Name: David M. Close
Current Address: Dept. of Physics, Box 70652, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
Office Phone: (423) 439-5646
Home Phone: (423) 926-9744
FAX: (423) 439-6905
E-MAIL: CLOSED@mail.etsu.edu
Marital Status: Married, two children.
Education:
A.B. in Physics from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA., June 1964.
M.S. in Physics from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV., June 1967.
Ph. D. in Physics from Clark University, Worcester, MA., June 1973.
Positions Held:
July 1997; Chairman of Physics, East Tennessee State University.
Aug. 1989- Present; Professor of Physics, East Tennessee State University, Department of Physics. Duties: Conducting a research project concerned with a study of radiation damage to cellular constituents (DNA).
Sept. 1983- Aug. 1989; Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University, Dept. of Physics.Duties: Same as above.
Sept. 1978- Aug. 1983; Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University, Dept. of Physics. Duties: Same as above.
Sept. 1977- Aug. 1978; Associate in Radiation Biology, University of Rochester, Dept. of Radiation Biology. Duties: Study of radiation induced defects in nucleic acid constituents.
Sept. 1974- Aug. 1977; National Institute of Health, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Rochester, Dept. of Radiation Biology. Duties: Study of radiation induced defects in DNA polymers.
June 1973- Aug. 1974; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Physics, University of Connecticut. Duties: Study of the radiation defects created in bone constituents (hydroxyapatite).
June 1969- June 1973; Research Fellow in Physics at Clark University. Duties:Graduate research for Ph.D. with R.S. Andersen on ESR of gamma-irradiated amino acids.
Sept. 1968- May 1969; Graduate Teaching Assistant in Physics at Clark University. Duties: Teaching a course in advanced physical measurements.
Summer 1967- Aug. 1968; Research Associate (GS-7), United States Bureau of Mines, Coal Research, Morgantown, WV. Duties: Development and application of microwave heating to the drying of coal fines.
Sept. 1965- June 1968; Graduate Research Assistant in Physics at West VirginiaUniversity. Duties: Teaching problem and laboratory sessions. Working for M.S. degree with H.N. Rexroad on measuring quadrupole moments from ESR spectra.
Professional Societies:
American Physical Society
Fellow of the Radiation Research Society
Sigma Pi Sigma
Sigma Xi (Past President of local chapter)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Honors:
1988 ETSU Foundation Research Award.
Vice President of the Board of Director of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Takoma Park, Md.
Councilor (in Physics) for the Radiation Research Society (2003).