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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsBarry M. McCoy
Dates
December 14, 1940 – present
Authorized Form of Name
McCoy, Barry M.
Biography
Abstract
Barry McCoy is Distinguished Professor of Physics at State University of New York, Stony Brook (1979-present). His research interests include classical statistical mechanics, integrable models and conformal field theories.
Important Dates
December 14, 1940Birth, Trenton (N.J.).
1963Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1967Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1967 – presentResearch Associate (1967-1969); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1969-1979); and Professor to Distinguished Professor of Physics (1979-present), State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook (N.Y.).
1999Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
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 State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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 State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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 State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Institutions
Major Positions
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Research Associate; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor to Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1999 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1963).
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1967).