Peter Martin Pfeifer

Background

Pfeifer, Peter Martin was born on April 19, 1946 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Max and Eva (Korrodi) Pfeifer. came to the United States, 1986.

Education

Master of Science in Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, 1980.

Career

Research and teaching assistant, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1970-1975; research associate, instructor, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1975-1980; research fellow, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1981-1982; assistant professor of chemistry, U. Bielefeld, West Germany, 1982-1986; habilitation, U. Bielefeld, West Germany, 1986; associate professor physics, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1986-1995; visiting professor physics, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, 1993-1994; visiting scientist, Ecole Polytechnic, Palaiseau, France, 1994; professor physics, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1995. Member of advisory board Symposium on Probability Methods in Physics, Bielefeld,1984, Symposium on Small Irregular Particles, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1988, Conference on Fractals in Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1993, 22d Midwest Solid-State Theory Symposium, Columbia, 1994, 2d International Symposium on Surface Heterogeneity, Zakopane, Poland, 1995, 3d conference Fractals in Engineering, Arcachon, France, 1997. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Peter Martin Pfeifer has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, Materials Research Society.

Connections

Married Therese M. Abgottspon, June 13, 1980;children: Anne, Helen.

Father:

Max Pfeifer

Mother:

Eva (Korrodi) Pfeifer

Spouse:

Therese M. Abgottspon

child:

Helen Pfeifer

child:

Anne Pfeifer