David Lee (physicist)

David Morris Lee
David Morris Lee in 2007
Born (1931-01-20) January 20, 1931 (age 93)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Connecticut (MA)
Yale University (PhD)
SpouseDana (2 children)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1996)
Oliver Buckley Prize (1981)
Simon Memorial Prize (1976)
Buckley Prize (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCornell University
Texas A&M University (2009-present)
Doctoral advisorHenry A. Fairbank

David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3."[1] Lee is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University.[2] [3]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  2. ^ "David Lee | Department of Physics Cornell Arts & Sciences".
  3. ^ "David Lee - Faculty Member | TAMU Physics & Astronomy". 30 September 2019.