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Sidney Nagel

  • Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College

  • Contact: srnagel@uchicago.edu
    773.702.7190
  • Office Location:
    GCIS E217
    929 E. 57th St.
    Chicago, IL 60637

Education

BA, 1969, Columbia University

MA, Physics, 1971; PhD, Physics, 1974, Princeton University

Professional Experience  

Research Associate, Brown University, 1974–1976

Research Associate, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, 1976–1977

Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, 1977–1981

Associate Professor, University of Chicago, 1981–1984

Professor, University of Chicago, 1984–present

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 1983–January 1984

Director, University of Chicago Materials Research Laboratory, 1987–1991

Master, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division, Associate Dean, Division of Physical Sciences and the College, 1997–2000

Louis Block Professor in the Physical Sciences, 1998–2000

Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, 2001–present (Department of Physics, James Franck and Enrico Fermi institutes)

Director, University of Chicago Materials Research Center, 2006–2009