Jainendra K. Jain

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Jainendra K. Jain
Born (1960-01-17) January 17, 1960
Rajasthan, India
Alma mater
Known forComposite fermions
Jain sequences
Jain states
AwardsOliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2002)
member, National Academy of Sciences (2021)
Foreign Fellow Indian National Science Academy (2025)
Wolf Prize in Physics (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter theory
Doctoral advisorPhilip B. Allen, Steven Kivelson

Jainendra K. Jain, is an Indian-American physicist and the Evan Pugh University Professor and the Eberly Chair inPhysics at the Pennsylvania State University. He received the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society in 2002, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021, and was selected Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 2024. He was the co-recipient of 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics along with James P. Eisenstein and Mordehai Heiblum. Jain is known for his theoretical work on quantum many body systems, most notably for postulating particles known as the composite fermions.

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