Rod C. Alferness

American physicist
Person human Q7356139
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Rod C. Alferness

Summary

Rod C. Alferness is a human[1]. He worked as a physicist[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Rod C. Alferness held citizenship in United States[4].
  • Rod C. Alferness's professions included physicist[2].
  • Rod C. Alferness's field of work was physics[5].
  • Rod C. Alferness was employed by University of California, Santa Barbara[6].
  • Rod C. Alferness was educated at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[7].
  • Rod C. Alferness's doctoral advisor was Emmett Leith[8].
  • Rod C. Alferness received the Fellow of the Optical Society[9].
  • Rod C. Alferness received the Frederic Ives Medal[10].
  • Rod C. Alferness received the IEEE Photonics Award[11].
  • Rod C. Alferness is recorded as male[12].
  • Rod C. Alferness's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Rod C. Alferness's ISNI is recorded as 0000000116564853[14].
  • Rod C. Alferness's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 62186218[15].
  • Rod C. Alferness's GND ID is recorded as 146872339[16].
  • Rod C. Alferness's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88047680[17].
  • Rod C. Alferness's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02752539[18].
  • Rod C. Alferness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/064nggj[19].
  • Rod C. Alferness's given name is recorded as Rod[20].
  • Rod C. Alferness's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 146872339[21].
  • Rod C. Alferness's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90141154[22].
  • Rod C. Alferness's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2007113870[23].
  • Rod C. Alferness's NSK is recorded as 000108165[24].
  • Rod C. Alferness's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007446089405171[25].
  • Rod C. Alferness's CiNii Research ID is recorded as 1140000791686680064[26].
  • Rod C. Alferness's NSK ID is recorded as 981005667719109366[27].

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Education

Rod C. Alferness was educated at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[7]. His doctoral advisor was Emmett Leith[8].

Career and Affiliations

Rod C. Alferness's professions included physicist[2]. His field of work was physics[5]. He was employed by University of California, Santa Barbara[6].

Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the Optical Society[9], a science award[28], founded in 1959[29]; Frederic Ives Medal[10], a science award[30], in United States[31], founded in 1929[32]; and IEEE Photonics Award[11], a technical field award[33], founded in 2002[34].

Why It Matters

Rod C. Alferness ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did Rod C. Alferness do for work?

Rod C. Alferness worked as physicist[2].

Where did Rod C. Alferness go to school?

Rod C. Alferness was educated at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[7].

What awards did Rod C. Alferness receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Optical Society[9], Frederic Ives Medal[10], and IEEE Photonics Award[11].

References

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  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . optica.org. optica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . ieee.org. ieee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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