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Henry Van Driel

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Physics

  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Physics
  • University of Toronto, Department of Physics, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada

BIO

Henry van Driel is the Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto. He is the awardee of the prestigious 2021 Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP).

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor Emeritus
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2014 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1985 - 2014
  • Chair
    University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Canada2000 - 2004
  • Editor-in-Chief
    Journal of the Optical Society of America B, United States2007 - 2012
  • Fellow
    American Physical Society, College Park, United States2001 - present
  • Killam Fellow
    Canada Council, Canada1997 - 1999
  • Fellow
    Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada1997 - present
  • Fellow
    Optical Society of America, United States1989 - present
  • Visiting Scientist
    Harvard University Press, Cambridge, United States1982 - 1982
  • Visiting Scientist
    National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada1986 - 1986
  • Visiting Scientist
    Max Planck Institutes Library, Stuttgart, Germany1990 - 1992
  • Visiting Scientist
    University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands1999 - 1999

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • President
    Canadian Association of Physicists, Ottawa, Canada2010 - 2011

DEGREES

  • B.Sc.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • MSc.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Ph.D.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Dutch; Flemish
  • German
  • French

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries
  • Industry Projects
  • Collaborative projects

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