John Madey
American physicist (1943-2016) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 73
John M. J. Madey was a professor of physics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a former director of the Free Electron Laser Laboratory at Duke University, and formerly a professor (research) at Stanford University.
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2016Died5 July 20162012Robert R. Wilson PrizeAward1992North Carolina Award for ScienceAward1989Stuart Ballantine MedalAward1943Born28 February 1943
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He is best known for his development of the free-electron laser (FEL) at Stanford University in the 1970s.
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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2016 · aged 73
