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Ashcroft, Neil William was born on November 27, 1938 in London.
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Ashcroft, Neil William was born on November 27, 1938 in London.
Bachelor of Science, U. New Zealand, 1958; Master of Science with honors, U. New Zealand, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, 1964; Doctor of Science (honorary), Victoria U., Wellington, New Zealand.
Science research county senior fellow Cavendish Laboratory, U. Cambridge, England, 1973-1974;
visiting fellow Clare Hall, U. Cambridge, England, 1973-1974;
associate theoretical physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1966;
from assistant professor to associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1975;
professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1975;
Horace White Chair of Physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1990;
various administrative and academic committees, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York
director Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1979-1984;
deputy director, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, New York, 1978-1997;
director, Cornell Center for Materials Research, Ithaca, since 1997. Chaire municipale Joseph Fourier U., Grenoble, France, 1989-1993. Science consultant Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1977-1993.
Advising committee High Flux Beam Reactor, Brookhaven, since 1984. Science consultant Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, since 1985. Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Research at High Pressure, since 1986, trustee since 1988, chairman of the board of trustees, since 1991.
Liasion representative National Research Council Review Panel on Materials, American Physical Society division of Condensed Matter Physics Physics. Visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, since 1986. Gordon Godfrey visiting professor U. New South Wales, Australia, since 1988.
Member research briefing panel on high temperature superconductivity NAS, advisory panel solid state division Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Erskine fellow Canterbury U., New Zealand, 1990, Ehrenfest lecturer U. Leiden, The Netherlands, 1991. Faraday bicentennial lecturer Electrochemical Society, 1991.
Member solid state science committee National Research Council, since 1993.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Royal Society New Zealand (honorary). Member Association International pour L'Avancement de la Recherche et de la Technologie Aux Hautes Pressions (Executive Committee since 1995), National Academy of Science.
M., 1961; 2 children.