Neil S. Sullivan

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Neil S. Sullivan
Born
Neil Samuel Charles Sullivan

(1942-01-18) January 18, 1942 (age 83)
New Zealand
Alma mater Otago University, Harvard University
AwardsPrix Saintour
La Caze Physics Prize
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions University of Florida
Centre d’'Etudes Nucleaires
Thesis Nuclear Magnetism of Solid Hydrogen at Low Temperatures [1]  (1972)
Doctoral advisor Robert Pound
Doctoral students Michel Devoret

Neil Samuel Charles Sullivan [1] (born January 18, 1942) is a distinguished professor of physics at the University of Florida. [2] He is one of the founders of the Micro Kelvin Laboratory of the University of Florida. He is known for the discovery of quadrupolar glass phase of solid hydrogen.

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Early life and education

Born in New Zealand, Sullivan attended Otago University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1964 [1] followed by a Master of Science in 1965.[ citation needed ] In 1972, he obtained his PhD from Harvard University with the thesis Nuclear Magnetism of Solid Hydrogen at Low Temperatures, supervised by Robert Pound. [1]

He became a naturalized United States citizen in 2004.[ citation needed ]

Career

In the 1970s, Sullivan worked in France at CEA Saclay with Anatole Abragam. During this time, he was the doctoral advisor of Michel Devoret and Daniel Esteve  [ fr ]. [3]

Sullivan left France became a professor of physics at the University of Florida in 1983. He became chair of the Physics Department in 1989, a position he held until 1999. It was during this time that he was one of three lead collaborators to successfully propose the creation of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. [4] From 2000-2006, he served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is also one of the editors-in-chief of the Journal of Low Temperature Physics . In 2024 he was given the title "Distinguished Professor".[ citation needed ]

In 1987 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, his citation reading "for fundamental studies of quantum solids using NMR techniques: contributions to orientational transitions in adsorbed N2 and solid hydrogen, discovery of a quadrupolar glass state in hydrogen, and elucidation of vacancies in solid 3He" [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 www.physics.harvard.edu/academics/phds1971-2000
  2. ↑ "Neil Sullivan". Department of Physics Faculty. University of Florida. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Abragam, A. (2000). De la physique avant toute chose (in French). Odile Jacob. ISBN   978-2-7381-9064-2.
  4. ↑ "National High Magnetic Field Laboratory History" . Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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