Michael Lubell

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Michael Lubell
Alma mater Columbia University (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
SpouseEllen Bloom
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions Yale University
City College of New York

Michael S. Lubell [1] is an American physicist. He is the Mark W. Zemansky Professor of Physics at the City College of New York. [2]

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Biography

Lubell received his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Yale University. [2] [3] [4] He taught at Yale from 1971 to 1981 before joining the faculty of CCNY. [2] He served as department chair of CCN Y's physics department for six and half years. [2] His research has ranged from atomic, molecular, and optical physics to science and technology policy.

Lubell also held visiting professorships at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of Texas-Austin, the University of Bielefeld and the Kavli Institute. [2] He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [2]

Lubell is most known for being the director of public affairs of the American Physical Society and one of the most visible spokespersons of the scientific community in Washington D.C. [5] He has formed coalitions with other scientific groups to advocate on behalf of increasing federal funding for science research. [5] Critical of President Donald Trump's policies, he was, however, removed from office a few days after the APS delivered a congratulatory message to Trump and urged him "to make sustained and robust funding of scientific research a top priority." [5]

Personal life and family

Lubell's father was Richard M. Lubell, a former deputy New York City Superintendent of Schools. [6] He is married to Ellen Bloom, daughter of journalist and freelance writer Murray Teigh Bloom, [7] a founder and former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. [8] [9] [10] His sister-in-law is the writer and psychotherapist Amy Bloom.

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