Background
Abarbanel, Henry Don Isaac was born on May 31, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Abraham Robert and Selma Helen (Kintberger) Abarbanel.
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Henry Don Isaac Abarbanel
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, California Institute Technology, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Princeton University, 1966.
Career
Research associate, Stanford (California) Linear Accelerator Center, 1967-1968;
assistant professor physics, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1968-1972;
physicist Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 1972-1981;
staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1979-1982;
research physicist Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution Oceanography, La Jolla, California, since 1983;
director Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1986;
acting director Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1986;
director Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1986;
professor physics in residence, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1986-1988;
professor physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1988. Consultant Lockheed Palo Alto (California) Research Laboratory, since 1990. Visiting scientist Center Etudes Nucleaires Saclay, France, 1970, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1971, 1975-1976, Institute Haute Études Science, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 1989, Institute Applied Physics Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Gorky, 1990.
Adjunct Professor physics University of California San Diego, 1982. Visiting professor University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975-1976, San Diego, 1982, 86, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1976. Visiting associate professor Stanford University, 1975-1976.
Lecturer department physics University of California, Berkeley, 1980. Chairman steering committee joint program in nonlinear science University of California-National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987-1988. Lecturer University of Chicago, 1973, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Exchange scientist Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics NAS, Moscow, Lenningrad, 1977. Member United States Physics Delaware to People's Republic China, 1973. Member JASON, since 1974, member steering committee, 1985-1988, participant, project leader.
Consultant T-division Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Science Laboratory, 1980-1984. Member board visitors in physics Office Naval Research, 1987, member board visitors in physical oceanography, 1989-1991. Member board technical advisors Program in Global Climate Change Department Energy, since 1990.
Invited speaker numerous professional meetings.
Achievements
Membership
Member Planning Commission, Del Mar, California, 1989-1992, member city county, since 1992. Member American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Connections
Married Gwen Lorita Lewis, May 27, 1965 (divorced July 1974). Married Beth Leah Levine, September 12, 1982. Children: Brett Lillian, Sara Alexis.
