John Arrington is a

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and group leader of Medium-Energy Physics, Physics Division, at the

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. He is known for his leading role in a number of important nuclear physics and medium-energy/high-energy experiments at the Argonne and Jefferson National Laboratory Accelerator

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facilities. He is perhaps one of the most active and most cited young nuclear physicists in the world, with more than 8000 citations to his work and an

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of 51. He has been awarded a fellowship of the

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and was a recipient of U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (awarded in 2005) and APS/DNP Dissertation award in Nuclear Physics (awarded in 2000). Arrington did his B.S. in applied mathematics, engineering, and physics (with distinction) from

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followed by a PhD in physics from California Institute of Technology, with advisor Brad Fillipone. His thesis title was ''Inclusive electron scattering from nuclei at x>1 and high Q^2.''

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