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  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his development of extended xray fine structure and measurements on metals, alloys, and molecules

Overview

Edward A. Stern was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research contributions spanned the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a primary focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Stern's work addressed topics including Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurological disorders and treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Their recent scholarly output included the paper Age-Dependent Degradation of Locomotion Encoding in Huntington's Disease R6/2 Model Mice published in 2021 in the Journal of Huntington's Disease, and Dural ectopic lymphatic structures accumulate during aging and exhibit dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases published in 2025 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These publications reflected investigations into neurodegenerative disease mechanisms and aging effects on neurological functions.

Stern frequently collaborated with a range of co-authors, including Hagar G. Yamin, Noa Menkes-Caspi, Dana Cohen, Amit Fruitman Davidi, and Sophie D. Shirenova. These partnerships contributed to a diverse set of publications across notable venues such as the Journal of Huntington's Disease and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Over the course of their career, Stern received recognition in the form of being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1992, with a citation noting contributions to the development of extended x-ray fine structure and measurements on metals, alloys, and molecules.

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

  • Age-Dependent Degradation of Locomotion Encoding in Huntington's Disease R6/2 Model Mice, 2021, Journal of Huntington's Disease
  • Dural ectopic lymphatic structures accumulate during aging and exhibit dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  • Hagar G. Yamin
  • Noa Menkes-Caspi
  • Dana Cohen
  • Amit Fruitman Davidi
  • Sophie D. Shirenova

  • Journal of Huntington's Disease
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • New Technique for Investigating Noncrystalline Structures: Fourier Analysis of the Extended X-Ray—Absorption Fine Structure

    Dale E. Sayers;Edward A. Stern;Farrel W. Lytle

  • The UWXAFS analysis package : philosophy and details

    E.A. Stern;M. Newville;B. Ravel;Y. Yacoby

  • Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure technique. III. Determination of physical parameters

    E. A. Stern;D. E. Sayers;F. W. Lytle

  • Analysis of multiple-scattering XAFS data using theoretical standards

    M. Newville;B. Ravel;D. Haskel;J.J. Rehr

  • Number of relevant independent points in x-ray-absorption fine-structure spectra

    Edward A. Stern

  • Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure technique. II. Experimental practice and selected results

    F. W. Lytle;D. E. Sayers;E. A. Stern

  • Surface Plasma Oscillations of a Degenerate Electron Gas

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  • Spontaneous Subthreshold Membrane Potential Fluctuations and Action Potential Variability of Rat Corticostriatal and Striatal Neurons In Vivo

    Edward A. Stern;Anthony E. Kincaid;Charles J. Wilson

  • X-ray filter assembly for fluorescence measurements of x-ray absorption fine structure.

    Edward A. Stern;Steve M. Heald

  • White lines in x-ray absorption

    M. Brown;R. E. Peierls;E. A. Stern

  • Second-Harmonic Radiation from Metal Surfaces

    Joseph Rudnick;E. A. Stern

  • Calculation of the M 23 magneto-optical absorption spectrum of ferromagnetic nickel

    J. L. Erskine;E. A. Stern

  • Local structure and the phase transitions of BaTiO3

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  • Thickness effect on the extended-x-ray-absorption-fine-structure amplitude

    E. A. Stern;K. Kim

  • Plasma Radiation from Metal Grating Surfaces

    Ye-Yung Teng;Edward A. Stern

  • Thermal vibration and melting from a local perspective.

    EA Stern;P Livns;Z Zhang

  • Nature of the ferroelectric phase transition in PbTiO 3

    N. Sicron;B. Ravel;Y. Yacoby;E. A. Stern

  • Character of order-disorder and displacive components in barium titanate.

    Edward A Stern

  • Off-center displacement of the Nb ions below and above the ferroelectric phase transition of KTa0.91Nb0.09O3

    O. Hanske-Petitpierre;Y. Yacoby;J. Mustre de Leon;E. A. Stern

  • Copper(I) and Copper(II) Coordination Structure under Hydrothermal Conditions at 325 °C: An X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and Molecular Dynamics Study

    John L. Fulton;Markus M. Hoffmann;John G. Darab;Bruce J. Palmer

  • Magneto-optic Kerr Effect in Ni, Co, and Fe

    J. L. Erskine;E. A. Stern

  • Strain energy density in the x-ray powder diffraction from mixed crystals and alloys

    Yu Rosenberg;V Sh Machavariani;A Voronel;S Garber

  • Rubidium ion hydration in ambient and supercritical water

    J. L. Fulton;D. M. Pfund;S. L. Wallen;M. Newville

  • Extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure amplitudes-Wave-function relaxation and chemical effects

    J. J. Rehr;E. A. Stern;R. L. Martin;E. R. Davidson

  • Direct structural determination in ultrathin ferroelectric films by analysis of synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements

    D. D. Fong;C. Cionca;Y. Yacoby;G. B. Stephenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve M. Heald
Steve M. Heald Argonne National Laboratory
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
John J. Rehr
John J. Rehr University of Washington
Matthew Newville
Matthew Newville University of Chicago
Mehmet Sarikaya
Mehmet Sarikaya University of Washington
Ilhan A. Aksay
Ilhan A. Aksay Princeton University
Andrzej Joachimiak
Andrzej Joachimiak Argonne National Laboratory
Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel A. Fischer
Daniel A. Fischer National Institute of Standards and Technology
Joseph C. Woicik
Joseph C. Woicik National Institute of Standards and Technology

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