Dmitri Kharzeev

Dmitri Eduardovich Kharzeev (; born September 6, 1963) is an American theoretical physicist most notable for his work on the chiral magnetic effect.

Personal life Dmitri Kharzeev received his PhD in quantum field theory from Moscow State University in Russia. He works in nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, quantum information, and cosmology, with the idea that each of these fields overlaps and intertwine. In this way, he is able to summarize all of his research as working toward finding connections between seemingly drastically different phenomena.

Dmitri Kharzeev spent 7 years doing research and teaching in Europe, including 3 years at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Italy, 3 years at CERN in Geneva, and 1 year University of Bielefeld in Germany.

Dmitri Kharzeev moved to the United States in 1997 when Nobel Laureate T.D. Lee, along with Akito Arima offered him a position as a fellow at their newly founded research institute at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Kharzeev became the first employee of the institute when he told Lee and Arima that his wife was due with their daughter at the same time the position opened, so they either had to hire him early, or wait until after the baby was born and ready to travel. At this, Arima and Lee offered for Kharzeev to come before the research institute was functioning, making him the first employee of the institute and his daughter the first US citizen of the family.

Kharzeev held a position of scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory until he was appointed head of the Nuclear Theory group and named senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2004. 2018: Distinguished Professor, State University of New York Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2005: Sackler Fellow 2005: Distinguished Scholar, Emilio Segre 2001: Fellow, CNRS 1997: Fellow, RIKEN-BNL 1986: Winner, USSR Competition in Physics for students