David Lee (physicist)

David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3." Lee is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University.

David Morris Lee
David Morris Lee in 2007
Born (1931-01-20) January 20, 1931
Rye, New York
EducationYale University
University of Connecticut
Harvard University
SpouseDana (2 children)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1996)
Oliver Buckley Prize (1981)
Simon Memorial Prize (1976)
Buckley Prize (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCornell University
Texas A&M University (2009-present)
Doctoral advisorHenry A. Fairbank
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