Background
Nordlander, Jan Peter Arne was born on November 21, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Arne Nils Ludwig and Blenda Mimmi (Sjosell) Nordlander. came to the United States, 1985.
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Jan Peter Arne Nordlander, American Physicist, educator. Achievements include research in electronic structure of surfaces, charge transfer processes in atom-surface scattering and non-equilibrium processes. Lieutenant Swedish Army, 1976-1978, Sweden. Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society.
Education
Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Chalmers U., Gothenburg, Sweden, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Chalmers U., Gothenburg, Sweden, 1985; Docent, Chalmers U., Gothenburg, Sweden, 1991.
Career
Postdoctoral, International Business Machines Corporation, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1985-1986;
research assistant professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1987-1988;
senior postdoctoral, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1988-1989;
assistant professor, Rice U., Houston, 1989-1993;
associate professor, Rice U., Houston, 1993-1997;
professor, Rice U., Houston, since 1997. Consultant American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1987-1989. Adjunct assistant professor Vanderbilt University, 1988-1991.
Visiting professor University of Paris, Orsay, France, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant Swedish Army, 1976-1978, Sweden. Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society.
Connections
Married Nancy Jean Halas, August, 1986.
