Richard Blankenbecler
Professional Academic History
Associate Professor, Princeton University, 1960-1966; Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1966-1969; Professor, SLAC, Stanford 1969-2003; Department Head, Theory, 1986-1994; Emeritus Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2003-present.
Areas of Interest and Research
Development of new algorithms for extracting 3-D protein structure from a series of 2-D x-ray Fraunhofer patterns, for comparing protein structures, and for Monte Carlo simulation of systems in theoretical physics; development of interactive computer programs and algorithms for use in data analysis; formal scattering theory and its application to the physics of fractional charge, spin, and anomalies. Radiation processes at high energy.
Education
Awards & Honors
Dr. Sc., (Hon.), Miami University, 1990; Fellow, Sloan Foundation, 1962-1964; Overseas Fellow, Churchill College; Cambridge, Professeur Etranger, University of Paris; Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters, 1976-1983; Chairman and Member, Advisory Board, NSF Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, 1977-1984; Member, Physics Advisory Board, National Science Foundation, 1982-1985.
