Robert Ecke

Robert Ecke
Born
Robert Everett Ecke

(1953-02-04) February 4, 1953 (age 71)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Known forRayleigh-Bénard convection, Two-Dimensional Turbulence, Chaos, Granular Material
AwardsFellow of American Physical Society, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow's Prize, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsStatistical Physics, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Soft Matter Physics
InstitutionsLos Alamos National Laboratory, University of Washington
Academic advisorsJ. Gregory Dash
WebsiteEcke Website

Robert Everett Ecke is an American experimental physicist who is a laboratory fellow and director emeritus of the Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS) at Los Alamos National Laboratory[1] and Affiliate Professor of Physics at the University of Washington.[2] His research has included chaotic nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection, two-dimensional turbulence, granular materials, and stratified flows.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)[3] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),[4] was chair of the APS Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics,[5] served in numerous roles in the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, and was the Secretary of the Physics Section of the AAAS.

  1. ^ a b "Center for Nonlinear Studies". cnls.lanl.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Robert Ecke | Department of Physics | University of Washington". phys.washington.edu. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Elected Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Executive Committee – Unit – GSNP". engage.aps.org. Retrieved August 17, 2022.