Ronald Drever

Ronald William Prest Drever ( born 1931 ) is a Scottish physicist.

Drever received the B.Sc. (Pure Science Honours) from the University of Glasgow in 1953 and the Ph.D. ( in Natural Philosophy) in 1958 from the same university. He was co-founder of the LIGO project ( Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and was involved in the invention of the Pound - Drever named after him - Hall process. He also conducted one of the first Hughes - Drever experiments.

Drever was a consultant for governments to finance projects in the field of science, including at the National Science Foundation (USA ) and the Astronomy Policy and Grants Committee ( UK). He was also Vice- President of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Awards

Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2002 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 Einstein Prize

Pound–Drever–Hall technique Hughes–Drever experiment Einstein Prize (APS)

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