Vita of David C. Langreth
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Physics and Astronomy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
136 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 USA
langreth@physics.rutgers.edu
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~langreth
Education
B. S., Yale University (1959); Ph. D., University of Illinois (1964).
Honorary degree
Doctor of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology (2004).
Positions
Research Associate, University of Chicago (1964-1965); Research Associate,
Cornell University (1965-1967); Assistant Professor (1967-1969), Associate
Professor (1969-1974), Professor (1974-1980), Professor II (1980-), Rutgers
University.
Visiting Positions
Visiting Associate Research Physicist, University of California San Diego
(1973-1974); Guest Professor, Nordita, Copenhagen (1975-1976); Visiting
Scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara (1983); Nordita Visiting
Professor, Sweden (1988). Visiting Professor, Chalmers University, Göteborg
(1993).
Selected Professional Activities and Honors
Nobel Symposium Invité (1973); Director of the Graduate Program
in Physics and Associate Chairman of Physics Department, Rutgers University
(1970-1973); Rutgers Research Council Faculty Fellow (1973-1974); Winter
School Lecturer, International Centre of Theoretical Physics (1976); Fellow,
American Physical Society (1981-); Coordinator, Surface Physics Program,
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara (January-August 1983);
Member, Davisson-Germer Prize Selection Committee in Surface Physics, American
Physical Society (1984), Vice Chairman (1986), Chairman (1988); Member,
International Evaluation Committee, Swedish Condensed Matter Physics (1986);
Recipient, National Science Foundation Special Creativity award (1986);
Royal Netherlands Academy of Science invité (1991); Taniguchi Foundation
invité (1996); mention in the chemistry Nobel Prize citation (1998);
Board of Trustees Prize for Excellence in Research (1999).
Langreth vita / last updated June 7, 2004 / langreth@physics.rutgers.edu