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Coplan, Michael A. was born on April 26, 1938 in Cleveland. Son of Barnett A. and Esther (Berger) Coplan.
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Coplan, Michael A. was born on April 26, 1938 in Cleveland. Son of Barnett A. and Esther (Berger) Coplan.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1960; Master of Science, Yale University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1963.
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, U. Paris, 1963-1964; North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, U. Paris, 1964-1965; research associate, University of Chicago, 1965-1967; research assistant professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1967-1972; research associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1972-1981; research professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1981. Visiting professor U. Bern, Switzerland, 1979-1980.
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Member American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tina H. Laner, September 12, 1976. Children: Daniel, Judson.