Background
Epstein, Arthur Joseph was born on June 2, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin and Esther F. (Fellner) Epstein.
Physics and chemistry educator
Epstein, Arthur Joseph was born on June 2, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin and Esther F. (Fellner) Epstein.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1966; Master of Science in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1971.
Member technical staff, MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1971-1972;
scientist, then principal scientist, Xerox Webster (New York) Research Center, 1972-1985;
professor physics and chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1985;
director Center Materials Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1989;
distinguished professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1997. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1977-1978, 79-80, U. Paris, 1980, 88, 90, 92, Technion, 1984-1985. Consultant DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, Xerox Corporation, Webster, since 1985, NCR, Cambridge, Ohio, 1991, Eeonyx Corporation, Pinole, California, since 1993.
Expert in polymer electrical conductivity, electronic and optical properties of molecular and polymeric magnets. Co-organizer International Conference on Synthetic Metals, 1977, 81, 88, 96. Frontiers of Science lecturer U. Florida, 1984, 96.
Visiting scholar, lecturer U. Rhode Island, 1987.
Fellow American Physical Society (member applications committee). Member American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, National Institute Emerging Technologies (honorary member Executive Committee since 1990).
Married Paulayne Tina Sklarsky, August 3, 1969. Children: Melissa Ann, Dana Michelle.