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In Memoriam

The MagLab has been shaped by many brilliant and wonderful scientists through our history. We remember their contributions. 

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall, a pioneer in analytical chemistry who founded and built the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory’s groundbreaking facility for Fouri…


Lev P Gor'kov

Lev Petrovich Gor'kov, professor of physics and leading theorist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, died on December 28, 2016.


The late Bill Moulton, left, with fellow MagLab scientist Mike Hoch.

Dr. William (Bill) Moulton passed away on December 22, 2013, but his important contribution to science and the MagLab will live on.


James Brooks

Dr. James Brooks, director of the MagLab's Condensed Matter Science Experimental Program, chair of the Florida State University Physics Department, an…


Mike Davidson

Mike Davidson, head of the lab's Optical Microscopy program and trailblazing researcher in the study of cell biology, passed away on December 24, 2015…


John Robert “Bob” Schrieffer, a former chief scientist at the National MagLab, addresses the crowd at the October 1994 dedication for the lab’s new Tallahassee site.

Nobel prize-winning physicist played key role during lab's early years in Tallahassee.