J. Michael Kosterlitz

Michael Kosterlitz
Michael Kosterlitz
	Kosterlitz at Nobel press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 2016
Born	John Michael Kosterlitz; June 22, 1943; Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (MA); University of Oxford (DPhil);
Known for	Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition; KTHNY theory
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (2016); Lars Onsager Prize (2000);
	Scientific career
Fields	Condensed matter physics
Institutions	Brown University; University of Birmingham ; Cornell University
Thesis	Problems in strong interaction physics (1969)
Academic advisors	David Thouless (postdoc)
Website	vivo.brown.edu/display/jkosterl

John Michael Kosterlitz (born June 22, 1943) is a Scottish-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.

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