The Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September, 1945 as part of the University of Chicago with Samuel King Allison as director. On November 20, 1955 it was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. The name was shortened to The Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) in January 1968. Current research activities embrace:
- Theoretical and experimental particle physics;
- Theoretical and experimental astrophysics and cosmology;
- General relativity;
- Electron microscopy;
- Ion microscopy and secondary ion mass spectrometry;
- Non-imaging optics and solar energy concentration;
- Geochemistry, cosmochemistry and nuclear chemistry.
Famous staff
- Herbert L. Anderson
- James Cronin
- James Hartle
- Enrico Fermi
- Yoichiro Nambu
- Harold C. Urey
- Faheem Hussain
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