Background
Sellin, Ivan Armand was born on August 16, 1939 in Everett, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Petrus and Amelia Fanny (Josephson) Sellin.
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Ivan Armand Sellin
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Harvard University, 1956-1959; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1964.
Career
Instructor, research associate, University of Chicago, 1960-1965;
assistant professor, New York University, 1965-1967;
research physicist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1967-1970;
associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1970-1974;
professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974-1983;
district professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1983. Adjunct research physicist Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1970-1996. Program director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1988-1989.
Member commission on atomic and molecular science NAS-National Research Council, 1973-1976, chairman, 1980-1983, member panel on accelerator related atomic andmolecular science, 1978-1980. Member panel on atomic, molecular and opticalphysics NAS-National Research Council Physics Survey, 1983-1986. Organisation American States visiting professor.Centro Atomico, Bariloche, Argentina, 1972, 81-82, Institute fur Kernphysik der University Frankfurt, Germany, 1977, Research Institute for Physics, Stockholm, 1977-1978, 83.
Invited visitor Harvard Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, 1995. Speaker, presenter in field. Invited research scholar KEKPhoton Factory, Japan, 1994-1998.
Invited research scholar, professor Manne Siegbahn Laboratory, Stockholm U., Sweden, 1996-1999.
Achievements
Membership
Concert manager Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, 1973. Fellow American Physical Society (vice chairman 1981, chairman 1982-1983, member commission on constitution and bylaws, member commission on meetings 1991-1993, county advisor 1989-1993, councillor 1979-1983, chairman publications committee division electron and atomic physics 1974-1976, member program committee 1976-1978, member nominating committee 1979-1983, member fellowship committee 1979-1983, member Executive Committee 1979-1983, member Executive Committee S.E. section 1979-1993, vice chairman 1990-1991, program chairman 1990-1991,chairman 1991-1992, Jesse Beams medal 1983), Academy European, Cosmos Club.
Connections
Married Helen Kathleen Gill, June 16, 1962. Children: Peter Bennington, Frank Erick.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Grantee Office of Naval Research, 1972-1982, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972-1973, 73-78, National Science Foundation, since 1973, International Union Pure and Applied Physics, 1975, Department Energy, 1979-1983, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1980-1982, National Science Foundation Division International Programs, 1986-1992, 96-. Recipient Senior United States Scientist award Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1977, 86, 88. Fulbright scholar, 1977. Research scholar Japan Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, 1994.Grantee Office of Naval Research, 1972-1982, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972-1973, 73-78, National Science Foundation, since 1973, International Union Pure and Applied Physics, 1975, Department Energy, 1979-1983, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1980-1982, National Science Foundation Division International Programs, 1986-1992, 96-. Recipient Senior United States Scientist award Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1977, 86, 88. Fulbright scholar, 1977.
Research scholar Japan Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, 1994.