Osheroff, Douglas D. (original) (raw)
Dates
August 1, 1945 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Osheroff, Douglas D.
Additional Forms of Names
Osheroff, Douglas Dean, 1945-
Biography
Abstract
Douglas Osheroff is a Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University (1987-present). Other institutional affiliations include Cornell University and Bell Laboratories. His research interests include properties of matter near Absolute Zero and superfluid helium-3.
Important Dates
August 1, 1945Birth, Aberdeen (Wash.).
1967Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1969Obtained MS, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1972 – 1984Member, Technical Staff (1972-1981) and Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department (1981-1984), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1973Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1981Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1981Fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
1984 – 1987Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1987Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1987 – presentProfessor of Physics and Applied Physics (1987-present) and Chair, Department of Physics (1993-1996; 2001-2004), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1996Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3".
Occupation
Experimental condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Osheroff, Bessie Anne
Mother.
Osheroff, Phyllis
Wife.
Osheroff, William
Father.
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Cornell University, "Compressional cooling and ultralow temperature properties of He3;" Lee's teaching assistant at Cornell University; and received 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Robert C. Richardson "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3."
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Received 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David M. Lee for discovery of superfluidity in helium-3, and both employed at Cornell University.
Colleagues
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Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
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Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
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Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
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Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942-
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Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
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Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
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Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
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Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
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Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
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Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
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Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
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Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
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Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
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Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
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Institutions
Major Positions
Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department.
Member, Technical Staff and Head, Solid State and Low Temperature Research Department.
Stanford University. Department of Applied Physics
Professor of Applied Physics.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1981 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS in 1967.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained MS in 1969 and PhD in 1973.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Douglas Dean Osheroff papers, 1969-1987.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Subject
David M. Lee papers, 1935-1996.
Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Nobel Voices Videohistory Project collection, 2000-2001.
National Museum of American History. Archives Center
Smithsonian Institution
MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Video Interviews with Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, 2004-2006.
Sussex Innovation Centre
Vega Science Trust
Science Park Square, Brighton BN1 9SB, England UK