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Douglas Osheroff

American physicist

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Douglas Dean Osheroff is an American physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson. Osheroff is currently the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Stanford University.

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Born
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Place of birth
Aberdeen wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher wd
Education
California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Aberdeen High School wd
Spouse
Phyllis Liu-Osheroff wd

Awards wd

  • MacArthur Fellows Program (1981)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1996)
  • Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1981)
  • Simon Memorial Prize (1976)
  • Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1998)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education (2001)
  • honorary doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (2012)

Questions

When was Douglas Osheroff born?
Douglas Osheroff was born on 1 August 1945 in Aberdeen.
Where did Douglas Osheroff study?
Douglas Osheroff was educated at California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Aberdeen High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Douglas Osheroff · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q206405 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Douglas Osheroff.jpg (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026

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