Henry G. Blosser University Distinguished Professor National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University (517) 355-9670, FAX: 353-5967 Email: blosser@nscl.msu.edu

    University of Virginia -- B.A. 1951, M.S. 1952, PhD. 1954

PRINCIPAL POSITIONS:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Physicist 1954-58, Group Leader Cyclotron Analogue One,1956-58

Michigan State University
Assoc. Prof. 1958-1961, Prof. 1961-90, University Distinguished Prof. 1990-present
Cyclotron Laboratory Director 1958-66 & 1969-80,
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Director 1980-85, Co-Director 1985-89

Wayne State University
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, 1984-present

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow 1953-54.
National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, 1966-67.
Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award, 1972.
Guggenheim Fellow, 1973-74.
Michiganian of the Year, 1984, MICHIGAN, Magazine of the Detroit News.
1992 American Physical Society Tom W. Bonner Award for outstanding contributions to Nuclear Physics (shared with R. Pollack).

Four Sector Azimuthally Varying Field Cyclotron, Blosser, Worsham, Goodman, Livingston, Mann, Moseley, Trammel and Welton, Rev. Sci. Inst. 29, 81 9(1958).
Problems and Performance in the Cyclotron Central Region, H.G. Blosser, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 13, No.4 ,1 (1966).
Superconducting Cyclotrons, H.G. Blosser, D.A. Johnson, R.J. Burleigh, R.C. Neiman and J.R. Purcell.
Cyclotrons and Their Applications, Burkhouser Burlock, 584 (1975).
Compact Superconducting Cyclotrons for Neutron Therapy, H. Blosser, J. DeCamp, J. Griffin, D. Johnson, F. Marti, B. Milton, J. Vincent, G. Blosser, E. Jemison, R. Maughan, W. Powers, J. Purcell, W. Young, IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science NS-32, 3287 (1985).

Invited speaker at National and International Conferences on 44 occasions.
Presented contributed papers to National and International Conferences on 56 occasions.
Served on organizing committee of 13 National and International Conferences.
Most recent invited paper: "Intensity Limits for Cyclotron" (Workshop on "Accelerators & Storage Rings for Fragmentation Facilities of the Next Generation" GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1998)

Inventor or co-inventor on 5 patents covering various accelerator related inventions.

Principal Investigator on numerous Research Grants/Contracts from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and from private institutions
(including grants for design and construction of the four MSU constructed cyclotrons).

Design/Development of Advanced Particle Accelerator Systems.
Design of Superconducting Magnets for Cyclotrons and Other Applications.
Design of Apparatus for Nuclear Physics Research.
Design of Accelerators for Cancer Therapy.