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J. Michael Kosterlitz
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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.[2]
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![]() Kosterlitz at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016 | |
Born | John Michael Kosterlitz (1943-06-22) June 22, 1943 (age 80)[1] Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United States |
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Known for | Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition KTHNY theory |
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Fields | Condensed matter physics |
Institutions | Brown University University of Birmingham Cornell University |
Thesis | Problems in strong interaction physics (1969) |
Academic advisors | David Thouless (postdoc) |
Website | vivo |
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