J. Michael Kosterlitz
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Kosterlitz at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016 | |
| Born | John Michael Kosterlitz June 22, 1943 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Known for | Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition KTHNY theory |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | Brown University University of Birmingham Cornell University |
| Thesis | Problems in strong interaction physics (1969) |
| Academic advisors | David Thouless (postdoc) |
| Website | vivo |
John Michael Kosterlitz (born June 22, 1943) is a Scottish-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.