Arthur Bienenstock | |
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Born | 1935 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Arthur Bienenstock (born 1935) is professor emeritus of Photon Science at Stanford University. He is also a member of the National Science Board.[1]
He received his B.S. in 1955 and M.S. in 1957 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and a Ph.D. in 1962 from Harvard University.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] He was the former director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource from 1978 to 1998.
He was vice provost and dean of research at Stanford University from 2003 until 2006.[10][11]
He is a former president of the American Physical Society, serving in that role in 2008,[12] and was a recipient of the 2018 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize.[13]