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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJainendra K. Jain
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
Jain, Jainendra K.
Additional Forms of Names
Jain, Jainendra Kumar
Biography
Abstract
Jainendra Jain is Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University (1998-present). Other institutional affiliations include State University of New York, Stony Brook and Yale University. His research interests include fermions and condensed matter.
Important Dates
1979Obtained BSc, University of Rajasthan (Maharaja College), Jaipur (India).
1981Obtained MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur (India).
1985Obtained PhD, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook (N.Y.).
1985 – 1989Research Associate, University of Maryland and Yale University.
1989 – 1998Assistant Professor of Physics (1989-1993); Associate Professor of Physics (1993-1997); and Professor of Physics (1997-1998), State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook (N.Y.).
1998 – presentErwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College (Pa.).
2002Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Yale University.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Both employed at Yale University.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at University of Maryland.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Institutions
Major Positions
Pennsylvania State University. Department of Physics
Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1985). Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
University of Maryland at College Park. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Associate.
Yale University. Physics Department
Research Associate.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2002 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Obtained MSc (1981).
University of Rajasthan. Department of Physics
Obtained BSc (1979).