Dietrich Belitz

Dietrich Belitz (born 1955) is an American theoretical physicist on the faculty of the University of Oregon. He studies statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.

Early life and education Belitz earned his Diploma in 1980 and his Dr. rer. nat. degree in 1982, both from the Technical University of Munich (Germany). His dissertation was titled, Der Einfluß inkohärenter Tunnelprozesse auf die Leitfähigkeit ungeordneter Materialien (trans.: The influence of incoherent tunneling processes on the conductivity of disordered materials), advised by Wolfgang Götze. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career In 1987 Belitz joined the faculty at the University of Oregon and is a member of the Materials Science Institute there. His research has included statistical mechanics, condensed matter, and theory of quantum many-body systems."

Reviews of Modern Physics describes Belitz' interests as, "... focused on quantum many-body problems, including superconductivity, magnetism, transport processes, and quantum phase transitions."

Belitz served as department head of physics from 1998–2004, associate dean for natural sciences from 2004–2010, and as director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon from 2013–2019.