Sheldon Schultz
| Sheldon Schultz | |
|---|---|
| Schultz in 1972 | |
| Born | January 21, 1933 New York City, U.S. | 
| Died | January 31, 2017 (aged 84) San Diego, California, U.S. | 
| Alma mater | |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics | 
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego | 
| Thesis | Cross-sections for the excitation of the metastable 2s state of atomic hydrogen (1960) | 
| Doctoral advisor | 
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| Doctoral students | David R. Smith | 
Sheldon "Shelly" Schultz (January 21, 1933 – January 31, 2017) was an American physicist, who was a professor at University of California, San Diego. Best known for his contributions to the discovery of metamaterials and negative-index media, he served as the Director of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at UCSD from 1990 to 2000.