Background
Moerner, William Esco was born on June 24, 1953 in Pleasanton, California, United States. Son of William Alfred and Bertha Frances Moerner.
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William Esco Moerner
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Bachelor of Science in Physics and Elec. Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975; Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975; Master of Science in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1982.
Career
Langsdorf engineering fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1971-1975; National Science Foundation graduate fellow, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1975-1978; research assistant, Cornell Univercity, 1978-1981; member research staff, International Business Machines Corporation Research Division, Almaden, San Jose, California, 1981-1988; manager, International Business Machines Corporation Research Division, Almaden, San Jose, 1988-1989; project leader, International Business Machines Corporation Research Division Almaden, San Jose, 1989-1995; distinguished professor physical chemistry and biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1995-1998; professor of chemistry, Stanford (California) U., since 1998. General chair Topical Meeting on Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning, 1991;visiting guest professor Swiss Institute Technology, 1993-1994. R.B. Woodward visiting professor Harvard University, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Tenor San Jose Symphonic Choir, 1983-1991. Official observer American Radio Relay League, Santa Clara Valley, California, 1987-1988, assistant technical coordinator, 1990-1995. Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society American.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, treasurer Lasers and Electro-Optics Society annual meeting 1989), American Chemical Society, International Business Machines Corporation Amateur Radio Club (president 1987-1988).
Connections
Married Sharon Judith Stein, June19, 1983. 1 child, Daniel Everett.
