George Benedek

George Benedek
Born (1928-12-01) December 1, 1928
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationsPhysicist
Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forInventor of quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy

George Bernard Benedek (born December 1, 1928) is an American physicist and currently the Alfred H. Caspary Professor Emeritus of Physics and Biological Physics and of Health Sciences and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He graduated BS in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1949, AM in physics at Harvard University in 1952 and PhD in physics from Harvard University in 1953; he was a doctoral student of Edward Mills Purcell.