Bertrand Halperin

Born: December 6, 1941 (New York, New York)

Education

1961: AB, Harvard University
1963: MA, University of California, Berkeley
1965: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics)

Major Positions

1965–1966: École Normale Supérieure, NSF Fellow
1966–1976: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff
1976–1992: Harvard University, Professor of Physics
1992–present: Harvard University, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

Other Positions

1969–1970: Harvard University, Lecturer
1988–1991: Harvard University, Chair, Department of Physics
1996–1997: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Raman Professor
1996–1997: University of Leiden, Lorentz Professor
1999–2004: Harvard University, Scientific Director, Harvard Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures

Selected Part-Time Positions

1985–1989: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
1987–1988: Chair, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Selected Awards and Honors

1982: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
1982: National Academy of Sciences, Member
2001: American Physical Society, Lars Onsager Prize
2002: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics

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