Nicholas Read

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Nicholas Read
FRS
Born (1958-11-22) November 22, 1958
London, England
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materImperial College London
Cambridge University
Known forComposite fermion model for quantum Hall systems
Moore–Read state
Hall viscosity
Majorana zero modes in condensed matter
AwardsAlfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2002)
Dirac Medal (2015)
FRS (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter theory
InstitutionsYale University
Doctoral advisorDennis M. Newns

Nicholas Read FRS (born November 22, 1958) is a British-born American physicist, noted for his work on strongly interacting quantum many-body systems, particularly topological phases of matter and the fractional quantum Hall effect.

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