Last updated on:
12/31/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Bernard L. Cohen, DSc Biography
- Title:
- Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“If I were to return to Earth thousands of years from now, long after fossil fuels are gone, I would not be surprised to see nuclear reactors generating base load power and photovoltaics providing the intermediate and peak loads.”
The Nuclear Energy Option, 1990
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor Emeritus, Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 1994-present
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Recipient, American Nuclear Society Special Award, Health Effects of Radiation, 1996
- Professor of Physics, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, Radiation Health, and Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, 1958-1994
- Recipient, American Physical Society, Bonner Prize for Nuclear Physics, 1981
- Chairman, American Nuclear Society, Division of Environmental Sciences,1980-1981
- Employee, Argonne National Laboratory, 1978-1979
- Director, Scaife Nuclear Laboratory, 1965-1978
- Chairman, American Physical Society, Division of Nuclear Physics, 1974-1975
- Employee, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1969
- Employee, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1965
- Employee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964
- President, Physical Society of Pittsburgh, 1963-1964
- Employee, Institute for Defense Analysis, 1962
- Group Leader for Cyclotron Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1950-1958
- Education:
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- DSc (Doctor of Science), Carnegie-Mellon University, 1950
- MS, University of Pittsburgh, 1947
- BS, Case-Western Reserve University, 1944
- Other:
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- Author of about 300 articles in scientific journals
- Author of over 80 articles in other journals and books
- Speaker at about 500 invited talks at universities, laboratories, etc
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