Gene D. Sprouse is a ''Distinguished Professor'' of Physics & Astronomy at
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
and an elected fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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(2012). His work is principally in experimental physics using accelerators, lasers, and nuclear spectroscopy to investigate nuclear structure. In particular he has with Luis Orozco studied the element
Francium
Francium is a chemical element with the symbol Fr and atomic number 87. It is extremely radioactive; its most stable isotope, francium-223 (originally called actinium K after the natural decay chain it appears in), has a half-life of only 22&nb ...
using
laser trapping techniques. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the
American Physical Society
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's series
Physical Review
''Physical Review'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1893 by Edward Nichols. It publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics. It is published by the American Physical S ...
from 2007 until 2015.
American Physical Society News: Editor in Chief of APS Journals Steps Down
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References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the American Physical Society