Bob Guenther - Research Senior Scientist, Physics
Bob Guenther
Executive Director, Adjunct Professor of Physics

101 Science Drive, CIEMAS 2579
Box 90291
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina 27708
(919) 660-2569
bob.guenther@duke.edu
 
CURRICULUM VITAE



Professional Experience and Research

From June 1997 through May 1999, he held the position of Interim Director of the Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory.

Army Research Office, 1979-1997
Director of Physics; Responsible for Army's research program in Physics

Army Missile Command, 1968-1979, Research Physicist

Senior Army Representative, High Energy Laser Program 1972-1975

University of Missouri, 1961-1968
Research Assistant and NASA Traineeship


McDonnell Douglas Corp.,1960-1961
Research Assistant

 


Education

Baylor University, Waco TX, B.S. Physics/Mathematics, 1960

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, M.S. Physics, 1963

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Ph.D. Physics, 1968

 


Number of Publications

Non-refereed publications: 50
Refereed publications: 33
Patents: 8
Books: 1


Committee Appointments

Chairman Optical News Editorial Advisory Committee 1984. Member 1982-present

Member Fellows Committee of SPIE 1985-1988, Chairman 1988

Member Education Committee of O.S.A. 1989-1993

Contributing Editor Optics & Photonics News, 1988-present

Editor in Chief, Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Academic Press, London

Medical Panelist, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Infrared Imaging for Medicine

Chair: Public Policy Committee, OSA 2001-2002

Member: Public Policy Committee, APS 2000-2004

Chair: Terrorism Task Force for the APS, 2002


Honors

Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Appointment to the Federal Senior Executive Service, 1990-1997(ret.)

Received MICOM Scientific and Engineering Achievement Award-April 1981

American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology, Who's Who in the World.

Invited paper: Journal Quantum Electronics.

Guest Editor: Journal Quantum Electronics, International Journal of Infrared and Submillimeter Waves, IEEE AES Systems Magazine

 


Related Links

Duke University School of Physics: http://phy.duke.edu/
More on Bob Guenther: http://www.phy.duke.edu/Faculty/Guenther/Intro.html