Michael Cohen (physicist)
Michael Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 9, 1930 |
| Died | June 30, 2024 (aged 94) |
| Education | Cornell University (B.S.) Caltech (PhD) |
| Honours | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Aspen Center for Physics (co-founder) |
| Thesis | The Energy Spectrum of the Excitations in Liquid Helium (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Feynman |
Michael Cohen (May 9, 1930-June 30, 2024) was an American condensed matter physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked on theoretical understanding of liquid helium, ferroelectrics, and biological membranes using quantum mechanics.
He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and co-founder and Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP), described as a "utopia for physicists."