Robert Field, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Chemistry Professor Cambridge, Massachusetts rwfield@mit.edu Office: (617) 253-1489

Bio/Research

Upon joining the MIT chemistry faculty in 1974 (assistant professor, 1974-1978; associate professor, 1978-1982; professor, 1982-1999; Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry, 1999-present) he continued to develop new laser spectroscopic techniques including cw optically pumped molecular electroni...

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Bio/Research

Upon joining the MIT chemistry faculty in 1974 (assistant professor, 1974-1978; associate professor, 1978-1982; professor, 1982-1999; Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry, 1999-present) he continued to develop new laser spectroscopic techniques including cw optically pumped molecular electronic lasers, modulated gain spectroscopy, and Stimulated Emission Pumping.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1981), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002), the Optical Society of America (1994) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (2009). He has been awarded the Herbert P. Broida Prize in 1980, the Earle K. Plyler Prize in 1988, the Ellis Lippincott Award in 1990, the William F. Meggers Award in 1996, the Bomem-Michelson Award in 2006, and the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science in 2009.  In addition, the 1990 Nobel Laureate Signature Award of the American Chemical Society cites Yongqin Chen and his copreceptors (professors Field and Kinsey) for SEP studies of acetylene.


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