Steven Kivelson
Steven Kivelson | |
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| Born | Steven Allan Kivelson May 13, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Mother | Margaret Kivelson |
| Awards | Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | UCSB UCLA Stanford University |
| Thesis | Studies of the Electronic Properties of Localized States in Disordered Insulators (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | C. Daniel Gelatt, Jr. |
| Doctoral students | Erica Carlson Shivaji Sondhi |
Steven Allan Kivelson (born May 13, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist known for several major contributions to condensed matter physics. He is the Prabhu Goel Family Professor at Stanford University. Before joining Stanford in 2004, he was a professor of physics at the University of California at Los Angeles. Kivelson is known for his theoretical work on high-temperature superconductivity and correlated systems.