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Photo: Edward L. Garwin, SLAC HEP Faculty

Edward L. Garwin
Professor (Emeritus)

E-mail: garwin@slac.stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 926-2415
Group: Surface & Materials Science

Education

B.S., 1954, Physics, Case Institute of Technology. M.S., 1955, Physics; Ph.D., 1958, Physics, University of Chicago.

Professional Academic History

Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 1957-1958; Research Associate, University of Chicago, 1958-1959; Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 1959-1960; Senior Scientist, Clauser/General Technology Corporation, 1960-1962; Permanent Staff, SLAC, Stanford, 1962-1974; Adjunct Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1974-1982; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1983-present; Visiting Professor, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, 1985-1986, 1997.

Awards and Honors

Dayton C. Miller Prize in Physics, 1954. SLAC Achievement Award, 1988. Fellow, National Science Foundation, 1954 - 1957.

Patents

Six patents, five assigned to SLAC.

Research Areas

High polarization: high peak current electron sources, ultrahigh vacuum, surface physics, failure analysis, secondary emission, photoluminescence.

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Last update on 26 Jan 2007 by McDunn