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2009 Florida State Physics News

• Kirby Kemper named APS Outstanding Referee
• With NSF Grant, Researchers Put Their 'Spin' on Electron Research
• Book sheds light on the life of Paul Dirac
• Circus brings fun to physics
• Bernd Berg elected Secretary-Treasurer of DCOMP
• Ben Thayer Receives Prestigious National Fellowship in Theoretical Particle Physics
• Serbia lauds native son with award in physical science
• Two professors and a scholar/scientist named APS ‘Outstanding Referees’
• Physicists get first look at single top quarks
• A Pioneer in Physics: Philip J. Wyatt
• Physicist tapped to lead Electron Magnetic Resonance program
• Florida State physics professors join prestigious ranks of AAAS fellows
• Researchers named American Physical Society fellows

Physicist tapped to lead Electron Magnetic Resonance program

	FSU Photo Lab/Ryals Lee
	Stephen Hill

After earning his doctorate from the University of Oxford nearly 14 years ago, Hill’s first stop in the United States was to conduct post-doctoral work at the magnet lab.

“I’ve been coming back ever since,” Hill said. “I hope to be able to strengthen the connection between my own international base of collaborators and the magnet lab’s established user community.”

“Steve’s got a great vision for the future of EMR, and we see his knowledge of the UF physics and chemistry departments as an opportunity to further cement the collaborative relationship that’s been growing for some time,” said Gregory Boebinger, director of the magnet lab.

A search committee led by former EMR Interim Director Peter Fajer chose Hill as director.

“Steve was recognized by a committee of international experts as a leader in the physics of ultra-high field EMR,” said Peter Fajer, who had served as the interim director of the EMR program during the search for a permanent director. “His expertise will allow us to perform experiments at the highest available magnetic fields of 45 tesla, and to develop the free electron laser, an ultra-bright light source that represents the future of microwave and infrared spectroscopy.”

Boebinger expressed his gratitude for Fajer’s leadership over the past two years.

“I give my heartfelt thanks to Peter for his service as interim director when we needed him most, during which time he and his colleagues returned the magnet lab’s EMR program to prominence and great promise,” he said.