James D. Gunton
Joseph A. Waldschmitt Professor of Physics
Biography

Prof. Gunton (Ph.D, Stanford University, 1967) is a statistical physicist whose current research interests are in the general field of pattern formation in nonlinear, nonequilibrium systems. This encompasses a wide range of fundamental and practical problems in several interdisciplinary fields.

He started his academic career at University of Western Australia, continuing with Temple University from 1968 and Lehigh University since 1988. His research work has been carried out with grants from institutions in Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and US.




EDUCATION:
B.A., Chemistry, Linfield College (Oregon) 1958
B.A., Physics, Oxford University 1961
Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University 1967



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & AWARDS:
  • Rhodes Scholar Danforth Fellow Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Honorary) Stanford Research Fellow NSF (U.S.-Japan) Visiting Scientist, Fellowship-Research Institute for Fundamental Physics, Yukawa Hall, Kyoto University; Kyoto, Japan Visiting Professor, Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan Visiting Professor, Department de Physique Theorique, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland Visiting Professor, Institut fur Festkorperforschung de Kernforschungsanlage, Julich, West Germany Professor, Troisieme Cycle de la Physique en Suisse Romande; Lausanne, Switzerland Visiting Professor, Institut Laue-Langevin; Grenoble, France Iberdrola Professor, IMEDEA, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Fellow, American Physics Society



    POSITIONS:
    1995-present: Professor of Physics, Lehigh University
    1994-1995: Provost, Kenyon College
    1988-1994: Dean, College of Arts and Science, Lehigh University
    1976-1988: Professor of Physics, Temple University
  • '85-'88: Director, Center for Advanced Computational Science, Temple University
  • '83-'85: Director, Institute for Surface and Interface Science, Temple University
    1973-1976: Associate Professor of Physics, Temple University
    1970-1973: Assistant Professor, Temple University
    1968-1970: Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University
    1966-1968: Lecturer in Physics, University of Western Australia



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