Adam Falk

American physicist

Adam Falk

President of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Incumbent

Assumed office
July 1, 2018
Preceded by| Paul Joskow
President of Williams College
In office
April 1, 2010 – December 2017
Preceded by| William G. Wagner (acting)
Succeeded by| Protik Majumder (acting)
Personal details
Born|  (1965-04-19) April 19, 1965 (age 59)
Education| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS)
Harvard University (MS, PhD)

Adam Frederick Falk (born April 19, 1965) is the president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Earlier in his career, Falk was the president of Williams College,[1] a university administrator at Johns Hopkins University, and a theoretical physicist.[2]

## Early life and education[edit]

Falk is a native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[3] He graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics after attending Durham Academy.[2] He received a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar.[3]

He received a Ph.D in physics from Harvard University in 1991.

## Career[edit]

Falk began his career as a post-doctoral researcher working first at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and then at the University of California, San Diego. In 1994, he joined the physics faculty at Johns Hopkins University, becoming a full professor in 2000.

In 2006, Falk became the James B. Knapp Dean at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.

From 2010 to 2017, Falk served as the 17th President of Williams College.[4]

Since the beginning of 2018, Falk has served as President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[5]

## Research[edit]

Falk is a high-energy physicist whose research focused on elementary particle physics and quantum field theory, particularly in interactions and decay of meson and baryons containing heavy quarks. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed papers on these and related topics.

## Honors and awards[edit]

* Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002[6]
* Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award
* Young Investigator Award, NSF[7]
* Sloan Research Fellowship[2]
* Morehead-Cain Scholar, University of North Carolina

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Williams College Presidents". Williams College. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. ^ a b c "Adam F. Falk at The Sloan Foundation". sloan.org. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
3. ^ a b "Adam F. Falk 87 | UNC General Alumni Association". Retrieved 2022-05-20.
4. ^ Schaeffer, Angela Paik (2009). "Adam Falk Elected President of Williams College". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
5. ^ "Announcing my December 2017 departure from Williams".
6. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
7. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#9457916 - NSF Young Investigator". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

## External links[edit]

* Office of the President webpage at Williams

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Presidents of Williams College

* Fitch (1793–1815)
* Moore (1815–1821)
* Griffin (1821–1836)
* Mark Hopkins (1836–1872)
* Chadbourne (1872–1881)
* Hewitt (acting, 1901–1902)
* Henry Hopkins (1902–1908)
* Garfield (1908–1934)
* Dennett (1934–1937)
* Baxter (1937–1961)
* Sawyer (1961–1973)
* Chandler (1973–1985)
* Oakley (1985–1993)
* Payne (1994–1999)
* Vogt (1999–2000)
* Schapiro (2000–2009)
* Wagner (interim, 2009–2010)
* Falk (2010–2017)
* Majumder (interim, 2018)
* Mandel (2018-)

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