David Robert Nelson

Physicist, Author

1951 –

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Who is David Robert Nelson?

David R. Nelson is an American physicist, and Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics, at Harvard University.

Nelson graduated from Cornell University Summa cum laude in 1972, with a MS in 1974, and with a Ph.D. in 1975. He was in the fourth and final class of Cornell's short-lived "Six-year Ph.D. program". Since 1978 he has been a professor at Harvard University.

His research is in the field of condensed matter. Together with Bertrand Halperin, he has established the theory of dislocation-mediated melting in two dimensions.

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Born
May 9, 1951
Stuttgart
Also known as
  • David R. Nelson
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Cornell University
    Theoretical physics
    ( - 1975)
Lived in
  • Lexington
    (1975 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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