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Gabriel C. Spalding is an American physicist.

Dr. Gabe Spalding
OccupationPhysicist
SpouseBrenda Wernick
Children2
Websitehttps://sun.iwu.edu/~gspaldin/Site/Overview.html

Spalding studied physics and mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating in 1983.[1] Seven years later, he completed a doctorate in applied physics at Harvard University.[1][2] In 1996, Spalding joined the Illinois Wesleyan University faculty as a Professor of Physics.[3][4] In 2014, Spalding received several honors. The SPIE and American Physical Society both elected him to fellow status.[3][4] The APS additionally awarded Spalding the Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction,[5] and the American Association of Physics Teachers named him one of four recipients of its Homer L. Dodge Citations for Distinguished Service that year.[6]

Quotes

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"And someday, I'll make the world in my own image." 11-26-2024, about the lack of SLMs in most undergraduate laboratories

"Whatever you go out and do, figure out what you care about." 11-21-24

"I want pretty pictures! Where are the pretty pictures? Oh, and here they are, and here they are, and here they are..." 10-24-2024 about Talbot images

"Think about a ball that's spinning, but it's not spinning, and it's not a ball."

"Do what you can, not what you can't."

"It's the topology of the wavefront!"

"Whatever you see, say what you saw."

References

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  1. ^ a b "2014 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Gabriel Spalding". Illinois Wesleyan University. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "IWU Physicist Elected as Fellow of International Optical Society". Illinois Wesleyan University. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Physicists Elect Spalding as Fellow". Illinois Wesleyan University. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ^ "2014 Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction Recipient". American Physical Society. 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ^ Marshall, Jill (2014). "AAPT awards". The Physics Teacher. 52 (3): 134–135. Bibcode:2014PhTea..52..134M. doi:10.1119/1.4865510.
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