Michael Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 9, 1930 |
| Died | June 30, 2024 (aged 94) |
| Education | Cornell University (B.S.) Caltech (PhD) |
| Honours | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Aspen Center for Physics (co-founder) |
| Thesis | The Energy Spectrum of the Excitations in Liquid Helium (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Feynman |
Michael Cohen (May 9, 1930-June 30, 2024)[1] was an American condensed matter physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked on theoretical understanding of liquid helium, ferroelectrics, and biological membranes using quantum mechanics.[2]
He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and co-founder and Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP), described as a "utopia for physicists."[3]
- ^ "Michael Cohen Obituary 2024". Cremation Society of Philadelphia.
- ^ "Michael Cohen | Department of Physics and Astronomy". live-sas-physics.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (2001-08-28). "In Aspen, Physics on a High Plane". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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