President-elect

Dr. Jonathan Dorfan

The Establishing Members for the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation announced on July, 9, 2010 that they have selected Prof. Jonathan Dorfan, an internationally recognized physicist and Director Emeritus of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (now renamed SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), as the first President of the OIST Graduate University scheduled to open in 2011.

His extensive experience as a director and manager of world-class scientific research and as a leader of major international collaborative initiatives will be key to accomplishing the university's goals of recruiting outstanding faculty and students from around the globe, forming the graduate school curriculum, developing OIST's collaboration with academia and industry worldwide, and enhancing OIST's role in the future development of Okinawa.

 Jonathan Dorfan

Biography

Areas Specialized in

  • Physics
  • Accelerator Science

Education

1969 BS, Physics & Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
1976 PhD, Experimental Particle Physics, University of California-Irvine, U.S.A.

Professional Experience

1989-Present      Professor, SLAC, California, USA
1994-1999 Associate Director, SLAC, California, USA
1999-2007 Dean & Member of Executive Cabinet, Stanford University, California, USA
1999-2007 Director, SLAC, California, USA
2007-Present Emeritus Director, SLAC, California, USA
2007-2008 Special Assistant to President Hennessy, Stanford University, California, USA

Other major current and recent functions

  • Member of Board of Governors, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Co-Chair, Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee of Weizmann Board of Governors
  • Chair, Machine Advisory Committee for the SuperB Project in Italy
  • Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Large Synoptic Space Telescope Corporation
  • Vice-Chair, Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society
  • Member of Advisory Board, John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Oxford University and Royal Halloway University of London
  • Member of National Research Council's Advisory Committee on TRIUMF
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich
  • Member of Accelerator Advisory Panel, International Linear Collider Global Design Effort

Honors

  • Dr. rer nat. honoris causa – Technische Universität Dresden
  • D. Sc. honoris causa – University of Cape Town
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • Member, New York Academy of Sciences