Manfred A. Biondi

Manfred A. Biondi (born March 5, 1924 in Carlstadt , New Jersey , † September 28, 2016 in Charleston , West Virginia ) was an American physicist .

Biondi received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944 and a Ph.D. for physics there too. He was with Westinghouse Electric Corporation until 1960 , first as Research Physicist to Advisory Physcist until 1957 and then as Manager of the Physics Department. In 1959 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . From 1960 to 1986 he was Professor of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh .

Biondi was a visiting fellow at the National Bureau of Standards of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) from 1972 to 1973, an exchange professor at the University of Paris from 1976 to 1986 , and a member of the Army Basic Research Steering Committee at the National Research Council from 1985 to 1988 and from 1987 to 1988 its chairman.

Biondi engaged in his research a. a. with the development of innovative experimental techniques in collision processes between electrons and ions.

Awards

• 1984 Davisson-Germer Prize

Web links

• Oral History Transcript - Dr. Manfred Biondi
• Publications Manfred A. Biondi at Microsoft Academic Search

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manfred Biondi at aip.org. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2015 ; accessed on August 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ http://leonardjohnsonfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/2716581/Biondi-Manfred/obituary.php
3. ^ Faculty Directory of the University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved August 20, 2013 . 
4. ^ Prize recipient Manfred A. Biondi. Retrieved August 20, 2013 .