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John M. Torkelson

Material science researcher

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About John M. Torkelson

John M. Torkelson was a researcher.

John Mark Torkelson is an American physicist.

Torkelson earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1978 and doctorate at the University of Minnesota in 1983. He holds the Walter P. Murphy Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. In 1999, Torkelson was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society "or imaginative and successful applications of fluorescence spectroscopy to polymer physics issues ranging from free volume to free radical polymerization."

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Important facts

Occupation
Education
University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Employers
Northwestern University
Awards
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Also known as
John Torkelson, John M Torkelson, J M Torkelson, JM Torkelson, J. M. Torkelson, J.M. Torkelson

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John M. Torkelson was a researcher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John M. Torkelson

· Wikidata: Q47209429

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