N. David Mermin

Born: March 30, 1935 (New Haven, Connecticut)

Education

1956: AB, Harvard University
1957: AM, Harvard University
1961: PhD, Harvard University (Physics)

Major Positions

1961–1963: University of Birmingham, NSF Fellow
1963–1964: University of California, San Diego, Research Associate
1964–1972: Cornell University, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
1972–2006: Cornell University, Professor of Physics
2006–present: Cornell University, Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus

Other Positions

1984–1984: University of Washington, Walker-Ames Professor
1984–1990: Cornell University, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics

Selected Part-Time Positions

1986–1989: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

Selected Awards and Honors

1989: American Physical Society, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize
1991: National Academy of Sciences, Member

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