James Paul Miller

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James Paul Miller from the Boston University, was awarded the status of Fellow [1] in the American Physical Society, [2] after they were nominated by their Division of Nuclear Physics in 1995, [3] for the development of a high resolution NaI detector and the performance of pioneering experiments on nuclear Compton scattering and radiative kaon capture utilizing this device which paved the way for the design and construction of other high resolution calorimeters.

Boston University private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has been historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

The American Physical Society (APS) is the world's second largest organization of physicists. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the prestigious Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than twenty science meetings each year. APS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics. Kate Kirby is APS's current chief executive officer. She took on the role on in February 2015.

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References

  1. "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  3. "APS Fellows 1995". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.