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| Born | August 1, 1945 Aberdeen, Washington |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | Cornell |
| Known for | superfluidic |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is an American physicist. His father was the son of Jewish immigrants who left Russia and his mother was the daughter of Slovak immigrants.[1]
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson for discovering the superfluid phase of 3He. This discovery was made in 1971, while Osheroff was a graduate student at Cornell.
Osheroff, born in Aberdeen, Washington, earned his Bachelor's degree in 1967 from Caltech, where he was a student of Richard Feynman and did undergraduate research for Gerry Neugebauer. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973.
He now teaches at Stanford University in the Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, where he served as chair for a period of time. His research is focused on phenomena that occur at extremely low temperatures.
Osheroff was selected to serve on the Space Shuttle Columbia investigation panel, serving much the same role as Richard Feynman did on the Space Shuttle Challenger panel.
He currently serves on the board of advisors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government.
Osheroff is left-handed, and he often blames his slight quirks and eccentricities on it. He is also an avid photographer and introduces students at Stanford to medium-format film photography in a freshman seminar titled "The Technical Aspects of Photography." In addition, he has taught the Stanford introductory physics course on electricity and magnetism on multiple occasions, most recently in Spring 2008, as well as undergraduate labs on low temperature physics.
See also
External links
- Photograph, Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Nobel Physics Prize Winners 1996
- Nobel autobiography
- Stanford Physics Department - Osheroff
- Osheroff Learning of his Nobel Prize - Osheroff released this recording from his answering machine, which showed his initial annoyance with a 2.30am phone call.
- Freeview video interview with Douglas Osheroff by the Vega Science Trust
- Curriculum vitae; awards; quotations on learning, physics, politics, global warming and pizza; links and more
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