Phillip J. Stiles

Biography

Abstract

Phillip Stiles is Professor Emeritus of Physics at North Carolina State University (1998-present). Other institutional affiliations include Brown University and International Business Machines (IBM). His research interests include experimental investigation of the electronic properties of semiconductors and metals to determine what physics dominates behavior; and electronic properties of metals, semiconductors and lower dimensional systems.

Important Dates

October 31, 1934Birth, Manchester (Conn.).

1956Obtained BS, Trinity College, Hartford (Conn.).

1961Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).

1961 – 1962Fellow and Research Associate in Physics, University of Pennsylvania.

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

1963 – 1970Researcher, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, International Business Machines (IBM), Yorktown Heights (N.Y.).

1970 – 1993Professor of Physics (1970-1993); Chair, Department of Physics (1974-1980); and Dean, Research and Graduate School (1986-1993), Brown University, Providence (R.I.).

1976 – 1980Visiting Scientist, Technical University of Munich.

1983 – 1984Visiting Senior Fellow, Cambridge University.

1988Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

1993 – presentProvost and Vice Chancellor (1993-1998) and Professor Emeritus of Physics (1998-present), North Carolina State University, Raleigh (N.C.).

Occupation

Solid state physicist.

Places

Birth

Manchester (Conn.)

Undergraduate Education

Hartford (Conn.)

Graduate Education

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Employment

Yorktown Heights (N.Y.)

Providence (R.I.)

Raleigh (N.C.)

Subjects

Semiconductors.

Solid state physics.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Anderson, A. G. (Arthur George), 1926-

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Burstein, Elias, 1917-2017

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Callen, Herbert B.

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Cardona, Manuel, 1934-

Both employed at Brown University.

Chang, Leroy L.

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-

Both employed at Brown University.

Esaki, Reona, 1925-

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Garwin, Richard L.

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Gutzwiller, M. C. (Martin C.)

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Kadanoff, Leo P.

Both employed at Brown University.

Langenberg, D. N., 1932-

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Lubensky, T. C.

Both employed at Brown University.

Massey, Walter E.

Both employed at Brown University.

Nagel, Sidney R.

Both employed at Brown University.

Primakoff, H. (Henry), 1914-1983

Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.

Read, Nicholas

Both employed at Brown University.

Sorokin, Peter P.

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Tauc, J. (Jan)

Both employed at Brown University.

Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth, 1903-1992

Both employed at Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center.

Institutions

Major Positions

Brown University

Dean, Research and Graduate School.

Brown University. Department of Physics

Professor of Physics and Department Chair.

North Carolina State University

Provost and Vice Chancellor.

North Carolina State University. Department of Physics

Professor Emeritus of Physics.

Technische Universität München

Visiting Scientist.

Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center

Researcher.

University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Obtained PhD (1961). Fellow and Research Associate in Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 1988 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)

Obtained BS (1956).

University of Cambridge. Department of Physics

National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow and Visiting Senior Fellow.

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