JANOS KIRZ
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Physics and Astronomy
jkirz@lbl.gov | Curriculum Vitae. (Last updated: 2024 Aug 30)

Biography
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Janos Kirz joined the Stony Brook faculty in 1968 following a PhD and postdoc positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and Saclay, France. He retired in 2008. He served as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1998 to 2001.

Research Statement
Janos Kirz conducted experiments in high energy physics between 1960 and 1980 at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, SLAC, and at CERN in Geneva Switzerland. Since 1980 his activities centered on X-ray optics, X-ray physics and synchrotron radiation.