Robert Birgeneau
- Born: March 25, 1942 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Education
Major Positions
- 1966–1967: Yale University, Instructor in Engineering and Applied Science
- 1967–1968: Oxford University, Rutherford Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1968–1974: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff
- 1975–1975: Bell Laboratories, Research Head, Scattering and Low Energy Physics
- 1975–1982: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1982–2000: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
- 1991–2000: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dean of Science
- 2000–2004: University of Toronto, President
- 2004–2012: University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor
Other Positions
- 1971–1971: Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Visiting Scientist
- 1979–1979: Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Visiting Scientist
- 1983–1986: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1987–1988: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Head, Solid State Atomic and Plasma Physics
- 1988–1991: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Head, Department of Physics
- 2004–present: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1968–present: Guest Senior Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1974–1980: Member, Solid State Advisory Council, National Research Council
- 1977–1980: Consultant, Bell Laboratories
- 1980–1983: Consultant, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM
- 1980–1984: Member, Policy and Advisory Board, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University
- 1982–1986: Member, External Advisory Committee, Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1984–1987: Program Advisory Committee, High Flux Beam Reactor, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1985–1990: Consultant, Sandia National Laboratories
- 1986–1988: Member, Executive Committee, Materials Physics Topical Group, American Physical Society
- 1989–1990: Member, Materials Research Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation
- 1990–1997: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1991–1994: Member, Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy
- 1992–2001: Member, Board of Trustees, Boston Museum of Science
- 1992–2001: Member, Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1995–2000: Member, Advisory Council, NEC Research Institute
- 1997–2000: Member, Board of Trustees, Brookhaven Science Associates
- 1997–2000: Member, Science Policy Committee, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- 1998–2001: Co-Chair, Science and Technology Board, Polaroid Corporation
- 2000–2004: Member, Board of Trustees, University Health Network
- 2000–2004: Member, Board of Directors, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Selected Awards and Honors
