September 28, 2020
Alexander Glaser, Associate professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Glaser has been recognized “for major contributions to advancing the scientific and technical basis for nuclear arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament verification.”
Founded in 1899, the American Physical Society mission is to advance and spread the knowledge of physics for the benefit of humanity, promote physics, and serve the broader physics community. It represents over 55,000 physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry. The number of APS Fellows elected each year is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership.