Particle Physicist who invented time projection chambers
David Robert Nygren (born December 30, 1938) is a particle physicist known for his invention of the time projection chamber .[ 1] University of Texas at Arlington . He has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1973.[ 2] [ 2]
Nygren earned his B.A. degree at Whitman College in 1960, and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1967. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society .[ 3]
Honors and awards
References
^ a b "The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award: 1980's Laureates" . Department of Energy . Retrieved August 18, 2007 . David R. Nygren, 1985: Physics: For the development of experimental techniques in particle physics and especially for the invention of the Time Projection Chamber. ^ a b c Kolb, Ron (December 15, 1995). "Nygren, Poskanzer and Stephens Named Distinguished Scientists by Berkeley Lab" . Department of Energy . Retrieved August 18, 2007 . ^ "1998 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient" . American Physical Society . Retrieved August 18, 2007 .^ University of Texas at Arlington, ed. (September 7, 2017). "UTA's David Nygren receives Marie Sklodowska-Curie award" . Retrieved June 7, 2019 . ^ "Faces & Places: Nygren, Radeka, and Witten receive new awards from the American Physical Society" . CERN Courier . November 13, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .^ "UT Arlington physicist awarded prestigious Aldo Menzione Prize for Time Projection Chamber" . Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015 .^ "National Academy of Inventors names three UTA top researchers as Fellows" . uta.edu . December 17, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .^ Weiner, Jon (May 30, 2013). "Berkeley Lab Announces Director's Awards: Physicist, Big Data Expert Recognized for Lifetime Achievement" . Newsletter . Berkeley Lab. Retrieved April 6, 2014 . ^ "1998 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient" . Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
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