Charles L. Kane
| Charles L. Kane | |
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| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Theoretical condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago |
| Notable awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2012) |
Charles L. Kane is a theoretical condensed matter physicist and the Class of 1965 Endowed Term Chair Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a B.S. in physics at the University of Chicago in 1985 and his Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania he was a postdoctoral associate at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center.
Kane is notable for theoretically predicting the quantum spin Hall effect and what would later be known as topological insulators.[1]
He received the 2012 Dirac Prize, along with Shoucheng Zhang and Duncan Haldane, for their groundbreaking work on two- and three-dimensional topological insulators.[2][3] In the same year he was also chosen for the inaugural class of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences Simons Investigators.[4][5] He also shared one of the 2013 Physics Frontiers prizes with Laurens Molenkamp and Shoucheng Zhang for their work on topological insulators.[6]
References
- ↑ Brumfiel, Geoff (2010-07-14). "Topological insulators: Star material". Nature News 466 (7304): 310–311. doi:10.1038/466310a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20631773. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ↑ Dirac prize citation - 2012
- ↑ Durrani, Matin. "Condensed-matter trio scoop Dirac prize - physicsworld.com". Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ↑ Simons Investigators
- ↑ Penn’s Charles Kane Named Simons Investigator and Awarded $500,000 Grant
- ↑ Hamish Johnston. "Higgs hunters and Stephen Hawking bag new $3m prizes - physicsworld.com". Retrieved 2013-02-06.