Background
Burstein, Elias was born on September 30, 1917 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Plotkin) Burstein.
Burstein, Elias was born on September 30, 1917 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Plotkin) Burstein.
AB, Brooklyn College, 1938. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1941. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941—1943.
Postgraduate, Catholic University, 1946—1948. Dynamics Technologies (honorary), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, 1982. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brooklyn College, 1985.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Emory University, 1994. Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1999.
Physicist, Crystal branch United States Naval Research Laboratory, 1945-1958;
head semiconductor branch, Crystal branch United States Naval Research Laboratory, 1958;
professor physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1958-1982;
Mary Amanda Wood professor physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982-1988;
emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1988. Jubilee visiting professor physics Chalmers U. Technology, Goteborg, 1981. Member solid state science advisory panel National Research Council-NAS, 1971-1980, chairman, 1977-1979, condensed matter physics advising committee International Center for Theoretical Physics, 1990-1996, Trieste.
Commission on science and the arts, Franklin Institute, since 1994. Miller Institute visiting research professor physics University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (secretary-treasurer division solid state physics 1956-1961, Isakson prize 1986), Optical Society of America. Member National Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Rena Ruth Benson, September 19, 1943. Children– Joanna Bliss, Sandra Joy, Miriam Stephanie.