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Robert O. Ritchie

Professor of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratoryborn 1948

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John Knott

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until 1973
University of Cambridge
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from 1982
University of California, Berkeley
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from 1984
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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known as: materials scientist
fields: materials science
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 1973, Doctor of Science, University of Cambridge, 1990
awards: Eringen Medal, 2010, Nadai Medal, 2004
member of: Royal Academy of Engineering, from 2002, Royal Society of London, from 2017, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 2011, Academy of Athens, from 2023, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, from 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science, from 2020, Institute of Physics, from 2003, Materials Research Society, from 2010
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@misc{academicancestry_Q30140460,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Robert O. Ritchie: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q30140460},
  note = {read on 2026-10-16}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 16). Robert O. Ritchie: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-16]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q30140460