Claus-Konrad Gelbke

Brief Biography

 

Place of Birth:      Celle, Germany

Date of Birth:       May 31, 1947

Citizenship:           U.S.

 

1970:                     Diplom für Physik, University of Heidelberg

1971 - 1972:          Scholarship of "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes"

1973:                     Dr. rer. nat., University of Heidelberg

1973 - 1976:          Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Max-Planck-Institut fŸr Kernphysik, Heidelberg

1974:                     Summer Visitor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

1975:                     Summer Visitor, University of Washington, USA

1976 - 1977:          Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

1977:                    Associate Professor of Physics, Michigan State University

1979 - 1983:          Alfred P. Sloan Fellow

1981:                    Professor of Physics, Michigan State University

1985:                    Fellow, American Physical Society

1987 - 1990:         Associate Director for Nuclear Science, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University

1990:                   University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University

1992 - present:     Director, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University

1993:                   Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists

2000:                   Honors Convocation Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities

2002:                   Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science