Professor Emeritus
Phone: 530-752-1500
Email: rns.shelton@gmail.com
Personal Professional Website:
https://physics.ucdavis.edu/directory/faculty/robert-shelton
Research Interests:
Condensed Matter Experiment
Superconductivity, Magnetism, Novel Materials
Research Areas
Career History
- B.S. Physics, Stanford University, 1970
- Statistical Analyst, Social Ecology Laboratory School of Medicine Stanford University, 1970-1972
- Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1975
- Postdoctoral Research Physicist, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1975-1976
- Assistant Research Physicist, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1976-1978
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Iowa State University, 1978-1981
- Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Iowa State University, 1981-1984
- Guest Scientist, Kernforschungsanlage, Summer 1981
- Visiting Professor, Department de Physique de la Matière Condensée Université de Genève, 1983-1984
- Professor, Department of Physics, Iowa State University, 1984-6/1987
- Professor, Department of Physics University of California, Davis, 1987-2001
- Chair, Department of Physics University of California, Davis, 1987-1990
- Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Davis, 1990-1996
- Vice Provost for Research, University of California Office of President, 1996-2001
- Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 2001-2006
- President, University of Arizona: 2006-2011
- Executive Director, Arizona Sports Foundation: 2011-2014
- President, Research Corporation for Science Advancement: 2014-2017
- President, Giant Magellan Telescope Organization: 2017-present
Honors
- Member, American Physical Society
- Elected to Sigma Xi, Science Honorary: 1987
- California Science & Technology Fellow
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Voted Outstanding Instructor by Physics Graduate Students: 1983
- Invited to Nominate for the Nobel Prize in Physics: 1992, 1998
- Elected Fellow, American Physical Society: 1995
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Iowa State University, 2011