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David Atkinson

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1969
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensingAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesInflammatory mediators and NSAID effectsOptical Systems and Laser Technology

Publications

114

Citations

1,998

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
AI-generated

This bibliographic record appears to blend together publications from multiple different people who share the name David Atkinson, including work on astronomical instrumentation (telescope spectrographs, adaptive optics, and infrared cameras), a historian working on immigration and diplomatic history, and unrelated medical case reports. Based on the instrumentation-focused papers, this individual likely works on designing and building hardware for ground-based telescopes, such as multi-object spectrographs and adaptive optics systems used to study stars, planets, and galaxies. Because the topic relevance scores are all listed as zero and the publication list mixes clearly unrelated fields, confidence in a single coherent research profile is low.

Telescope instrumentation designAdaptive optics and wavefront sensingMulti-object spectroscopyInfrared astronomical detectorsObservational astrophysics

Publication counts have fluctuated over the last decade with a notable spike in 2020 followed by a decline, averaging under two publications per year in the most recent five-year period.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 12 publications12202021: 4 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Diplomatic History×4
  • Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE×3
  • Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V×2
  • The American Historical Review×2
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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