James P. Eisenstein

Biography

Abstract

James P. Eisenstein is Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1996-present). Other institutional affiliations include Bell Laboratories and Williams College. His research interests include the quantum Hall effect and graphene.

Important Dates

May 15, 1952Birth, St. Louis (Mo.).

1974Obtained BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin (Ohio).

1980Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1980 – 1985Assistant Professor of Physics, Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.).

1983 – 1984Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1984 – 1996Postdoctoral Member, Technical Staff (1984-1985) and Member, Technical Staff (1985-1996), AT & T Bell Laboratories.

1992Fellow, American Physical Society.

1996 – 1999Member, Panel on Assessment of NIST Programs, National Research Council.

1996 – presentProfessor of Physics (1996-2004) and Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics (2004-present), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).

2000 – 2007Member, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Research Council.

2005Member, National Academy of Sciences.

2007Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Condensed matter physicist.

Places

Birth

St. Louis (Mo.)

Undergraduate Education

Oberlin (Ohio)

Graduate Education

Berkeley (Calif.)

Employment

Williamstown (Mass.)

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Pasadena (Calif.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Graphene.

Quantum Hall effect.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

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

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Boehm, Felix

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

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

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Christy, Robert F.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Deser, S. (Stanley)

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Everhart, Thomas E.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Gell-Mann, Murray

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Kimble, H. Jeff (Harry Jeffrey), 1949-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Koonin, Steven E.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Lange, Andrew

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Leighton, Robert B.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Mayo, John S.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

McKeown, R. D.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

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 Bell Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Politzer, H. David, 1949-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Ross, Ian M. (Ian Munro)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Schwarz, John H.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Stanzione, Daniel C.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Thorne, Kip S.

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Wise, Mark B., 1953-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Yariv, Amnon

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Ye, Jun, 1967-

Both employed at California Institute of Technology.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Postdoctoral Member and Member, Technical staff.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Postdoctoral member, Technical staff.

California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science

Frank J. Roshek Professor of Applied Physics.

California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

Professor of Physics and Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics.

Williams College. Department of Physics

Assistant Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Fellow and received 2007 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Member, Panel on Assessment of NIST Programs and Member, Solid State Sciences Commitee.

Oberlin College. Department of Physics

Obtained BA (1974).

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD in Physics (1980).

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