About UChicago Argonne, LLC
Board of Governors
Robert C. Dynes
- Member, UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory
- Former President, University of California
Robert C. Dynes, a renowned physicist and an expert researcher in semiconductors and solid state circuits, served as President of the University of California from October 2003 till his recent retirement.
A first-generation college graduate, Professor Dynes served as the sixth Chancellor of UC’s San Diego campus from 1996 to 2003. He came to UC San Diego in 1990 after a 22-year career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he served as department head of semiconductor and materials physics research and director of the chemical physics research laboratory. His numerous scientific honors include the 1990 Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics and his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989.
Robert C. Dynes is a professor of physics at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego where he directs a laboratory that focuses on superconductivity and incorporates postdoctoral and graduate students in physics and materials science as well as undergraduates. As a professor of physics at UC San Diego, he founded an interdisciplinary laboratory where chemists, electrical engineers, and private industry researchers investigated the properties of metals, semiconductors, and superconductors. He subsequently became chairman of the physics department and then Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
President Dynes is active in the national scientific arena. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and has served on the Executive Council of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology and a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum. He serves on the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth and the Governor’s Nurse Education Initiative Task Force, and is a member of the Oakland CEO Council.
A native of London, Ontario, Canada, and a naturalized United States citizen, Robert C. Dynes holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Western Ontario and master's and doctorate degrees in physics and an honorary doctor of science degree from McMaster University. He also holds an honorary doctorate from L’Université de Montréal.
