Student PhD year Department
1. Don A. Hansen 1953 Physics
2. Glenn L. Brown 1956 Physics
3. Robert W. Fredricks 1959 Physics
4. Joseph F. Hook 1959 Physics
5. Anthony F. Gangi 1960 Physics
6. Walter L. Pilant 1960 Physics
7. Lawrence D. Porter 1961 Physics
8. Edgar A. Kraut 1962 Physics
9. William H. Ruehle 1963 Physics
10. Michael J. Randall 1968 Earth & Space Sciences
11. James N. Shapiro 1970 Physics
12. H. Douglas Garbin 1970 Physics
13. Edo Nyland 1970 Earth & Space Sciences
14. Nirendra N. Biswas 1971 Earth & Space Sciences
15. Richard C. Smith 1972 Physics
16. Julio A. Landoni 1972 Physics
17. Ahmed A. Fouda 1973 Earth & Space Sciences
18. Alan R. Leeds 1973 Earth & Space Sciences
19. Marek Bukowinski 1975 Physics
20. John W. Schlue 1975 Earth & Space Sciences
21. Thomas G. Hill 1976 Physics
22. Robert G. Mitchel 1977 Earth & Space Sciences
23. Keith K. Nakanishi 1978 Earth & Space Sciences
24. Fong-S. Chang 1979 Earth & Space Sciences
25. Amy H. Liao 1981 Earth & Space Sciences
26. Paul Rydelek 1983 Earth & Space Sciences
27. David Scholler 1984 Physics
28. Elias Barbinis 1988 Physics
29. Daniel Rosenblatt 1989 Earth & Space Sciences
30. Narbik Manukian 1990 Physics
31. Ke-shan Zou 1990 Earth & Space Sciences
32. Per M. Jögi 1995 Physics
33. Mark S. Abinante 1996 Physics
34. Matthew W. Lee 1998 Physics
35. Xiao-xi Ni 1998 Earth & Space Sciences
36. Jean E. Elkhoury 2008 Earth & Space Sciences
Students who did their research with Professor Knopoff and received the PhD from the institutions indicated:
1. A.T. de Hoop, PhD (Delft Technical University)
Emeritus Professor, Delft Technical University
2. Edgar Kausel, PhD (Columbia University)
University of Chile, Santiago
3. Stefan Nielsen, PhD (University of Paris)
University of Naples, Italy
Please email any corrections to the list of PhD students. We are also assembling a list of postdoctoral researchers who worked with Leon, and would be delighted to receive information in order to complete the list.
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