Bertrand Halperin
Bert Halperin | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 6, 1941 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Hexatic phase Quantum Hall effect KTHNY theory |
| Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1982) Lars Onsager Prize (2001) Wolf Prize in Physics (2003) APS Medal (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | John J. Hopfield |
| Doctoral students | Catherine Kallin |
Bertrand I. Halperin (born December 6, 1941) is an American physicist, former holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at the physics department of Harvard University. In 2006, he received the Wolf Prize in Physics for his various contribution to condensed matter physics, including work on KTHNY theory for two-dimensional melting.