Professor
Donald A. Glaser
(
–
)
1926
2013
University of California, Berkeley
;
Berkeley, CA
Physicist; Neuroscientist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Physics
Elected
2003
Professor of Physics and Neurobiology. Invented the bubble chamber to detect and study the properties of elementary particles. Developed automatic systems to find genetic mutants of microbial and mammalian cells. Co-founded the biotech company Cetus, now merged with Chiron. Received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1960.
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