Robert Pohl

Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus

Overview

Experimental investigations on lattice and heat transport in crystalline and amorphous solids; crystal growth; cryogenic techniques; problems involving energy

Publications

Pohls Einführung in die Physik, Band. 1 : Mechanik, Akustik und Wärmelehre, 21. ed., K.Lueders und R.O.Pohl, Hrsg.

Also its english translation: Pohls Introduction to Physics, vol.1 : Mechanics, Acoustics and Thermodynamics , K.Lueders and R.O.Pohl, eds. 

Pohls Einführung in die Physik, Band.2 : Elektizitaetslehre und Optik, 24.ed. , K.Lueders und R.O.Pohl, Hrsg..

Also its english translation: Pohls Introduction to physis, vol.2 : Electrodynamics and Optics, K.Lueders and R.O.Pohl eds.  

All four volumes published by Springer Heidelberg, Vol. 1 contains 77 Videos of experimenta, vol. 2 41.

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Education

B.A., 1951, Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany. MS., 1955, Physics, University of Erlangen, Germany. Ph.D., 1957, Physics, University of Erlangen, Germany. Research Associate, Erlangen University, 1957-58. Research Associate, Physics, Cornell University, 1958-60. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1960-63; Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1963-68; Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1968-2000; Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University, 2000-present. Visiting appointments at: University of Aachen, University of Stuttgart, University of Munich, University of Konstanz, University of Regensburg, University of Canterbury, Tongji University; Nuclear Research Center, Julich, Germany. Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1999. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1973-74; Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1980-81; Oliver E. Buckley Prize, 1985; Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1988; Fellow, International Thermal Conductivity Conferences, 1989.

Departments and programs

  • Physics

Affiliated Colleges

  • College of Arts and Sciences