Joshua Socolar's History

Faculty Appointment

Associate Professor, Duke University, 1999-present.

Assistant Professor, Duke University, 1992-1999.

• Primary Appointment in Physics Department
• Member of Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems

Post-doctoral and Visiting Positions

IBM Visiting Research Scientist, T. J. Watson Research Center, 1990-1992.

Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, 1987-1990.

Visiting research scientist: CNRS-Saclay, France (June-July, 1990).

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM (July, 1994).

Visiting research scientist: Bios Group, Santa Fe, NM (March-July, 2002).

Visiting research scientist: LMDH, Universite Paris VI, Jussieu (September, 2001-January, 2002).

Visiting research scientist: Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, Calgary (June, 2006).

Education

Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Theory. , U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1982-1987.

B.A., Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., 1980. (Physics major).

Einstein High School, Kensington, Md., 1972-1975. (OK)

Newport Junior High, Kensington, Md., 1971-72. (Not recommended)

Green Acres School, Rockville, Md., 1964-1971. (Highly recommended)

Employment

Teacher of Math and Physics, George School, Newtown, Pa. (1981-82).

Electronics Technician, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. (1980-81).

Counselor, Sidwell Friends Tennis Camp, Washington, D.C. (Summers, 1974-76)

Geographical History

Birth (9/16/58) - 1959: Meudon, France (near Paris)

1959-1963: Silver Spring, MD (near Washington, D.C.)

1963-1964: Neuilly, France (near Paris)

1964-1975: Silver Spring, MD

1975-1977: Haverford, PA (near Philadelphia)

1977-1978: Near Sutamarchan, Colombia (which is near Villa de Leiva, which is near Tunja, which is a few hours northeast of Bogota) and Silver Spring, MD

1978-1980: Haverford, PA

1980-1981: Chapel Hill, NC

1981-1982: Newtown, PA

1982-1987: Philadelphia, PA

1987-1990: Brookline, MA (near Boston)

1990-1992: Ossining, NY (near New York City)

1992-2001: Chapel Hill, NC

2001-2002: Paris, France and Santa Fe, NM

2002-present: Chapel Hill, NC