# Graham Smith (physicist)

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**Graham Collingwood Smith** is a British physicist. He was a senior staff member of the [Brookhaven National Laboratory](/source/Brookhaven_National_Laboratory).

Smith graduated in physics from [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) in 1970, and completed his PhD at the same institution in 1974.[1][2] He was subsequently employed as a research associate at the [University of Leicester](/source/University_of_Leicester).[2]

He joined Brookhaven in 1982 as an associate physicist in the Instrumentation Division.[2] In 2012, he was appointed Head of the Instrumentation Division, succeeding [Veljko Radeka](/source/Veljko_Radeka), and served in this role until 2017.[2][3]

Smith was named an [IEEE Fellow](/source/Fellow_of_the_Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers) in 2012 for his contributions to the advancement of detectors for x‑rays, charged particles, and thermal neutrons.[4]

## References

1. Smith, G. C. (1974). [*Some studies of multi-wire proportional chambers*](https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8242/) (PhD thesis). Durham University. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

1. ["Graham Smith Named Instrumentation Division Head at Brookhaven Lab"](https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=111478). Brookhaven National Laboratory. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

1. ["David Asner Named Deputy Associate Laboratory Director and Head of the Instrumentation Division in Brookhaven Lab's Nuclear and Particle Physics Directorate"](https://www.newswise.com/doescience/david-asner-named-deputy-associate-laboratory-director-and-head-of-the-instrumentation-division-in-brookhaven-lab39;s-nuclear-and-particle-physics-directorate). *Newswise*. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

1. Greenberg, Diane (9 December 2011). ["Brookhaven Lab Physicists Graham Smith and Craig Woody Named IEEE Fellows"](https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=111366). Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

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