David Adler

Background

Adler, David was born on April 13, 1935 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Saul and Betty (Kopelman) Adler.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1956; A.M. (Leeds and Northrup fellow), Harvard University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy (National Science Foundation Cooperative Graduate fellow), Harvard University, 1964.

Career

Research associate, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England, 1964-1965; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965-1967; assistant professor electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1969; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1975; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-1987. Lecturer Franco-Russian Summer School, Montpellier, France, 1971, Queen'sU., 1974, Latin American Summer School, Venezuela, 1976, U. Campinas, Brazil, 1976, McMaster U., 1977, U. North Carolina, 1979, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1979, Kyoto (Japan) Summer Institute, 1980, U. Montreal, 1981, Caracas, Venezuela, 1982, U.N.C.C., 1983, Nile Winter College, Khartoum, Sudan, 1985. Lecturer Beijing Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, China, 1983, honorary adviser, 1984-1987.

Chairman Solar Photovoltaic Panel, Solar Energy Workshop, 1975. Member committee basic research National Research Council, 1973-1976. Member organizing committee International Symposiumon Electronic Properties of Oxides, 1974, 6th Joint United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Symposium on Theory of Condensed Matter, 1976.

Co-chairman 8th International Conf.on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors, 1978. Chairman 1st Workshop on Threshold Switching, 1980. Member external review committee National Science Foundation-MRL program Purdue University, 1978-1981.

Chairman various conferences Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1983, 86.

Achievements

• David Adler has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Tetrahedrally-Bonded Amorphous Semiconductors (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)
  • Tetrahedrally-Bonded Amorphous Semiconductors (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)
  • Tetrahedrally-Bonded Amorphous Semiconductors (Studies in the Natural Sciences)
  • Amorphous Semiconductors

Membership

Treasurer Community Nursery School, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1971-1973, Maria Hastings Parent-Teachers Association, Lexington, 1974-1975. Fellow American Physical Society (Executive Committee division solid state physics, chairman program committee conference 1984). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), Materials Research Society (co-chairman symposia 1985, 86), American Association Physics Teachers, American Vacuum Society (senior).

Connections

Married Alice Joan Salzman, June 8, 1958;children: Kyle, Andrew, Carrie.

Father:

Saul Adler

Mother:

Betty (Kopelman) Adler

Spouse:

Alice Joan Salzman

child:

Andrew Adler

child:

Kyle Adler

child:

Carrie Adler