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Dates
April 26, 1947 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Joannopoulos, J. D. (John D.), 1947-
Additional Forms of Names
Joannopoulos, John D.
Joannopoulos, John D., 1947-
John D. Joannopoulos is Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974-present). His research interests include optics and electronic structure.
April 26, 1947Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1968Obtained BA, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1974Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1974 – presentAssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1974-1983); Professor of Physics (1983-1995); and Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics (1996-present), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
2009Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Condensed matter physicist.
Arias, Tomas A.
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
PhD advisor at University of California, Berkeley, "Electronic structure of complex crystalline and amorphous semiconductors."
Huang, K. C.
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "The rise and fall of structure in physics: polaritonic photonic crystals, melting, and min-protein oscillations."
Ismail-Beigi, S. (Sohrab)
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "New perspectives on ab initio calculation and physical insights gained through linkage to continuum theories."
Johnson, Steven G., 1973-
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "Photonic crystals: from theory to practice."
Kaxiras, Efthimios
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "Ab Initio theory of polar surfaces of binary compound semiconductors."
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "The structure and excitations of amorphous solids and surfaces."
Rappe, Andrew M.
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "AB initio theoretical studies of transition-metal, molecular, and photonic band-gap materials."
Stone, A. Douglas, 1954-
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "Localization and low temperature transport in disordered one-dimensional systems."
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Benedek, George Bernard, 1928-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Bertschinger, Edmund William
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Keyes, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1885-1976
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Livingston, M. Stanley (Milton Stanley)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Moniz, E.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stanley, H. Eugene (Harry Eugene), 1941-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Tarnow, Eugen
Advised by Joannopoulos at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ting, S. C. C. (Samuel Chao-chung), 1936-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; and Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained BA and PhD in Physics (1974).