David Nelson (physicist)
David Robert Nelson (born May 9, 1951 in Stuttgart ) is an American physicist .
Nelson received the 1972 AB with summa cum laude at the Cornell University , Ithaca . In 1974 the MS followed and in 1975 the Ph.D. in physics. Since 1997 he has been a professor at Harvard University in Cambridge.
His research focus is condensed matter . Together with Bertrand Halperin , he developed the theory of displacement-mediated melting in two dimensions.
Awards
- 1987 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 1988 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Harvard Ledlie Prize from Harvard University
- 1993–1994 Guggenheim Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
- 1986 NAS Award for Initiatives in Research from the National Academy of Sciences
- 1984–1989 MacArthur Fellowship
- 1979–1983 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Selected publications
- Nelson: Defects and Geometry in Condensed Matter Physics. Cambridge University Press 2002
- DR Nelson and BI Halperin: Dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions. In: Physical Review B. Volume 19, 1979, p. 2457.
- DR Nelson: Order frustration and defects in liquids and glasses. In: Physical Review B. Volume 28, 1983, p. 5515.
- DR Nelson and L. Peliti: Fluctuations in membranes with crystalline and hexatic order. In: Journal de Physique. Volume 48, 1987, p. 1085.
- DR Nelson: Vortex entanglement in high temperature superconductors. In: Physical Review Letters. Volume 60, 1988, p. 1973.
- DR Nelson and V. Vinokur: Boson localization and correlated pinning of superconducting vortex arrays. In: Physical Review B. Volume 48, 1993, p. 13060.
- N. Hatano and DR Nelson: Vortex pinning and non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. In: Physical Review B. Volume 56, 1997, p. 8651.
- DR Nelson and N. Shnerb: Non-Hermitian localization and population biology. In: Physical Review E. Volume 58, 1998, p. 1383.
- D. Lubensky and DR Nelson: Single molecule statistics and the polynucleotide unzipping transition. In: Physical Review E. Volume 65, 2002, p. 03917.
Web links
Commons : David Robert Nelson - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- David R. Nelson . Harvard University. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
- DNA unzipping and motor proteins: Effect of the genetic code . LMU Munich. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nelson, David |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nelson, David Robert; Nelson, David R. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |