Matthew P. A. Fisher
| Matthew P. A. Fisher | |
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| Born |
19 May 1960 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British American |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of California Santa Barbara |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Notable awards |
Alan T. Waterman Award (1995) Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2015) |
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Matthew P. A. Fisher is a theoretical condensed matter physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He completed his bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Cornell University in 1981 and earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986. He was awarded the Alan T. Waterman Award in 1995, and in 2015 he was a recipient of the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize for his work on the superconductor-insulator transition. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2012. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is the son of English physicist Michael E. Fisher, and brother of American physicist Daniel S. Fisher.
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