Douglas Osheroff
Douglas Osheroff 2011-08-08 cropped.JPG
Osheroff in 2011
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology(B.S.), Cornell University(Ph.D.)
Known forDiscovering superfluidity in Helium-3
Spouse(s)
Phyllis Liu
(m. 1970)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1996)
Simon Memorial Prize (1976)
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1981)
MacArthur Fellowship Program (1981)
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
InstitutionsStanford University
Bell Labs
Doctoral advisorDavid Lee
InfluencesRichard Feynman