Greg Boebinger

MagLab director named to National Academy of Sciences

Published: May 3, 2021 | 10:40 am | Posted in: University News, Video Stories

Greg Boebinger, director of the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences. (Courtesy of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

The director of the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an esteemed designation that recognizes his distinguished career in physics. Greg Boebinger joins eight current and retired Florida State University faculty as members of a national academy, including current MagLab Chief Scientist […]

MagLab nets $4.2M NSF grant to launch next-generation superconducting magnets

Published: September 25, 2018 | 4:14 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An insulated magnet coil built using the high-temperature superconductor REBCO, or rare earth barium copper oxide. Photo by Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $4.2 million to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to launch a research and development effort for the next generation of high-field superconducting magnets. Headquartered at Florida State University in Tallahassee, the National MagLab is already home to a dozen world-record magnets. Every year, more than 1,800 scientists […]

National MagLab’s latest magnet snags world record, marks new era of scientific discovery

Published: December 12, 2017 | 1:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has shattered another world record with the testing of a 32-tesla magnet — 33 percent stronger than what had previously been the world’s strongest superconducting magnet used for research and more than 3,000 times stronger than a small refrigerator magnet. On Dec. 8, this new magnet […]

National MagLab achieves new world record with strongest resistive magnet

Published: August 22, 2017 | 1:04 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Magnet designer Jack Toth works on installing the coils in the housing. (Photo by Stephen Bilkeny.)

New 41.4-Tesla Instrument Paves Way for Breakthroughs in Physics and Materials Research While the rest of the country watched the solar eclipse Monday, engineers at the Florida State University-headquartered National MagLab pulled off an eclipse of a different sort. Not to be outdone by celestial events, they set a new world record that blotted out […]

MagLab director named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Published: April 12, 2017 | 9:53 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

Greg Boebinger, director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, headquartered at Florida State University, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Until recently, Greg Boebinger counted on three fingers the high points of his career: earning three bachelor’s degrees (simultaneously); snagging a job at storied Bell Laboratories as a young physicist; and becoming director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, headquartered at Florida State University. But this week brought news that now requires an extra […]

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