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EVENTS
2012 Meeting Dates
(3rd Thursday of the month)
2/16/2012
3/15/2012
4/19/2012
5/17/2012
Summer off
9/20/2012
10/18/2012
11/15/2012
12/20/2012 Holiday Party
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| Thursday, Feburary 16, 2012 |
Philip J. Wyatt
Contact:
6300 Hollister Avenue
P. O. Box 3003
Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3003
805-681-9009 x200
888-536-6511
pwyatt@wyatt.com
www.wyatt.com |
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| An Entrepreneurial adventure with light scattering and the optical instruments that saved the day and more! |
| Light scattering techniques have long been popular for their ability to measure very small particles. With the advent of lasers, however, the very science itself began to change. This is the story of how lasers were used to develop a class of analytical instruments that would launch a remarkable company. The path to success was a tortuous one filled with disappointments, intrigues, and a great amount of luck, but when the call came from the Coca Cola Company asking what we were trying to do with "...those lasers" and their secret formula, it became apparent that something very good was going to happen.
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| Dr. Philip J. Wyatt received his undergraduate education at the University of Chicago and Christ's College, Cambridge University. He completed his graduate education at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana (MS) and the Florida State University (PhD). His research interests include electromagnetic scattering theory, laser light scattering, protein aggregation phenomena, clinical microbiology, macromolecular characterization, nanoparticle characterization and measurement, and sample fractionation techniques. He is the author or co-author of over 70 scientific articles, four books, and over 40 patents. The developer of the first commercial light scattering instrumentation incorporating a laser source, he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is the Chair-elect of the American Physical Society Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics. In 2009, the American Physical Society named him the recipient of their Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics. In 2003, the College of Arts and Sciences of the Florida State University named him their Graduate of Distinction. He was selected as one of 15 finalists of the first U. S. Scientist Astronaut selection program, but remained behind on Earth. He is a Registered Agent before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Wyatt Technology Corporation, a leading manufacturer of scientific instruments for macromolecular and particle characterization. Associated with the wealth of applications based on light scattering measurements is the developments of a variety of optical instruments that include absolute light scattering photometers and differential refractive index detectors. The eventual commercialization of these and related instruments resulted in the formation of a company whose products revolutionized many elements of molecular biology. With this company came the establishment of an American firm that exports its products throughout the World and is recognized in the life sciences as "One of the Best Places to Work in America. |
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