B.S., 1982, Massachusets Institute of Technology. Ph.D., 1987, Harvard University. Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 1987-89. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1989-95. Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1995-2003. Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2003-present. Visiting appointments at: Institute for Theoretical Physics, U.C. Santa Barbara; Centre d'Energie Atomiquie (Saclay), Paris, France; University of Montreal; University of Paris at Jussieu, University Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK. Galileo Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Florence, Italy; Ecole Normal Superieur, Paris, France; CBPF, Rio de Janeiro, IIP, Natal, Brazil. Phi Beta Kappa, 1982. Alfred P. Sloan foundation Fellow, 1992. National Young Investigator Award, 1993.

Research Areas
Quantum field theory for condensed matter, mathematical physics, cold atoms, topological insulators, integrable systems

Current Research

Cold atoms. Quantum gases in the unitary limit. BEC/BCS crossover. Topological insulators.

Graduate students
John Stout