Laurence Littenberg, Morgan May, James Muckerman, David Schlyer, Nikolaos Simos, Suresh Srivastava, William Studier, Subramanyam Swaminathan, and Peter Takacs. Not pictured: Frank Paige

Emeritus status is in recognition of scientists who had made noteworthy contributions to the Laboratory's reputation as a world-class scientific institution. Emeritus scientists remain connected to—and with the concurrence of their associate laboratory director engage in—activities beneficial to the Laboratory. Emeritus status is granted by the approval of the Laboratory Director upon recommendation of the scientist's Department Chair and ALD.

The scientists are:

• Samuel Aronson, Director's Office
• Vasilis Fthenakis, Sustainable Energy Technologies Department
• Jonathan Hanson, Chemistry Division
• Laurence Littenberg, Physics Department
• Morgan May, Physics Department
• James Muckerman, Chemistry Division
• Frank Paige, Physics Department
• David Schlyer, of the former Biological, Environmental & Climate Sciences Department, now the Biology Department
• Nikolaos Simos, Collider-Accelerator Department
• Suresh Srivastava, Collider-Accelerator Department
• William Studier, of the former Biological, Environmental & Climate Sciences Department, now Biology Department
• Subramanyam Swaminathan, Biology Department
• Peter Takacs, Instrumentation Division

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