Douglas Osheroff | |
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 Osheroff in 2011 | |
| Born | Douglas Dean Osheroff August 1, 1945 Aberdeen, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (B.S.), Cornell University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Discovering superfluidity in Helium-3 |
| Spouse |
Phyllis Liu (m. 1970) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1996) Simon Memorial Prize (1976) Buckley Prize (1981) MacArthur Fellowship Program (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Experimental Physics, Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institutions | Stanford University Bell Labs |
| Doctoral advisor | David Lee |
Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is an American physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson.[1] Osheroff is currently the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Stanford University.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-10-04.