Michael S. Lubell is an American physicist. He is the

Mark W. Zemansky Mark Waldo Zemansky (May 5, 1900 – December 29, 1981Bederson, Benjamin"The Physical Tourist: Physics and New York City" Phys. perspect. 5 (2003) 87–121 © Birkha¨ user Verlag, Basel, 2003. Cf. p.106 &c.) was an American physicist. He was a pr ...

Professor of Physics at the

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Biography

Lubell received his B.A. from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

and his M.S. and Ph.D. from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He taught at Yale from 1971 to 1981 before joining the faculty of CCNY. He served as department chair of CCN Y's physics department for six and half years. His research has ranged from atomic, molecular, and optical physics to science and technology policy. Lubell also held visiting professorships at the

Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratories, United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, New York, a hamlet of the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. It w ...

, the

University of Texas-Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

, the

University of Bielefeld Bielefeld University () is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the e ...

and the

Kavli Institute The Kavli Foundation, based in Los Angeles, California, is a foundation that supports the advancement of science and the increase of public understanding and support for scientists and their work. The Kavli Foundation was established in Decem ...

. He is a fellow of the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of ...

and the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

. Lubell is most known for being the director of public affairs of the American Physical Society and one of the most visible spokespersons of the scientific community in

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He has formed coalitions with other scientific groups to advocate on behalf of increasing federal funding for science research. Critical of President Donald Trump's policies, he was, however, removed from office a few days after the APS delivered a congratulatory message to Trump and urged him "to make sustained and robust funding of scientific research a top priority."

Personal life and family

Lubell's father was Richard M. Lubell, a former deputy New York City Superintendent of Schools. He is married to Ellen Bloom, daughter of journalist and freelance writer Murray Teigh Bloom, a founder and former president of the

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. His sister-in-law is the writer and

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

Amy Bloom.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lubell, Michael Living people Year of birth missing (living people) City College of New York faculty Columbia College (New York) alumni Yale University alumni American physicists Yale University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science