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Gumbs, Godfrey Anthony was born on September 17, 1948 in Georgetown, Guyana. Son of Charles Alexander and Mary Teresa Gumbs. came to the United States, 1990.
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Godfrey Anthony Gumbs, Canadian Physicist, educator, researcher. Achievements include research on nonlinear effects in quasiperiodic systems, transport phenomena in electronic microstructures. Research fellow Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Dalhousie U. & Lethbridge U., 1986-1991; Humboldt fellow Humboldt Foundation, Julich, Germany, 1987. Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor, Cambridge U., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Toronto, 1978.
Career
Research associate, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978-1982; assistant professor, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1982-1986; professor, U. Lethbridge, Alberta, 1986-1991; guest scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1991; professor, Hunter College/CUNY, New York City, since 1992.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
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Married Jean Maydalyne Sickander, October 2, 1971. Children: Anthony, Alexander, Andrew.
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Canadian
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Research fellow Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Dalhousie U. & Lethbridge U., 1986-1991. Humboldt fellow Humboldt Foundation, Julich, Germany, 1987.Research fellow Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Dalhousie U. & Lethbridge U., 1986-1991. Humboldt fellow Humboldt Foundation, Julich, Germany, 1987.