Keith Jackson (physicist)

After earning his Ph.D., Jackson worked as part of the Gate Dielectric Group at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, and then joined Rockwell International's Rocketdyne division,^[2] where he worked on polychrystalline diamond thin films.^[4] In 1992, Jackson became the Associate Director at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Center for X-ray Optics.^[5] At LBNL, Jackson and his colleagues developed Python-based programming tools that helped physicists efficiently distribute data. One such tool, Py/Globus, was used to efficiently replicate data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory to confirm Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.^[3]

His research areas included ultraviolet lithography, synchrotron radiation, fabrication of high aspect ratio microstructures, and imaging studies of extreme ultraviolet masks.^[5]

Jackson joined Florida A&M University as Vice President of Research and Professor of Physics in 2005, and in 2010, he began working at Morgan State University, as the chairperson of the physics department.^[1]

Jackson was a former president of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP),^[6] as well as an NSBP fellow.^[7]

• K. H. Jackson, "Utilization of African-American Physicists in the Science and Engineering Workforce," Pan-Organizational Summit on the US Science and Engineering Workforce: Meeting Summary, Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2003.; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK36368/
• K. H. Jackson, "The Status of the African-American Physicist in the Department of Energy National Laboratories," American Physical Society News, May 2002, vol. 11, no. 5; https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200205/backpage.cfm
• K. H. Jackson et al., "Extreme ultraviolet lithography capabilities at the advanced light source using a 0.3-NA optic," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 44-50, Jan. 2006, doi:10.1109/JQE.2005.858450
• K. H. Jackson, "Harry Lee Morrison," Physics Today, 1 August 2002; vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 69–70. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1510296
• K.H. Jackson et al., "Ultra-high accuracy optical testing: creating diffraction-limited short-wavelength optical systems", Proc. SPIE 5900, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II, 59000G (8 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.618066
• K.H. Jackson et al., "EUV interferometry of the 0.3-NA MET optic", Proc. SPIE 5037, Emerging Lithographic Technologies VII, (16 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484735
• K.H. Jackson et al., "At-wavelength testing of optics for EUV", Proc. SPIE 2437, Electron-Beam, X-Ray, EUV, and Ion-Beam Submicrometer Lithographies for Manufacturing V, (19 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209172