J. Michael Kosterlitz

Michael Kosterlitz
Kosterlitz at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016
Born
John Michael Kosterlitz

(1943-06-22) June 22, 1943 (age 80)[3]
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forBerezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition
KTHNY theory
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
InstitutionsBrown University
University of Birmingham
Cornell University
ThesisProblems in strong interaction physics (1969)
Academic advisorsDavid Thouless (postdoc)
Websitevivo.brown.edu/display/jkosterl

John Michael Kosterlitz (born June 22, 1943) is a Scottish-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University[4] and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gibney, Elizabeth; Castelvecchi, Davide (2016). "Physics of 2D exotic matter wins Nobel: British-born theorists recognized for work on topological phases". Nature. 538 (7623). London: Springer Nature: 18. Bibcode:2016Natur.538...18G. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20722. PMID 27708331.
  2. ^ "Lars Onsager recipient 2000, John Michael Kosterlitz Brown University". aps.org. American Physical Society.
  3. ^ "J. Michael Kosterlitz - Facts". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. ^ "Kosterlitz Research profile at Brown University". brown.edu. Brown University.

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