A.Baha Balantekin: curriculum vitae


Positions:
Eugene P. Wigner Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004-date.
Affiliate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2004-date.
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992-2004.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989-1992.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986-1989.
Eugene P. Wigner Fellow, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1984-1986.
Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1985-1986.
Research Staff Member, Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-1984.

Short-Term Positions:
21st Century Center of Excellence Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Physics Department, Sendai, Japan, 2004-2005.
Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, 1999 - 2000.
Organizer, National Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Program on Low-Energy Neutrino Physics, 1999.
Visiting Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington; Department of Physics, University of Washington, 1997-1998.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Senior Fellow, Tohoku University, Physics Department, Sendai, Japan, 1994.
Organizer, National Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Program on Neutrino Astrophysics, 1994.

Honors:
Fellow, Institute of Physics, 2004.
European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) Senior Fellow, 1999.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Mid-Career Award, 1997.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award, 1996.
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1994.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Senior Fellow, 1994.
National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987.
Martin Marietta Corporation Honors Night Jefferson Cup Award, 1986.
Martin Marietta Energy Systems Author of the Year, 1986.
Martin Marietta Energy Systems Publications Award, 1986.
Francis E. Loomis Fellow, Yale University, 1978.

Education: Ph.D., Yale University, 1982.

Selected Professional Activities:
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.
National Underground Science Laboratory Collaboration Executive Committee.
Editorial Board , Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2002-2004.
Vice-Chair (2001-2002); Chair-Elect (2002-2003); Chair (2003-2004) of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
Hans A. Bethe Prize Selection Committee, Divisions of Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, American Physical Society, 2000-2001
Editorial Board , Physical Review C, 1997-1999.
Steering Committee, National Nuclear Physics Summer School, 1992-1994; 1997-date (Vice-Chair, 1998-2000; Chair, 2000-2002).
Home Page Committee of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, 1996-date.
Fellowship Committee of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, 1996-1998.
Physics News Committee of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, 1996.
Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory's Advisory Committee , 1995-date.
Chairperson, University of Washington Nuclear Physics Laboratory Advisory Committee, 1995-date.
Steering Committee for the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Town Meeting on Electroweak Interactions, Astrophysics, and Non-Accelerator Experiments, 1995.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Committee, 1995-1999.
Chairperson (Vice-Chairperson) for the Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Physics, 1995 (1993).
Executive Committee of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, 1994-1996.
Department of Energy Nuclear Physics Review Panel, 1994.
Chairperson, Bonner Prize Selection Committee, Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, 1993-1994 (Vice-Chair, 1992-1993).
Chair, Nuclear Theory Section, International Science Foundation Physics Panel, 1993-1994.
International Advisory Committee for the annual Oaxtepec Symposia in Nuclear Physics held in Oaxtepec, Mexico, 1992-date.

List of Publications: Click here.

List of Past Graduate Students: Click here.


Last modified 8 March, 2004.