Enrico Fermi Institute
The Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September 1945 as part of the University of Chicago with Samuel King Allison as director. On November 20, 1955 it was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. The name was shortened to The Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) in January 1968.
Research activities
- Theoretical and experimental particle physics;
- Theoretical and experimental astrophysics and cosmology;
- General relativity;
- Electron microscopy;
- Ion microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry;
- Nonimaging optics and solar energy concentration;
- Geochemistry, cosmochemistry and nuclear chemistry.
Notable staff
- Herbert L. Anderson
- James Cronin
- Enrico Fermi
- Riazuddin
- Robert Geroch
- James Hartle
- Craig Hogan
- Faheem Hussain
- Leo Kadanoff
- Edward Kolb
- Emil Martinec
- Yoichiro Nambu
- John Alexander Simpson
- Michael Turner
- Harold C. Urey
- Carlos E.M. Wagner
- Robert M. Wald
- Gregor Wentzel