John D. Joannopoulos
John Dimitris Joannopoulos (born April 26, 1947 in New York City ) is an American physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was able to contribute significantly to the field of nanophotonics , which he enriched with the approach of " numerical experiments " ( ab initio calculations ).
Joannopoulos received a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1974 there. in physics . In the same year he received his first professorship (assistant professor) at MIT , and in 1978 he became an associate professor . He has held a full professorship since 1983, and has been Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics since 1996. Since 2006 Joannopoulos has also been Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies .
Joannopoulos deals with the theoretical description of geometric, electronic and dynamic properties of various materials on a microscopic level. In addition, he develops materials from the class of photonic crystals , with which light can be controlled very easily and have properties that cannot be achieved with conventional optics.
Joannopoulos has more than 590 scientific publications , is the author of three specialist books, owner of more than 80 patents and co-founder of four start-up companies . He was an editor of Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics .
Awards (selection)
- 1976 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
- 1981 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1983 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2002 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2009 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Max Born Award from the Optical Society
- 2015 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society
- 2015 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Web links
- John D. Joannopoulos at the Department of Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
- The Joannopoulos Research Group at MIT (mit.edu)
- Bio - Joannopoulos at the Research Laboratory of Electronics (rle.mit.edu)
- Prof. John D. Joannopoulos at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (isnweb.mit.edu)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JD Joannopoulos. In: Physics History Network. American Institute of Physics, accessed November 6, 2018.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - John D. Joannopoulos. In: gf.org. Accessed March 5, 2018 .
- ↑ John Joannopoulos. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
- ^ Max Born Award - The Optical Society. In: osa.org. March 1, 2018, accessed March 4, 2018 .
- ↑ 2015 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics Recipient. In: aps.org. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter J. (PDF; 354 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joannopoulos, John D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joannopoulos, John; Joannopoulos, John Dimitris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |