Philip W. "Bo" Hammer
Vice President
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA

Workshop Moderator: Ethics in Physics: Debate of Resolutions for Sigma Pi Sigma Action

Biographical Sketch
Philip W. "Bo" Hammer is Vice President of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. Previously he was Assistant Director of the American Institute of Physics, Education Division. Hammer also runs Take Physics Local, a program to address simultaneously the professional development needs of physics students and the technical and workforce needs of industry and communities; and other programs designed to improve the quality and utility of physics education for students and teachers.

Hammer received his BS in Physics in 1987 from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, and his PhD in Physics from the University of Oregon in 1991. From 1991 to 1993, he was an Office of Naval Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Silver Spring, MD, doing experimental nonlinear dynamics research. Subsequently, Hammer worked as an American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow working on the staff of the Subcommittee on Science in the US House of Representatives. His primary interests on Capitol Hill were post-SSC high-energy physics policy, earthquake hazards reduction, and the Government Performance and Results Act.

Hammer is well-published in many topics ranging from basic research, to the role of physics in society, to career advice for scientists