Background
Rikvold, Per Arne was born on October 4, 1948 in Hadsel, Norway. Son of Per and Inger-Johanne (Corneliussen) Rikvold. came to the United States, 1980.
Physics researcher and educator
Rikvold, Per Arne was born on October 4, 1948 in Hadsel, Norway. Son of Per and Inger-Johanne (Corneliussen) Rikvold. came to the United States, 1980.
Bachelor of Science, U. Oslo, 1971; Master of Science in Physics, U. Oslo, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Temple University, 1983; certified Japanese language, Osaka (Japan) U. Foreign Studies, 1977.
Research associate department physics, U. Oslo, 1978-1981;
research associate department mechanic engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 1983-1985;
senior research chemist, Atlantic Richfield Company Chemical Company, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, 1985-1987;
associate professor physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1987-1992;
professor physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, since 1992. Visiting scientist Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, 1979, U. Geneva, Switzerland, 1981-1982, Institute Solid State Physics, Jülich, Germany, 1982. Vis.rschr. International Business Machines Corporation, Bergen, Norway, 1987, 88, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1997.
Cons.Pony Industries, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1987. Visiting scholar Temple University, Philadelphia,1986-1987, Tohwa Institute Science, Kyushu (Japan) U., 1991, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1993, 96, 98, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1995.
Member American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society, Norwegian Physical Society, European Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Paulette Alice Bond, April 10, 1993.