David John Ernst

Background

Ernst, David John was born on May 29, 1943 in St. Paul. Son of Ben Edward and Grace Elizabeth (Peterson) Ernst.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.

Career

From assistant professor to professor, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Mexico City, 1970-1971; from research associate to instructor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1972-1975; assistant professor physics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1975-1980; associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1980-1985; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1985-1993; associate director, Center for Theoretical Physics, College Station, 1988-1993; interim director International Institute for Theoretical Physics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1990-1993; Deutsches Forschungsgemeinschaft professor, U. Frankfurt, Germany, 1988-1993; professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1992; chair physics and astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1992-1995, 97-; associate dean college arts & science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1995-1997. Visiting research scientist Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1974-1985, consultant, since 1985. Consultant Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, since 1983.

Faculty affiliate OakRidge Association United States, since 1983. Program advising committee Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility, chairman PION subcommittee, 1985-1989. Organizing committee, American representative Sino-American Spring School on Medium and High-energy Nuclear Physics, Taipei, Republic of China, 1990, International Conference on Medium and High-Energy Nuclear Physics, Taipei, 1990, Mesons and Nuciel at Intermediate Energiesand Workshop on Mesons in the Few-Body Systems, Dubna, Russia, 1994,International Workshop on Condesed Matter Theories XXII, 1998.

Board dirs.Southeast Universities Research Association.

Achievements

• David John Ernst has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society (program committee, nuclear division 1983-1985, vice chair forum on international physics 1998). Member National Society Hispanic Physicist (administrative Executive officer since 1997), Los Alamos Meson Physics FacilityUsers Group Inc. (program advising committee, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1991).

Director Pan-American Association Physics, since 1992), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Vicki Lynn Monsees, September 9, 1967. Children: David Miguel, Carmen Linnea.

Father:

Ben Edward Ernst

Mother:

Grace Elizabeth (Peterson) Ernst

Spouse:

Vicki Lynn Monsees

child:

David Miguel Ernst

child:

Carmen Linnea Ernst