Eugene J. Mele
Eugene John Mele | |
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| Born | October 16, 1950 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph’s University (B.S., 1972) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D, 1978) |
| Known for | quantum spin Hall effect |
| Awards | Ira Abrams Award for Distinguished Teaching (1998) Franklin Medal (2015) Fontiers of Knowledge Award (2018) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2019) John Scott Medal (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Xerox Webster Research Center University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral students | Dina Zhabinskaya Paul Michalski Jesse Kinder Ahmed Maarouf Michael V. Pykhtin Chengyu Wei Suklyun Hong Maneesh Deshpande C. Stephen Hellberg Myung Ho Kang Han-Yong. Choi Oscar L. Alerhand Geoffrey W. Hayden David P. DiVincenzo |
Eugene John "Gene" Mele is a professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he researches quantum electric phenomena in condensed matter.