Robert Cava

Robert Cava
Cava in 2016
Born1951 (age 72–73)[4]
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsSolid-state chemistry[1]
Institutions
ThesisA study of the mobile ions in several binary fast ion conductors (1978)
Doctoral advisorBernhardt J. Wuensch[2]
Doctoral studentsLeslie Schoop[3]
Other notable studentsHemamala Karunadasa
Websitechemistry.princeton.edu/faculty/cava Edit this at Wikidata

Robert Joseph Cava (born 1951)[4] is a solid-state chemist at Princeton University where he holds the title Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry.[5] Previously, Professor Cava worked as a staff scientist at Bell labs from 1979–1996, where earned the title of Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. As of 2016 his research investigates topological insulators, semimetals, superconductors, frustrated magnets and thermoelectrics.[1][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Cava Laboratory: Solid State Chemistry Research Group". Princeton, New Jersey: princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-05-01.
  2. ^ "Cava Lab: Professor Robert J. Cava". princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ^ Schoop, Leslie Mareike (2015). The search for superconductors through solid state chemistry. princeton.edu (PhD thesis). Princeton University. OCLC 910543837. ProQuest 1658219761.
  4. ^ a b "Robert J. Cava (born 1951)" (PDF). Gdansk: pg.edu.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-31.
  5. ^ CV in Princeton
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference cv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Robert Cava publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Oral history interview transcript for Robert Cava on 9 April 2021, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives