Enrico Fermi Institute

Physics research institute of the University of Chicago

41°47′34″N 87°36′09″W / 41.7929°N 87.6026°W / 41.7929; -87.6026

Operating agency

University of Chicago

Nobel laureates

James Cronin
Enrico Fermi
Walter Libby
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Yoichiro Nambu
Harold C. UreyWebsiteefi.uchicago.edu

The Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September 1945 as part of the University of Chicago with Samuel King Allison as director. On November 20, 1955, it was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. The name was shortened to The Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) in January 1968.

Physicist Enrico Fermi was heavily involved in the founding years of the institute, and it was at his request that Allison took the position as the first director.^[1] In addition to Fermi and Allison, the initial faculty included Harold C. Urey, Edward Teller, Joseph E. Mayer, and Maria Goeppert Mayer.^[2]

Research activities

Theoretical and experimental particle physics;
Theoretical and experimental astrophysics and cosmology;
General relativity;
Electron microscopy;
Ion microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry;
Nonimaging optics and solar energy concentration;
Geochemistry, cosmochemistry and nuclear chemistry.

Notable staff

Herbert L. Anderson, nuclear physicist
James Cronin, Nobel laureate in physics
Enrico Fermi, Nobel laureate in physics
Riazuddin, nuclear physicist
Robert Geroch, general relativist
James Hartle, general relativist
Craig Hogan, astronomer
Faheem Hussain, string theorist
Leo Kadanoff, condensed matter physicist
Edward Kolb, cosmologist
Willard Libby, chemist
Emil Martinec, string theorist
Joseph E. Mayer, chemist
Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobel laureate in physics
Yoichiro Nambu, Nobel laureate in physics
Marcel Schein, cosmic ray physicist
John Alexander Simpson, nuclear and cosmic ray physicist
Edward Teller, nuclear physicist, father of the hydrogen bomb
Michael Turner, cosmologist
Harold C. Urey, Nobel laureate in chemistry
Carlos E.M. Wagner, particle phenomenologist
Robert M. Wald, general relativist
Gregor Wentzel, quantum physicist

References

^ Allison, S. K.; Segrè, Emilio; Anderson, Herbert L. (1955). "Enrico Fermi 1901–1954". Physics Today. 01 January 1955 (1): 9–13. Bibcode:1955PhT.....8a...9A. doi:10.1063/1.3061909.
^ Kleppa, Ole J. (January 1997). "The Institute for the Study of Metals: The First 15 Years" (PDF). The Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. 49 (1): 18. Bibcode:1997JOM....49a..18K. doi:10.1007/BF02914621. S2CID 108928306. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

External links

Official website
Guide to the University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies Cyclotron. Records 1946-1952 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center

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