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U of M physics professor elected to the
National Academy of Sciences
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, 1 May 2007:
University of Minnesota professor Allen Goldman, head of the Institute of
Technology's School of
Physics and Astronomy, was elected today to the
National
Academy of Sciences.
Goldman was chosen for his research contributions
in the physics of superconductivity, a state in which electrons move freely,
encountering no electrical resistance. The phenomenon is usually studied in
three-dimensional solids. Goldman was among the first to study in detail
ultra-thin, two-dimensional metal films. He and his research team devised a way
to construct metal films that are only a few atoms in thickness. They also found
a way to switch thin layers of metal atoms from behaving like insulators --
through which electricity cannot flow -- to behaving like superconductors. This
research provides the fundamental understanding of superconductivity that is
essential to the future creation of better materials used in electronic and
electrical technology.
“I am very honored to be elected into the
National Academy of Sciences,” Goldman said. “I owe a lot of the credit to the
creative ideas and hard work of the graduate students and postdoctoral students
who have worked with me over the years.”
Goldman said he has mentored more than 50
doctoral students since 1970. Several of those students are now professors at
research universities across the country.
Goldman came to the University of Minnesota in
1965 as an assistant professor, after receiving his doctoral degree from
Stanford University and his undergraduate degree from Harvard. He was named an
associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1975. Goldman has published more
than 250 research publications and lectured extensively on his research around
the world. He has received numerous awards and honors, including being named a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of
the American Physical Society, and an Institute of Technology Distinguished
Professor. In 2002 he received the Fritz London Memorial Prize, one of the
highest awards in physics.
“We are very proud of professor Goldman’s
accomplishments and his election to the National Academy of Sciences,” said
Steven Crouch, dean of the Institute of Technology, the university’s college of
engineering, physical sciences and mathematics. “Like many of our faculty, he is
humble about his ongoing, cutting-edge research. We’re happy he’s in the
spotlight with this honor.”
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an
honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and
engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and
to their use for the general welfare.
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