CURRICULUM VITA

William H. Klink

 

Born:    29 September 1937, Chicago, Illinois


Education

      Oak Park High School, Illinois, June 1955
  B.A.   University of Michigan (Physics), June 1959
  Ph.D.   Johns Hopkins University (Physics), January 1964
      Postdoctoral Research, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1964-1965 (Academic Year)


Professional Experience

  Summer Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, Summer 1957, 1958
  Summer Research Associate, General Atomic, San Diego, Summer 1959, 1960, 1962
  Summer Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University, Summer 1961, 1963
  Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Iowa, September 1965 - September 1969
  Associate Professor of Physics, University of Iowa, September 1969 - September 1976
  Professor of Physics, University of Iowa, September 1976 - Present
  Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey [on leave from University of Iowa] Academic Year 1969-1970
  Exchange Scientist, National Academy of Science Exchange Program with Eastern Europe, Institute for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland [on leave from University of Iowa] Academic Year 1973-1974
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa
  Visiting Professor of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Tübingen, Germany [on leave from University of Iowa] Academic Year 1981-1982
  Visiting Professor of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Graz, Austria [on leave from University of Iowa] Academic Year 1999-2000


Special Honors and Accomplishments

  Danforth Fellowship, 1959-1964
  Fulbright Scholar, University of Heidelberg, 1964-1965
  Lindbeck Teaching Award from Johns Hopkins University, Phi Beta Kappa, June 1964


Professional Organizations

  American Physical Society


University Committees

  Member, Program in Applied Mathematics
  Member, Obermann Center Advisory Board
  Member, Program in Literature, Science and Arts
  Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1994-1997
  School of Music Review Committee, Spring 1998
  Member, Search Committee, Honors Director, Spring 1998
  Executive Committee, Department of Physics and Astronomy (through May 1999)


Contract/Grant Experience

  "Configuration Space Faddeev Calculations,"
Co-principal Investigator with G. L. Payne and W. N. Polyzou,
Department of Energy Contract DE-FG02-86ER40286
1982 through 1998


Recent Professional Activities

  1. Workshop on Relativistic Dynamics and Few-Hadron Systems, ECT, Trento, Italy, November 2000; invited talk entitled, "Point Form Analysis of Nuclear and Deuteron Form Factors"
  2. Visiting Professor, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria (academic year 1999-2000)
  3. Seminar talks during year leave in Vienna, Austria; Debrecen, Hungary; Cracow, Poland; Schladming Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Austria; Trento, Italy; Bialowieza, Poland; Grenoble, France
  4. International Conference on Symmetry and Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraina, July 1999; invited talk entitled, "Discrete Subgroups of the Poincaré Group"


Recent Students

  1. C. Anastassiou, undergraduate honors student, graduated May 1996
  2. M. Rogers, Ph.D. in physics, December 1997
  3. R. Aulwes, Ph.D. in applied mathematics (jointly with T. Ton-That), July 1999
  4. T. Allen, Ph.D. in physics, May 2000