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Biography

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Relationships

PeopleInstitutions

Resources

Published as Author

J. C. Phillips

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Dates

March 9, 1933 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Phillips, J. C.

Additional Forms of Names

Phillips, J. C. (James Charles), 1933-

Phillips, James C. (James Charles)

Phillips, James C., 1933-

Phillips, James Charles

Phillips, James Charles, 1933-

Biography

Abstract

Ph.D. in Physics from University of Chicago, 1956. Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics at University of Chicago, 1960-1968; Member of technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1969-2001; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Physics at Rutgers University, 2002-present.

Important Dates

March 9, 1933Birth, New Orleans (La.).

1953Received B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).

1956Received Ph.D. in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).

1956 – 1958Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories.

1958 – 1959National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow in Physics, University of California, Berkeley.

1959 – 1960National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow in Physics, University of Cambridge.

1960 – 1968Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).

1962 – 1963National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow in Physics, University of Cambridge.

1966 – 1967National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow in Physics, University of Cambridge.

1969 – 1984Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1972Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society (APS).

1977Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1984 – 1997Member, Technical staff, AT & T Bell Laboratories.

1997 – 2001Member, Technical staff, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Innovations.

2002 – presentDistinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (N.J.).

Occupation

Semiconductor and superconductor physicist.

Places

Birth

New Orleans (La.)

Undergraduate Education

Chicago (Ill.)

Graduate Education

Chicago (Ill.)

Employment

Chicago (Ill.)

Murray Hill (N.J.)

New Brunswick (N.J.)

Subjects

Semiconductors.

Superconductivity.

Superconductors.

Relationships

People

Family

Phillips, Joanna

Wife.

Advisors & Collaborators

Cohen, Marvin L.

Advised by Phillips at University of Chicago on superconductivity.

Cohen, Morrel H.

Ph.D. advisor at University of Chicago on critical points and lattice vibration spectra. Both employed at University of Chicago and Rutgers University.

Colleagues

Abrahams, Elihu

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ahlers, G. (Günter)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Boyle, Willard S., 1924-2011

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bradbury, Norris, 1909-1997

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Manhattan Project.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Rutgers University and Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chamberlain, O. (Owen)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chew, Geoffrey F.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Chu, Ching-wu, 1941-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Crewe, Albert V.

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Cutler, Cassius Chapin

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Darlington, Sidney, 1906-1997

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

David, Edward E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Emery, V. J. (Victor J.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Falicov, L. M. (Leopoldo Maximo), 1933-1995

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Fano, Ugo

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Feher, George, 1924-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Franck, James, 1882-1964

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Fritzsche, Hellmut

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Galt, John Kirtland, 1920-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Glaser, D. A.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Goldhaber, Gerson

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Halperin, Bertrand I.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Herring, William Conyers, 1914-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Jeffries, C. D., 1922-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kelly, Mervin Joe

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kompfner, Rudolf, 1909-1977

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Koshiba, Masatoshi, 1926-2020

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Lander, James J., 1914-1996

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Langenberg, D. N., 1932-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Lax, Melvin J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lebowitz, Joel Louis, 1930-

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Mandelstam, Stanley

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Matthias, Bernd T., 1918-1980

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

McMillan, William L.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Moyer, Burton J., 1912-1973

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Mulliken, Robert Sanderson

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Nambu, Yoichiro, 1921-2015

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.

Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ross, Ian M. (Ian Munro)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ruderman, Malvin A.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Segrè, Emilio

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Steiner, Herbert M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Szilard, Leo

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.

Tauc, J. (Jan)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Telegdi, Val, 1922-2006

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Tinkham, Michael

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Watson, Kenneth M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Wentzel, Gregor, 1898-1978

Both employed at University of Chicago.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Zamolodchikov, A. B., 1952-

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Member, Technical staff.

Bell Labs Innovations

Member, Technical staff.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical staff.

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Fellow in Physics at University of California, Berkeley and University of Cambridge.

Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Distinguished Visiting Professor.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow.

University of Cambridge. Department of Physics

National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow.

University of Chicago. Department of Physics

Obtained B.S. in 1953 and Ph.D. in 1956. Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Resources

Published Resources

Author

Bonds and bands in semiconductors, [by] J.C. Phillips.

Phase transitions and self-organization in electronic and molecular networks / edited by J.C. Phillips and M.F. Thorpe.