Sidney Drell
Sidney D. Drell | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1926 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Awards | E. O. Lawrence Award (1972) Enrico Fermi Award (2000) National Medal of Science (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
Sidney David Drell (born September 13, 1926, Atlantic City) American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell is a noted contributor in the fields of quantum electrodynamics and high-energy particle physics. The Drell–Yan process is partially named for him.
Biography
Drell received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1949. He co-authored the textbooks "Relativistic Quantum Mechanics" and "Relativistic Quantum Fields" with James Bjorken. Drell is active as a scientific advisor to the U.S. government, and is a founding member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He is also on the board of directors of Los Alamos National Security, the company that operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is an expert in the field of nuclear arms control and cofounder of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, now the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and an accomplished violinist.
Sidney Drell is the father of Persis Drell, the former (2007-2012) director of SLAC.
Awards and honors
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1969)[1]
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1971)[2]
- The 11th Annual Heinz Award in Public Policy[3]
- Enrico Fermi Award, 2000
- National Medal of Science, 2011 (presented by President Barack Obama on February 1, 2013)
References
- ^ "Drell, Sidney D." National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter D" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ The Heinz Awards, Sidney Drell profile
External links
- 1926 births
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Living people
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American educators
- American physicists
- Enrico Fermi Award recipients
- MacArthur Fellows
- Stanford University Department of Physics faculty
- Particle physicists
- Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel