John Joannopoulos | |
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| Born | April 26, 1947 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Thesis | Electronic structure of complex crystalline and amorphous semiconductors (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marvin L. Cohen |
| Doctoral students | |
John D. Joannopoulos (born April 26, 1947) is an American physicist, focused in condensed matter theory. He is currently the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S), and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Physical Society (APS).