Carl M. Bender

Carl M. Bender (born 1943) is Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.[1]

He received his A.B. in 1964 from Cornell University, where he graduated summa cum laude and with Distinction in All Subjects. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D in physics from Harvard University in 1965 and 1969, respectively.[2]

Bender specializes in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, black holes, global warming and theoretical physics. He also enjoys debunking scientific myths and the physics of the Star Wars series. He is an expert on lower dimensional quantum field theories, which he refers to as "country-style quantum physics".[3]

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Awards

He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 for his work in lower dimensional quantum field theory.[4]

In 1978 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is an Ulam Fellow, and he received the Fulbright Fellowship and Lady Davis Fellowship in 1995.[5][6]

Works

References

  1. ^ http://wuphys.wustl.edu/~cmb/cmbvita.html
  2. ^ http://wupa.wustl.edu/record_archive/1997/12-11-97/7206.html
  3. ^ http://www.physics.wustl.edu/Fac/BenderResearch.html
  4. ^ http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=b&page=10
  5. ^ http://faculty-teaching.artsci.wustl.edu/speakers/bender
  6. ^ http://www.physics.wustl.edu/people/bender_carl

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