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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJohn David Reppy
Dates
February 16, 1931 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Reppy, John David
Biography
Abstract
John Reppy is John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics at Cornell University (1987-present). Other institutional affiliations include Yale University. His research interests include low temperature physics; bose condensation; critical phenomena; superfluidity in 4He, 3He and the supersolids; low dimensional systems; and space science.
Important Dates
February 16, 1931Birth, Lakewood (N.J.).
1954Obtained BA, University of Connecticut, Storrs (Conn.).
1956Obtained MS, University of Connecticut, Storrs (Conn.).
1961Obtained PhD in Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1961 – 1962National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow in Physics, Oxford University.
1962 – 1966Assistant Professor of Physics, Yale University.
1966 – presentAssociate Professor to Professor of Physics (1966-1987) and John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics (1987-present), Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1988Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Low temperature physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Advised by Reppy at Cornell University, "Superfluidity in reduced dimensionality systems."
Advised by Reppy at Cornell University, "Superfluidity of thin He4 films."
Lane, Cecil Taverner, 1904-
PhD advisor at Yale University, "Behavior of Rotating Liquid Helium."
Colleagues
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Associate Professor to Professor of Physics and John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained PhD (1961). Assistant Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Connecticut. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1954) and MS (1956).