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Ahlen, Steven Paul was born on December 24, 1949 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of John William and Helen Beatrice (Damaske) Ahlen.
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Steven Paul Ahlen
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Steven Paul Ahlen, American Physicist, educator. Achievements include development of new particle detectors; determination of isotopic composition of iron, calcium, helium in cosmic rays, of sensitive limits on antimatter, magnetic monopoles, massive neutrinos, and free quarks; research on measurements of gamma ray production in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. National Defense Education Act fellow, 1971, Alfred P. Sloan fellow, 1984.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1976.
Career
Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, 1976-1978; assistant research physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, 1979-1981; associate research physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, 1981-1983; lecturer physics department, University of California, Berkeley, 1981; assistant professor physics, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1983-1985; visiting senior physicist, Gran Sasso Laboratory, Assergi, Italy, 1988-1989; professor, Boston University, since 1985. Member Cosmic Ray Program Group National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1987-1990, Balloon Borne Magnet Advisory Committee, since 1989.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Susan Ann Lopez, January 21, 1978 (divorced March 1990).
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American