Douglas Osheroff

Douglas Osheroff
Osheroff in 2011
Born
Douglas Dean Osheroff

(1945-08-01) August 1, 1945 (age 79)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (B.S.), Cornell University (Ph.D.)
Known forDiscovering superfluidity in Helium-3
Spouse
Phyllis Liu
(m. 1970)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1996)
Simon Memorial Prize (1976)
Buckley Prize (1981)
MacArthur Fellowship Program (1981)
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
InstitutionsStanford University
Bell Labs
Doctoral advisorDavid 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.

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1996". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-10-04.