Neil Ashcroft

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Neil Ashcroft
Born
Neil William Ashcroft

(1938-11-27)27 November 1938
London, England, U.K.
Died15 March 2021(2021-03-15) (aged 82)
Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
  • BSc
    )
  • PhD
    )
Known forAshcroft and Mermin
AwardsBridgman Award (2003)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe Fermi surface and transport properties of metals (1965)
Doctoral advisorJohn Ziman
Doctoral students
Websitewww.lassp.cornell.edu/NWA/Pubs

Neil William Ashcroft (27 November 1938 – 15 March 2021) was a British solid-state physicist.

Early life and education

Ashcroft was born in

PhD in 1964 from the University of Cambridge for research investigating the Fermi surfaces of metals.[4][5]

Career

Following his PhD, Ashcroft completed

postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and at Cornell University
, where he became a Professor in 1975. In 1990 he was named the Horace White Professor of Physics, and was elected to emeritus status in 2006.

He served as the director for the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University (1979–1984), the director for the Cornell Center for Materials Research (1997–2000), and as the deputy director for the High Energy Synchrotron Source (1990–1997).[6]

Between 1986 and 1987, he served as the head of the Condensed Matter division of the American Physical Society. His textbook on solid-state physics, written with N. David Mermin, is a standard text in the field.[7][8]

Ashcroft died in Ithaca, New York, on 15 March 2021.[3]

Awards and honours

In 1997, Ashcroft was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.[9]

In 2003, he was awarded the

high-pressure physics. Since that date, he was therefore an honorary member of the AIRAPT.[10]

References

  1. OCLC 892818953
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  2. ^ Neil Ashcroft at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ a b c "Neil Ashcroft death notice". Dominion Post. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. OCLC 13919109
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  5. ^ "Biography of Neil Ashcroft from the American Physical Society". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  6. ^ Cornell Physics faculty biography
  7. ISBN 0-03-049346-3
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  8. doi:10.1063/1.3037370
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  9. ^ "Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  10. ^ "AIRAPT, International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology". AIRAPT. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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