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Joel Appelbaum

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Joel Alan Appelbaum (born December 30, 1941) is an American physicist.

Appelbaum was born in New York City on December 30, 1941, and successively earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the City University of New York in 1963 followed by a Master of Science and PhD in physics at the University of Chicago in 1964 and 1966, respectively.[1] He joined Bell Laboratories in 1967, taught for one academic year at the University of California, Berkeley, then returned to Bell, where he remained until 1994.[1][2] While affiliated with Bell Labs, Appelbaum was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1978[3] and shared the APS Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics with Donald R. Hamann the following year.[4][2] Between 1994 and 2000, Appelbaum worked for the Micropolis Corporation.[1][5] He has also worked for Univel.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c "J. A. Appelbaum". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "APS presents six awards at Chicago meeting". Physics Today. 32 (4): 69–70. 1979. doi:10.1063/1.2995506.
  3. ^ "Honors and award winners". American Physical Society. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics". American Physical Society. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Cherokee Shoe in Thousand Oaks said..." Los Angeles Times. 19 April 1994. Retrieved 24 January 2025.