Peter Littlewood

Peter Littlewood
Born (1955-05-18) May 18, 1955 (age 69)[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forpolariton condensation, correlated oxides
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorVolker Heine
Notable students
Websitewww.anl.gov/contributors/peter-b-littlewood

Peter Brent Littlewood, FRS[2] (born 18 May 1955)[1] is a British physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. He was the 12th Director of Argonne National Laboratory. He previously headed the Cavendish Laboratory as well as the Theory of Condensed Matter group and the Theoretical Physics Research department at Bell Laboratories.[3][4][5] Littlewood serves as the founding chair of the board of trustees of the Faraday Institution.

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  2. ^ "Peter Littlewood". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ "Professor Peter Littlewood". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ^ Mathur, N.; Littlewood, P. (2003). "Mesoscopic texture in manganites". Physics Today. 56 (1): 25–30. Bibcode:2003PhT....56a..25M. doi:10.1063/1.1554133.
  5. ^ Mathur, N.; Littlewood, P. (2004). "Nanotechnology: The third way". Nature Materials. 3 (4): 207–9. Bibcode:2004NatMa...3..207M. doi:10.1038/nmat1108. PMID 15085858. S2CID 34783620.