Gabriel Spalding

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Gabriel C. Spalding is an American physicist.

Gabe Spalding
OccupationPhysicist
EmployerIllinois Wesleyan University
SpouseBrenda Wernick
Children2
Website https://sun.iwu.edu/~gspaldin/Site/Overview.html

Spalding studied physics and mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating in 1983. [1] Seven years later, he completed a doctorate in applied physics at Harvard University. [1] [2] In 1996, Spalding joined the Illinois Wesleyan University faculty as a Professor of Physics. [3] [4] In 2014, Spalding received several honors. The SPIE and American Physical Society both elected him to fellow status. [3] [4] The APS additionally awarded Spalding the Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction, [5] and the American Association of Physics Teachers named him one of four recipients of its Homer L. Dodge Citations for Distinguished Service that year. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2014 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. "Gabriel Spalding". Illinois Wesleyan University. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "IWU Physicist Elected as Fellow of International Optical Society". Illinois Wesleyan University. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Physicists Elect Spalding as Fellow". Illinois Wesleyan University. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. "2014 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction Recipient". American Physical Society. 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. Marshall, Jill (2014). "AAPT awards". The Physics Teacher. 52 (3): 134–135. Bibcode:2014PhTea..52..134M. doi: 10.1119/1.4865510 .