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Biography

AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjects

Relationships

PeopleInstitutions

Andrew J. Millis

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Dates

1961 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Millis, Andrew J.

Biography

Abstract

Andrew Millis is a Professor of Physics at Columbia University (2002-present). His other institutional affiliations include Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include many-body physics, quantum critical phenomena, superconductivity, and nonequilibrium phenomena.

Important Dates

1961Birth.

1982Obtained AB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).

1983Obtained Certificate, Advanced Study of Mathematics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).

1986Obtained PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).

1986 – 1996Member, Technical Staff, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1996Visiting Professor, University of Bonn.

1996 – 1998Associate Professor to Professor of Physics (1996-1997) and Professor of Physics (1997-1998), Johns Hopkins University.

1999Fellow, American Physical Society.

1999 – 2001Professor of Physics, Rutgers University.

1999 – 2003Member (1999-2003) and Chair (2001-2002), Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.

2000 – 2002Associate Director, University of Maryland-Rutgers Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Rutgers University.

2002 – presentProfessor of Physics (2002-present) and Chair, Department of Physics (2006-2009), Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).

2013Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Occupation

Theoretical condensed matter physicist.

Places

Undergraduate Education

Cambridge (Mass.)

Graduate Education

Cambridge (England)

Cambridge (Mass.)

Employment

Murray Hill (N.J.)

New York (N.Y.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Superconductivity.

Theoretical physics.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Abrahams, Elihu

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Al'tshuler, B. L.

Both employed at Columbia University.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

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

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Chaudhari, Praveen, 1937-

Both employed at Columbia University.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Christ, Norman

Both employed at Columbia University.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Cohen, Morrel H.

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Devons, Samuel

Both employed at Columbia University.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Giacconi, Riccardo

Both employed at Johns Hopkins University.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Kahn, Steven Michael

Both employed at Columbia University.

Lebowitz, Joel Louis, 1930-

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Lee, T. D., 1926-

Both employed at Columbia University.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Columbia University and AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Ruderman, Malvin A.

Both employed at Columbia University.

Schwartz, Melvin, 1932-2006

Both employed at Columbia University.

Sciulli, Frank J.

Both employed at Columbia University.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories and Columbia University.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

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

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Weinberg, Erick J.

Both employed at Columbia University.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Zamolodchikov, A. B., 1952-

Both employed at Rutgers University.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Member, Technical staff.

Columbia University. Department of Physics

Department Chair and Professor of Physics.

Johns Hopkins University. Department of Physics

Associate Professor to Professor of Physics.

Rutgers University. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Physics and Associate Director, University of Maryland-Rutgers Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

Universität Bonn

Visiting Professor.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow.

American Physical Society

Fellow.

Harvard University. Department of Physics

Obtained AB (1982).

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Member and Chair, Advisory Board.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD (1986).

Materials Research Society

University of Cambridge. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Certificate, Advanced Study of Mathematics.

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