Warren Earl Pickett

Warren Pickett is an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the field of condensed matter physics and materials properties.

He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Davis. His research has focused on the understanding of materials properties, including high-temperature superconductivity, unusual magnetic ordering, novel transport and thermoelectric response, and nanostructured condensed matter phenomena. He is the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Professorship and a Simons Foundation Professorship (2012).

He is the fellow of the American Physical Society, Institute of Physics and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education and career After obtaining the BS and MS degrees from Wichita State University, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Stony Brook University in 1975, during which he spent a year at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge U.K.

In 1997, Pickett joined the University of California Davis as Professor of Physics. He was promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2002.

Pickett has been involved in science diplomacy, beginning with American scientists' visits to the USSR during the Cold War. Initially supported by both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. national academies, After attending the 2003 Magnetic and Superconducting Materials In February 2014, Pickett visited Iran with Nobel laureate Anthony Leggett and physicist Paul Chu to foster scientific exchange despite political sensitivities. During their two-week visit, they gave lectures at four universities

His research has been supported by the Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences program, the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research, with some early support from the Office of Naval Research.

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