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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsA. H. MacDonald
Dates
December 1, 1951 – present
Authorized Form of Name
MacDonald, A. H.
Additional Forms of Names
MacDonald, Allan H.
MacDonald, Allan Hugh
Biography
Abstract
Allan H. MacDonald is Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair at the University of Texas, Austin (2000-present). Other institutional affiliations include Indiana University and the National Research Council Canada. His research interests include condensed matter theory and electron-electron interactions.
Important Dates
December 1, 1951Birth, Antigonish (N.S.).
1973Obtained BSc, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish (N.S.).
1974Obtained MSc, University of Toronto, Toronto (Ont.).
1978Obtained PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto (Ont.).
1978 – 1987Research Associate (1978-1980); Assistant Research Officer (1980-1982); and Associate Research Officer (1982-1987), National Research Council Canada, Ottawa (Ont.).
1986 – 1987Chair, Condensed Matter Division, Canadian Association of Physicists.
1987Awarded Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists.
1987 – 2000Professor of Physics (1987-1992) and Distinguished Professor of Physics (1992-2000), Indiana University, Bloomington (Ind.).
1994Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters.
1995 – 1999Member, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter Physics, American Physical Society.
2000 – presentSid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin (Tex.).
2003 – 2006Member, Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2007Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
2010Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Electron-electron interactions.
Relationships
People
Family
MacDonald, Brendan
Son.
MacDonald, Erin
Daughter.
MacDonald, Susan
Wife. Married 1974.
Advisors & Collaborators
Barlas, Yafis
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Role of electron -electron interactions in Chiral 2DEGs."
Garate, Ion
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Nonequilibrium order parameter dynamics in spin and pseudospin ferromagnets."
Haney, Paul M.
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Spintronics in ferromagnets and antiferromagnets from first principles."
Lee, Wei Cheng
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Electronic properties of strongly correlated layered oxides."
Nunez, Alvaro S.
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Interaction between collective coordinates and quasiparticles in spintronic devices."
Rossi, Enrico
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Fluctuations and dissipation of collective dynamics in spin and pseudospin ferromagnets."
Shim, Yun Pil
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Pair condensation in polarized fermion systems."
Su, Jung Jung
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Excitonic condensation in bilayer systems."
Tilahun, Dagim
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Strong correlations in bosons and fermions."
Trinidad, Janice A.
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Electrical transport through one-dimensional metallic nanoparticle arrays."
Vosko, Seymour H., 1929-1995
PhD advisor at University of Toronto, "On the relativistic density functional formalism."
Wang, Cheng Ching
Advised by MacDonald at University of Texas, Austin, "Two problems in many-body physics."
Colleagues
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at University of Texas, Austin.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at University of Texas, Austin.
Both employed at University of Texas, Austin.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at University of Texas, Austin.
Institutions
Major Positions
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
National Research Council of Canada
Research Associate; Assistant Research Officer; and Associate Research Officer.
University of Texas at Austin. Department of Physics
Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters; Member, Executive Committee, Division of Condensed Matter Physics; and received 2007 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Canadian Association of Physicists
Chair, Condensed Matter Division and Awarded Herzberg Medal.
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
St. Francis Xavier University
Obtained BSc (1973).
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
Obtained MSc (1974) and PhD in Physics (1978).