John M. Dawson
Male, Deceased Person
1930 – 2001
Who was John M. Dawson?
John Myrick Dawson was an American computational physicist. He received the Aneesur Rahman prize in computational physics. The Rahman prize is the highest honor given by the American Physical Society for work in computational physics. He is the inventor of the field of Plasma acceleration. He also was the recipient of the Maxwell Prize. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the California Scientist of the Year award, a Fulbright Fellowship, and two UCLA physics teaching awards.
"In recognition of his leading role in opening the field of computer simulation of plasmas and for numerous major contributions made using plasma simulation as a complement to analytic theory and experiment. He has led in opening the field of plasma-based accelerators and made major advances in understanding basic nonlinear plasma wave processes, anomalous absorption and transport, advanced plasma-based coherent light sources and space plasma phenomena."
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1930
Champaign - Also known as
- John Dawson
- Education
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Died
- Nov 17, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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