Jules Carbotte

Career After finishing his PhD, spent two years as a research associate in the Physics Department of Cornell University. In 1965 he returned to Canada and became an assistant professor in the department of Physics at McMaster University. In 1967, he took a position at McGill University then returned to McMaster in 1968 where he stayed for the rest of his career.

In 1988, Carbotte became the founding director of the superconductivity program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He retired in 1998.

Over his career, Carbotte contributed to many different areas of condensed matter theory. His work includes theoretical calculations of positron annihilation and electron-phonon interaction in metals. He has also contributed to the theoretical understanding of dilute metallic alloys, where a small amount of one metallic element is dissolved in another metallic element. He has also worked to understand the microscopic origins of superconductivity, especially in high-temperature superconducting oxides.

Awards and Recognitions

1974 CAP Herzberg Medal 1974 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1975 Steacie Prize 1979 CAP Gold Medal 1981 Metal Physics Medal 1987 Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research 1996 University Distinguished Professor, McMaster University 1999 Honorary DSc, University of Manitoba 2000 Honorary DSc, Université de Sherbrooke 2010 Honorary DSc, McMaster University

Selected publications

Personal life Carbotte married Ramona DePauw in 1959 and remained together until his death 59 years later. The couple met during a first year summer school class in physics while they were both undergraduates at the University of Manitoba. They had two daughters Christine and Suzanne.