University of Florida professor elected to Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John Klauder, a professor of physics and mathematics at the University of Florida, has been elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, within the class of natural sciences. The society’s purpose is to promote and recognize excellence in scholarship.
Membership in the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, which was founded in 1760, is by election only. The total number of members in the Society is set at 340, with 140 members from the humanities and 200 members from the natural sciences. Foreign citizens who are elected to the society must be acknowledged leaders in their fields and should preferably have connections with Norway through their research. Klauder expects to conduct research in Norway next year.
Klauder co-authored a book titled “Fundamentals of Quantum Optics,” which is considered a classic in the field. It was originally published in 1968 and will soon be reprinted by Dover Press. He also has served on the Physics Advisory Panel of the National Science Foundation and been editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics, president of the International Association of Mathematical Physics and associate secretary-general of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. He has authored more than 200 articles published in international journals.