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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsSteven Kivelson
Dates
May 13, 1954 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Kivelson, Steven
Additional Forms of Names
Kivelson, Steven A.
Kivelson, Steven Allan
Biography
Abstract
Steven Kivelson is Prabhu Goel Family Professor of Physics at Stanford University (2004-present). Other institutional affiliations include University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include condensed matter physics and new states of matter.
Important Dates
May 13, 1954Birth, Boston (Mass.).
1975Obtained AB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1977Obtained AM, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1979Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania.
1979Obtained PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1981 – 1989Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara (Calif.).
1989 – 2004Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
2004 – presentProfessor of Physics, Stanford University, Palo Alto (Calif.).
2006 – 2009Member, Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2010Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Berg, Erez
Advised by Kivelson at Stanford University, "Order and fluctuations in the cuprate high temperature superconductors."
Bindloss, Ian P.
Advised by Kivelson at University of California, Los Angeles, "Theory of the quasi-one-dimensional electron gas coupled to phonons."
Carlson, Erica W.
Advised by Kivelson at University of California, Los Angeles, "Phase ordering and stripes in strongly correlated superconductors."
Jamei, Reza
Advised by Kivelson at Stanford University, "Electronic inhomogeneities in two dimensions."
Ku, Li-Chung
Advised by Kivelson at University of California, Los Angeles, "Statics and dynamics of the Holstein and Jahn-Teller polarons."
Oganesyan, Vadim
Advised by Kivelson at University of California, Los Angeles, "Quantum Liquid Crystals."
PhD advisor at Harvard University, "Studies of the Electronic Properties of Localized Stages in Disordered Insulators." Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Tsai, Wei-Feng
Advised by Kivelson at University of California, Los Angeles, "Inhomogeneous Hubbard models."
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Dawson, J. M. (John Myrick), 1930-
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Primakoff, H. (Henry), 1914-1983
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Physics
Fellow.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Fellow.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1975), AM (1977), and PhD in Physics (1979).
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.