Herman Winick (born June 27, 1932) is an American scientist and Professor Emeritus at the

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(SLAC) and the Applied Physics Department of

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Biography

After receiving his AB (1953) and PhD (1957) in physics from

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, he continued work in experimental high energy physics at the

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(1957–59) and then as a member of the scientific staff and Assistant Director of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator at

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(1959–73). Dr. Winick married his childhood sweetheart Renee Winick and is the father of three children; Lee, Lisa and Laura. He is the grandfather of seven, including youtube celebrity Julien Solomita who is the husband of

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Work

He is best known for his leadership role, starting in the mid-1970s, in the development of wiggler and

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magnet insertion devices as advanced synchrotron radiation sources. Since retirement he is focusing largely on synchrotron light sources in developing countries such as the International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), work he began in 1998, the African Light Source and the Mexican Light Source.

Human rights activities

His human rights activities started in the 1980s working on behalf of dissidents from the China, Iran, the Soviet Union, and other countries.

Award

In 2005 he received the

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from the

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. Winick received the third Andrei Sakharov Prize from the

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(APS) in 2010 "for tireless and effective personal leadership in defense of human rights of scientists throughout the world".

References

External links

Herman Winick, Professor (Emeritus)
at Photon Science,

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