Enrico Fermi Institute





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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.


Physicist Enrico Fermi was heavily involved in the founding years of the institute, and it was at his request that Allison took the position as the first director.[1]



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

  • Marcel Schein

  • John Alexander Simpson

  • Michael Turner

  • Harold C. Urey

  • Carlos E.M. Wagner

  • Robert M. Wald

  • Gregor Wentzel



See also



  • Particle physics

  • James Franck Institute



External links


  • The Enrico Fermi Institute website

Coordinates: 41°47′31″N 87°36′6″W / 41.79194°N 87.60167°W / 41.79194; -87.60167






  1. ^ "Enrico Fermi 1901–1954". Physics Today. 01 January 1955: 9. doi:10.1063/1.3061909..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}








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