Eric Adelberger is professor of physics at the University of Washington, where he began teaching in 1971. In 1992-93 he was a scientific associate at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. He is now primarily interested in gravity, the fundamental force whose origins remain mysterious to this day. This has led him to make extraordinarily precise experimental tests of Einstein’s Equivalence Principle, Hidden Extra Dimensions and Newton’s Inverse-Square Law, as well as Lorentz Invariance.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Physics, and the American Physical Society and is a recipient of the APS Bonner Prize for outstanding experimental research in nuclear physics. His named lectures include the Loeb Lecturer in Physics, Harvard; Nordberg Lecturer, Goddard Space Flight Center; Selove Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania; Feenberg Lecturer, Washington University; and Leigh Paige Prize Lecturer, Yale.
Eric Adelberger
Visiting Scholar Itinerary
Thursday-Friday, September 18-19
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Monday-Tuesday, October 20-21
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Thursday-Friday, October 23-24
Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore
Monday-Tuesday, November 17-18
University of California, Berkeley
Monday-Tuesday, January 26-27
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thursday-Friday, January 29-30
Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Thursday-Friday, February 26-27
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Monday-Tuesday, March 2-3
Bucknell University, Lewisburg
Thursday-Friday, March 5-6
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania