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George Bernard Benedek (born 1 December 1928) is an American physicist and currently the Alfred H. Caspary Professor Emeritus of Physics and Biological Physics and of Health Sciences and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2][3][4]

He graduated BS in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1949, AM in physics at Harvard University in 1952 and PhD in physics from Harvard University in 1953; he was a doctoral student of Edward Mills Purcell.[5]

Awards and Honors

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He invented quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy and in 1962 was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

  • American Physical Society Fellow (1962)
  • National Academy of Sciences Member (1981)
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member (1988)
  • Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (APS) (1995) "For his outstanding invention of dynamic light scattering spectroscopy and its fundamental applications to critical phenomena, macromolecular transport, and ocular diseases."
  • The Vinci of Excellence "Science for Art" Prize (1995)
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology's (ARVO) Proctor Medal (1997) for "outstanding research in basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology"[6]

References

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  1. ^ "George Bernard Benedek, PhD". Harvart MIT Health Sciences and Technology. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "George B. Benedek". mit.edu. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "George Benedek". mit.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "George Benedek". mit.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "George B. Benedek".
  6. ^ "George Benedek". mit.edu. Retrieved October 1, 2024.


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