Charles L. Kane | |
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 Kane receiving thePhysics Frontiers prizes in 2013 | |
| Born | (1963-01-12)January 12, 1963 (age 62) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology,University of Chicago |
| Spouse | Suzanne Amador Kane |
| Awards | Dirac Prize(2012) Oliver E. Buckley Prize(2012) Physics Frontiers Prize(2013) Franklin Medal(2015) Fontiers of Knowledge Award(2018) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics(2019) John Scott Medal(2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoreticalcondensed matter physics |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Academic advisors | Patrick A. Lee |
Charles L. Kane (Charles Lewis Kane; born January 12, 1963) is atheoreticalcondensed matter physicist and is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. He completed a B.S. in physics at theUniversity of Chicago in 1985 and his Ph.D. atMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania he was a postdoctoral associate atIBM'sT. J. Watson Research Center working with his mentorMatthew P. A. Fisher, among others.
Kane is notable for theoretically predicting thequantum spin Hall effect (originally in graphene) and what would later be known astopological insulators.[1][2]
He received the 2012Dirac Prize, along withShoucheng Zhang andDuncan Haldane, for their groundbreaking work on two- and three-dimensionaltopological insulators.[3][4] In the same year he was also chosen for the inaugural class of Mathematics and the Physical SciencesSimons Investigators.[5][6] He also shared one of the 2013Physics Frontiers prizes withLaurens W. Molenkamp andShoucheng Zhang for their work on topological insulators.[7] In 2018, he shared theFrontiers of Knowledge Award withEugene J. Mele. In 2019, was recognized withBreakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with fellow University of Pennsylvania professor Eugene Mele, again for work on topological insulators.[8]
