Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Jainendra K. Jain, Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2025, on "A Strange New Universe: Where Bizarre Quantum Particles Rule": July 14, 2025
Date: 14th July 2025, Monday
Time: 03:00 PM
Venue: Neeti Sabhagar, Prabha Bhawan, MNIT Jaipur
About the Speaker:
Prof. Jain is a theoretical physicist in the field of quantum condensed matter physics, with interests in the area of strongly interacting electronic systems in low dimensions. He is best known for predicting a new class of particles that he named composite fermions, and for explaining the phenomenon of the fractional quantum Hall effect as the integral quantum Hall effect of composite fermions. Prof. Jain is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society, and the Wolf Prize in Physics. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. He has held Visiting Professorships at IISc, Bangalore, TIFR, Mumbai and IISER, Pune. He currently holds the titles of Evan Pugh University Professor, Erwin Mueller Professor of Physics, and Eberly Family Chair of Physics at the Pennsylvania State University.
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