Ambegaokar, Vinay
Professor Emeritus
research
research and scholarship focus
Condensed matter and low temperature physics, going back to the 1963 calculation of the temperature dependence of the Josephson effect, and the 1964 calculation of the effect of strong electron-phonon coupling on the thermal conductivity of superconducting lead. Destruction of superconductivity by disorder in homogeneous films and wires, low temperature conductivity of metallic films, transport of electrons through quantum dots.
research areas
- theoretical condensed-matter physics | research concentration area (Physics)
affiliations
emeritus faculty in
- Physics (PHYS) | Cornell department
other Cornell affiliations
- Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) | research center
background
educational background
B.S., M.S, 1956, Mechanical Engineering Honors Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ph.D., 1960, Theoretical Physics, Carnegie Institute of Technology
professional background
- Ford Foundation Research Associate, Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960-62
- Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1962-64
- Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1964-68
- Director, Research Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland, 1969-1971
- Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1968-present
- Visiting appointments at: Bell Laboratories, North American-Rockwell Science Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, IBM Watson Research Center, Institute of Theoretical Physics, UCSB; College de France; University of Karlsruhe; NORDITA, Copenhagen; University of Florida; All Souls College, Oxford; Bohr Institute, Copenhagen.
awards and distinctions
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1965-1967
- Medal of the University of Helsinki, 1971
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 1979
- J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1983-84
- Medal of the College de France, 1986
- Humboldt Foundation Senior U. S. Scientist, 1986, 1990.