Graham Smith (physicist)

Graham Collingwood Smith is a British physicist. He was a senior staff member of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he led the Instrumentation Division.

Early life and education

Smith graduated in physics from Durham University in 1970, and completed his PhD at the same institution in 1974.[1][2]

Career

Smith was subsequently employed as a research associate at the University of Leicester, where he developed multiwire proportional counters and microchannel plates for X-ray astronomy.[2][3] His work there included producing the first two-dimensional X-ray image of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant.[3]

He joined Brookhaven in 1982 as an associate physicist in the Instrumentation Division.[2] In 2012, he was appointed Head of the Instrumentation Division, succeeding Veljko Radeka, and served in this role until 2017.[2][4]

Smith received Brookhaven's Research and Development Award in 1996 and the IEEE Long Island Regional Award for Contributions to High Energy Physics in 1998.[2] He was named an IEEE Fellow in 2012 for his work in the advancement of detectors for x‑rays, charged particles, and thermal neutrons.[5]

References

  1. ^ Smith, G. C. (1974). Some studies of multi-wire proportional chambers (PhD thesis). Durham University. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Graham Smith Named Instrumentation Division Head at Brookhaven Lab". Brookhaven National Laboratory. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Graham Smith Elevated to IEEE Fellow" (PDF). IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Newsletter. March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  4. ^ "David Asner Named Deputy Associate Laboratory Director and Head of the Instrumentation Division in Brookhaven Lab's Nuclear and Particle Physics Directorate". Newswise. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  5. ^ Greenberg, Diane (9 December 2011). "Brookhaven Lab Physicists Graham Smith and Craig Woody Named IEEE Fellows". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
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