Alex Kamenev

Alex Kamenev
Director of FTPI, Professor, School of Physics and AstronomyContact
John T. Tate Hall Room 275-16 116 Church Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI)
Biographical Info
Education
Ph.D., Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1996
M.Sci., Moscow State University, 1987
Professional Background
- Director, Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, 2019-present
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2004-2008
Conferences Organized:
- "Advances in strongly correlated electronic systems (ASCES2019)", Minneapolis, 2019
- “Holographic Quantum Matter”, Minneapolis, May 2018
- "Advances in strongly correlated electronic systems (ASCES2016)", Minneapolis, 2016
- “Symmetries and Interactions in Topological Matter”, Minneapolis, 2015
- "Correlated Oxides and Oxide Interfaces", Minneapolis, 2014
- "Quantum magnetism", Minneapolis, May 2008
- "Frontiers of Condensed Matter Theory", Symposium dedicated to the memory of A.I. Larkin, Minneapolis, 2006
- "Non-Equilibrium and Correlation Effects in Low-Dimensional Structures", Minneapolis, 2005
- "The Correlation Effects in Bose Condensates and Optical Lattices”, Minneapolis, 2004
- "Spins and Interactions in Mesoscopic Systems", Minneapolis, 2002
Scientific & Professional Societies
- Fellow, American Physical Society
Research & Teaching
Research Interests
Theoretical condensed matter physics, Disordered systems and glasses, Field-theoretical treatment of many-body systems, Mesoscopic systems, Out of equilibrium systems
Publications & Awards
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 2013
- McKnight Land Grant Professor, 2005-2007
Books
A. Kamenev , “Field Theory of Non-Equilibrium Systems”, Book: Cambridge University Press (2011)
Advisees & Collaborators
Graduate Students:
- Nitzan Hirshberg
- Aditya Savanur
- Foster Thompson
- Rongfeng Xie
- Liangtai Xing
- Hao Zhang
Postdoctoral Researchers:
- Dimitri Pimenov (Jointly with Prof. Chubukov)