Background
Cohen, Marvin Lou was born on March 3, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Came to United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953. Son of Elmo and Molly (Zaritsky) Cohen.
Cohen, Marvin Lou was born on March 3, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Came to United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953. Son of Elmo and Molly (Zaritsky) Cohen.
Bachelor of Arts California, 1957. Master of Science, University Chicago, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1964.
Member technical staff Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1963-1964. Assistant professor physics University California, Berkeley, 1964-1966, associate professor, 1966-1969, professor physics, 1969-1995, university professor, since 1995, professor Miller Institute Basic Resch. in Science, 1969-1970, 76-77, 88, chairman, 1977-1981, University California Faculty Research lecturer, since 1997. Chairman Gordon Research Conference Chemistry and Physics of Solids, 1972.
United States representative to Semicondr. Commission, International Union Pure and Applied Physics, 1975-1981. Alfred P. Sloan fellow Cambridge University, England, 1965-1967.
Visiting professor Cambridge University, England, 1966, University Paris, France, 1972-1973, summers 68, 75, 87, 88, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1978-1979, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1987-1988. Chairman planning committee Pure and Applied Science Institute University Hawaii, since 1980. Member selection committee Presidential Young Investigator Awards, 1983.
Member Committee on National Synchrotron Radiation Facilities, 1983-1984. Chairman 17th International Conference on Physics of Semicondrs., 1984. Member executive committee Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, since 1984.
Vice chairman Government-U. Industry Research Roundtable Working Group on Science and Engineering Talent, since 1984. Member review board for Center for Advanced Materials Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1986-1987. Member panel on Implications for Mechanisms of Support and Panel on High Temperature Superconductivity, National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1987.
Member advisory board Texas Center for Superconductivity, 1988-1990, vice chair, since 1991. Member United States delegate to Bilateral Dialog Research and Development in the United States and Japan, National Research Council, 1989. Member science policy board Stanford Synchrotron Rad.
Laboratory, 1990-1992. District lecturer Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2001. Loeb lecturer Harvard University, 2004.
Editorial board Perspectives in Condensed Matter Physics, since 1987. Advisory board International Journal Modern Physics B., since 1987, Modern Physics Letters B, since 1987. Associate editor Materials Science and Engineering, since 1987.Contributor more than 600 articles to technical journals.
Member visiting committee Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, 1991. Member science policy committee Stanford Linear Accelerator, 1993-1995. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (executive council division solid state physics 1975-1979, chairman 1977-1978, Buckley prize committee 1980-1981, chairman 1981, Lilienfeld prize committee since 1994, Isakson Prize committee 1995-1998, chairman 1999, executive board, council panel public affairs, investment committee, budget committee 2003, vice president 2003, president-elect 2004, president 2005, past-president 2006, Oliver E. Buckley prize for solid state physics 1979, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize 1994).
Member National Academy of Sciences (chairman condensed matter physics search/screening committee 1981-1982, since 1988, chairman Comstock prize committee 1988, nominating committee for selection of president, vice president, councilors 1992-1993), American Academy Arts and Sciences (committee award initiatices in research 2004, National Medal Science 2001), National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Institute Physics (member governing board 2003-2007, member nominating committee 2003-2006).
Music (clarinet), running.
Married Merrill L. Gardner, August 31, 1958 (deceased April 1994). Children: Mark, Susan. Married Suzy R. Locke, September 8, 1996.