Peder Jan Estrup

Background

Estrup, Peder Jan was born on July 15, 1931 in Copenhagen. Son of Lauritz A. and Alice (Horneman) Estrup. came to the United States, 1956.

Education

Master of Science, Polytechnic Institute Denmark, Copenhagen, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy (Fulbright fellow, Sheffield Science fellow), Yale, 1959; Postdoctoral fellow, European Center Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1959-1961.

Career

Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1961-1964; research scientist, Bartol Research Foundation, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1964-1967; professor physics, chemistry, Brown U., Providence, since 1967; department chairman chemistry, Brown U., Providence, 1989-1996; Newport Rogers professor of chemistry and physics, Brown U., Providence, since 1992; dean Graduate school and Research, Brown U., Providence, since 1996.

Achievements

• Peder January Estrup has been listed as a noteworthy Physics and chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant Danish Army, 1954-1956. Fellow American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society (Executive Committee surface science division). Member American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Faiza Fawaz, September 15, 1960.

Father:

Lauritz A. Estrup

Mother:

Alice (Horneman) Estrup

Spouse:

Faiza Fawaz