25 Facts About Donald Glaser

Donald Arthur Glaser was an American physicist, neurobiologist, and the winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber used in subatomic particle physics.

Donald Glaser accepted a position as an instructor at the University of Michigan in 1949, and was promoted to professor in 1957.

Donald Glaser joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, in 1959, as a Professor of Physics.

Donald Glaser's position was Professor of Physics and Neurobiology in the Graduate School.

Donald Glaser enjoyed music and played the piano, violin, and viola.

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Donald Glaser attended Case School of Applied Science, where he completed his bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics in 1946.

Donald Glaser played viola in the Cleveland Philharmonic while at Case, and taught mathematics classes at the college after graduation.

Donald Glaser continued on to the California Institute of Technology, where he pursued his Ph.

Donald Glaser preferred the accessibility of cosmic ray research over that of nuclear physics.

Donald Glaser attended molecular genetics seminars led by Nobel laureate Max Delbruck; he would return to this field later.

Donald Glaser completed his doctoral thesis, The Momentum Distribution of Charged Cosmic Ray Particles Near Sea Level, after starting as an instructor at the University of Michigan in 1949.

Donald Glaser experimented with using superheated liquid in a glass chamber.

Donald Glaser experimented with hydrogen while visiting the University of Chicago, showing that hydrogen would work in the chamber.

Donald Glaser was then recruited by Nobel laureate Luis Alvarez, who was working on a hydrogen bubble chamber at the University of California at Berkeley.

Donald Glaser accepted an offer to become a Professor of Physics there in 1959.

Donald Glaser was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the bubble chamber.

Donald Glaser's invention allowed scientists to observe what happens to high-energy beams from an accelerator, thus paving the way for many important discoveries.

Donald Glaser wanted to concentrate on science, and found that as the experiments and equipment grew larger in scale and cost, he was doing more administrative work.

Donald Glaser anticipated that the ever-more-complex equipment would cause consolidation into fewer sites and would require more travel for physicists working in high-energy physics.

Donald Glaser spent a semester at MIT as a visiting professor and attended biology seminars there, and spent a semester at Copenhagen with Ole Maaloe, the prominent Danish molecular biologist.

Donald Glaser made the comment “As a physicist and highly trained engineer my immediate thought upon entering my first biology lab was that Louis Pasteur would be comfortable working there.

Donald Glaser worked in UC Berkeley's Virus Lab, doing experiments with bacterial phages, bacteria, and mammalian cells.

Donald Glaser studied the development of cancer cells, in particular the skin cancer xeroderma pigmentosum.

Donald Glaser did microbial strain improvement, and then genetic engineering, becoming the first biotechnology company.

Donald Glaser began to work on computational modeling of the visual system and visual psychophysics, and spent a sabbatical at the Rowland Institute for Science.

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