William P. Halperin | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 16, 1945 Ottawa |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, academic, and researcher |
| Awards | National Research Council Fellowship (Canada) Alfred P. Sloan Fellow Fellow, American Physical Society E. LeRoy Hall, Distinguished Teaching Award Fritz London Memorial Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Queen’s University University of Toronto Cornell University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
William P. Halperin is a Canadian-American physicist, academic, and researcher. He is the Orrington Lunt Professor of Physics at Northwestern University.[1]
Halperin is an experimentalist in condensed matter physics specializing in ultra-low temperature investigations of quantum liquids and solids, notably liquid and solid 3He (the light isotope of helium), superconducting quantum materials and unconventional superconductivity, magnetic compounds, highly porous materials including aerogels, porous glasses and cements. He has developed specialized acoustic techniques for very low temperatures as well as applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for very high magnetic fields.[2]
Halperin is a fellow and life member of the American Physical Society (APS) and life member of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) of the APS. He was elected chair of DCMP in 2017,[3] and was elected to the Administrative Council of the APS for the period 2020–2024. He has served as an Editor for Progress in Low Temperature Physics (volumes 14–16).[4]