Douglas James Scalapino

Douglas James Scalapino (born December 10, 1933 San Francisco, California)[1] is an American physicist noted for his contribution to theoretical condensed matter physics.

Douglas Scalapino
Alma materYale University
Stanford University
Known forCondensed matter physics
AwardsJulius Edgar Lillenfeld Prize
Eugene Feenberg Medal
National Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania
UCSB
Academic advisorsEdwin Thompson Jaynes

Career

Scalapino completed his undergraduate degree at Yale in 1955, and his PhD at Stanford in 1961.[2] He then followed Ed Jaynes to become a research associate at Washington University in St. Louis from 1961-1962 and then moved to University of Pennsylvania where he attained the rank of full professor in 1969.[3][4] He is currently a Research Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]

In 1991 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1992 he became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1998, he received the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.[5] In 2013, he and Patrick Lee received the Eugene Feenberg Medal.[6]

References
  1. "Scalapino, Douglas J. - Scientific Biographies". aip.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Douglas Scalapino". ucsb.edu. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Scalapino, Douglas J." history.aip.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  4. Scalapino, Douglas. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). UCSB Physics Department.
  5. "Prize Recipient". aps.org. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. "UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor to Receive Eugene Feenberg Medal". The UCSB Current. Retrieved 2019-12-29.


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