NSCL/FRIB Director Konrad Gelbke
Konrad Gelbke possesses 35 years experimental nuclear physics experience. His refereed research has been cited 8,700 times and he has an h-index of 54 (a measure of scientific impact available in Thomson’s ISI Web of Knowledge). He has managed over $350 million in funding during his career, 31 years of which have been dedicated to establishing a world-class experimental nuclear physics research program at MSU with collaborators worldwide. As NSCL Director, he focused on advancing rare-isotope science and education at NSCL.
Gelbke has logged six years of service on the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), including three years (1997–1999) as NSAC Chair, and he co-proposed the concept for a next-generation U.S. facility in 1999 as an ex-officio member (NSAC Chair) of the NSAC-appointed ISOL Task Force. Gelbke has served on more than 80 committees worldwide, including writing committees of three consecutive U.S. long range plans for nuclear science (1989, 1996, and 2002), and chairing a major program review for Germany’s Helmholtz Association. He is co-initiator of MSU’s High Performance Computing Center.
Gelbke earned a Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. equivalent) in physics at the University of Heidelberg in 1973.
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Operation of NSCL as a national user facility is supported by the Experimental Nuclear Physics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation.