Topological Defects and Phase Transitions"
2017.01.05 15:46
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□ 2017.1.9(Mon), 4PM
□ Lecture Hall, College of Natural Sciences [#1501,E6-2]
□ Prof. John Michael Kosterlitz, Brown University
" Topological Defects and Phase Transitions"
□ Education
1965 B.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University
1966 M.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University
1969 D.Phil., Oxford University
□ Professional Appointments
1969-70 Royal Society Exchange Fellowship, Instituto di Fisica Teorica, Torino, Italy
1970-73 Research Fellow, Dept. Mathematical Physics, Birmingham University, UK
1973-74 Postdoctoral Fellow, LASSP, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1974-78 Lecturer, Dept. Mathematical Physics, Birmingham
1978-80 Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Physics, Birmingham
1980-81 Reader in Mathematical Physics, Dept. Mathematical Physics, Birmingham
1982-present Professor of Physics, Brown University
□ HONORS/AWARDS
[1980] Maxwell Medal, awarded by Institute of Physics
[1993] Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
[2000] Lars Onsager Prize awarded by American Physical Society
[2006] Harrison E Farnsworth Professor of Physics, Brown University
[2007] Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Science
[2008] Appointed Korea Institute for Advanced Study Scholar
[2012] Reappointed KIAS Scholar
[2016] Nobel Prize in Physics
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz will share prize
for work on exotic states of matter
