John Joseph Quinn (September 25, 1933 – October 8, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist as well as an academic administrator; he was a former Chancellor and a member of the faculty at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, US. He was considered to be an expert in the areas of solid-state physics and many-body theory including two dimensional Composite fermions, low-dimensional systems, quantum Hall effect and nanoscience. Quinn was also one of the first researchers to recognize that physics of ‘two-dimensional electronic systems’ needs to be treated as a professional-sub-specialty.
Born in New York City in 1933,[1] John Quinn did his undergraduate studies at St. John's University where in 1954, he completed a B.S. with Summa Cum Laude. He earned his doctoral (1958) in Physics from the University of Maryland in USA. His doctoral research at Maryland was in “Self-Energy Approach to Correlations in a Degenerate Electron Gas” under the supervision of Professor R.A. Ferrell. From 1989 -1992 Quinn was the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee; where since 1992 he has held the Willis Lincoln Chair of Excellence, Professor of Physics and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics. This is the flagship campus of University of Tennessee system and holds a close relationship with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ORNL was established at one of the original sites of the Manhattan Project and remains one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world.
Starting from 1965, for nearly quarter of a century Quinn was at the Brown University in Rhode Island, US. Between 1986 and 1989 Quinn was Dean of the Faculty. Before taking up the position of the dean, from 1965 to 1989 he was in the physics department at Brown as Professor of Physics. Earlier, from 1959 to 1965 Quinn was Member of Technical Staff, at the RCA Laboratories, in Princeton, NJ.
Major professional contributions and recognitionsedit
He was internationally recognized as one of the researchers who helped create a research specialty in condensed matter physics known as ‘two-dimensional electronic systems’. Physical properties of materials are critically dependent on how many dimensions of space that the constituents of the system can operate in; for instance, the energies and spatial distribution of quantum states are extremely sensitive to whether the system is effectively 1-d, 2-d or 3-d.
He was also instrumental in starting the International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems EP2DS a biannual professional gathering of researchers and scientists. In 1975, the first EP2DS conference was held at Brown University, where John Quinn was physics professor, consequently he co-edited the proceedings of that conference. Quinn was Chairman of the influential Solid State Sciences Committee and co-authored the book “Artificially Structured Materials” (National Academy Press, 1985). The advanced undergraduate and graduate level textbook “Solid State Physics: Principles and Modern Applications” (Springer Verlag, 2009) is co-authored by John Quinn and K.S. Yi. Although Quinn has been a university administrator, but all through he has been and active researcher and have published over 350 scientific publications. One of his early papers remains a classic.[2] Another well recognized article is from 1982 written with one of his former doctoral students Sankar Das Sarma.[3] In 1997 he and collaborators proposed an interesting idea that the excited states in composite fermions can be organized in groups of levels.[4]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources John Quinn physicist news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Joseph Quinn September 25 1933 October 8 2018 was an American theoretical physicist as well as an academic administrator he was a former Chancellor and a member of the faculty at The University of Tennessee Knoxville US He was considered to be an expert in the areas of solid state physics and many body theory including two dimensional Composite fermions low dimensional systems quantum Hall effect and nanoscience Quinn was also one of the first researchers to recognize that physics of two dimensional electronic systems needs to be treated as a professional sub specialty John QuinnChancellor of the University of TennesseeIn office 1989 1992Preceded byJack E ReeseSucceeded byWilliam T SnyderPersonal detailsBorn 1933 09 25 September 25 1933New York City U S DiedOctober 8 2018 2018 10 08 aged 85 Knoxville Tennessee U S Alma materSt John s UniversityUniversity of MarylandOccupationphysicist Contents 1 Life education and career 2 Major professional contributions and recognitions 3 Selected honors and awards 4 References 5 External linksLife education and career editBorn in New York City in 1933 1 John Quinn did his undergraduate studies at St John s University where in 1954 he completed a B S with Summa Cum Laude He earned his doctoral 1958 in Physics from the University of Maryland in USA His doctoral research at Maryland was in Self Energy Approach to Correlations in a Degenerate Electron Gas under the supervision of Professor R A Ferrell From 1989 1992 Quinn was the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee where since 1992 he has held the Willis Lincoln Chair of Excellence Professor of Physics and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics This is the flagship campus of University of Tennessee system and holds a close relationship with the US Department of Energy s Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL ORNL was established at one of the original sites of the Manhattan Project and remains one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world Starting from 1965 for nearly quarter of a century Quinn was at the Brown University in Rhode Island US Between 1986 and 1989 Quinn was Dean of the Faculty Before taking up the position of the dean from 1965 to 1989 he was in the physics department at Brown as Professor of Physics Earlier from 1959 to 1965 Quinn was Member of Technical Staff at the RCA Laboratories in Princeton NJ Major professional contributions and recognitions editHe was internationally recognized as one of the researchers who helped create a research specialty in condensed matter physics known as two dimensional electronic systems Physical properties of materials are critically dependent on how many dimensions of space that the constituents of the system can operate in for instance the energies and spatial distribution of quantum states are extremely sensitive to whether the system is effectively 1 d 2 d or 3 d He was also instrumental in starting the International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two Dimensional Systems EP2DS a biannual professional gathering of researchers and scientists In 1975 the first EP2DS conference was held at Brown University where John Quinn was physics professor consequently he co edited the proceedings of that conference Quinn was Chairman of the influential Solid State Sciences Committee and co authored the book Artificially Structured Materials National Academy Press 1985 The advanced undergraduate and graduate level textbook Solid State Physics Principles and Modern Applications Springer Verlag 2009 is co authored by John Quinn and K S Yi Although Quinn has been a university administrator but all through he has been and active researcher and have published over 350 scientific publications One of his early papers remains a classic 2 Another well recognized article is from 1982 written with one of his former doctoral students Sankar Das Sarma 3 In 1997 he and collaborators proposed an interesting idea that the excited states in composite fermions can be organized in groups of levels 4 He died on October 8 2018 in Knoxville 5 6 Selected honors and awards editJohn Quinn is a recipient of many honors some of which includes Fellow American Physics Society 1963 NATO Fellow 1971 1972 Ford Foundation Chair in Physics Brown University 1985 1989 ScD Honoris Causa Purdue University 1992 Willis Lincoln Chair of Excellence University of Tennessee 1992 Outstanding Graduate Alumnus Award Physics Department University of Maryland 2005 The Distinguished Alumnus Award College of Computer Math and Natural Sciences University of Maryland 2012References edit American Men and Women of Science The physical and biological sciences 1986 J J Quinn R A Ferrell Electron Self Energy Approach to Correlation in a Degenerate Electron Gas Phys Rev 112 812 1958 J J Quinn S Das Sarma Collective Excitations in Semiconductor Superlattices Phys Rev B25 7603 J J Quinn P Sitko K S Yi The Composite Fermion Hierarchy Condensed States of Composite Fermion Excitations Phys Rev B56 124 7 John Joseph Quinn Obituary 2018 Knoxville News Sentinel Legacy com Former UT Chancellor physicist John Quinn dies Quinn John J Carberry Josiah S 1987 Bulk and Surface Plasmons in Artificially Structured Materials IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 15 4 394 410 Bibcode 1987ITPS 15 394Q doi 10 1109 TPS 1987 4316723 S2CID 41071176 External links edit 1 John Quinn Utk Faculty 2 Solid State Physics Principles and Modern Applications Quinn John J Yi Kyung Soo 3 John Quinn named Distinguished 4 John Quinn honored Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Quinn physicist amp oldid 1217487276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
