Frederick J. Gilman

Buhl Professor of Theoretical Physics -- Dean, Mellon College of Science-- SLAC Professor

Professional and Biographical Information

• Carnegie Mellon University
  • Dean, Mellon College of Science, 2007-2016
  • Director, McWilliams Center for Cosmology, 2007-
  • Head, Department of Physics, 1999-2008
  • Researcher in particle physics, 1996-1999
• High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP)
  • Member, DOE/NSF HEPAP-NSAC Neutrino Scientific Assessment Group, 2005
  • Member, DOE/NSF HEPAP LHC-LC Subpanel, 2005
  • Member, DOE/NSF HEPAP Quantum Universe Subpanel, 2004
  • Member, DOE/NSF HEPAP Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5), 2003
  • Member, NSF/DOE HEPAP subpanel on Long Range Planning, 2001
  • HEPAP Chair, 1999-2005
  • Chair, Subpanel on "Planning for the Future of U. S. High Energy Physics", 1997-1998
  • Member, HEPAP to US Department of Energy, 1990-1995
  • Member, Subpanel on "High Energy Physics and the SSC Over the Next Decade", 1989
• Superconducting Supercollider (SSC)
  • Deputy Director, 1994-1995
  • Associate Director and Head of the Physics Research Division, 1990-1994
• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
  • Co-Director, SLAC Summer Institute on Particle Physics, 1976-1990
  • Experimental Program Advisory Committee (EPAC) Member, 1976-1981
  • Professor, 1973-1990
  • Associate Professor, 1969-1973
  • Program Advisory Committee (PAC) Member, 1969-1972
  • Research Associate, 1967-1969
• Member, Board of Directors of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), 2014- 
• Member, Board of Councilors, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2012-  
• Member, Executive Board, LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, 2012-2016
• Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute, 1982
• Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, 1974
• Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1973
• Visiting Professor, Fermilab, 1972
• Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University, 1965
• B.S. in Physics, Michigan State University, 1962
• Carnegie-Mellon faculty page
• Wikipedia entry

Awards and Honors

• Dothan Memorial Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 1993
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1985
• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1962-1966

Publications

• Editor, Journal of Modern Physics A, 1985-1988
• Editor, International Journal of Modern Physics A, 1985-1988
• Lists of Fred Gilman's publications can be found on InSPIRE HEP; Google Scholar; and ResearchGate.

Archival Materials

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