David Morris Lee
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David Morris Lee is an American physicist who won a share of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. Born in New York to Jewish immigrants, Lee developed an interest in science and nature from a young age. He went on to study physics at Harvard University and completed his master's degree and research before taking a job at Cornell University. In the 1970s, he began the work which ultimately won him the Nobel Prize, in collaboration with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff. This discovery confirmed a number of predictions in quantum theory and has a key role to play in the theory of strings.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Physicist
Birth Day January 20, 1931
Birth Place Rye, New York, United States
Age 93 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Alma mater Yale University University of Connecticut Harvard University
Spouse(s) Dana (2 children)
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1996) Oliver Buckley Prize (1981) Sir Francis Simon Memorial Prize (1976) Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1970)
Fields Physics
Institutions Cornell University Texas A&M University (2009-present)
Doctoral advisor Henry A. Fairbank

💰 Net worth

David Morris Lee, an acclaimed physicist in the United States, is projected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by 2024. Lee's contributions to the field of physics have garnered him recognition and success, and his financial standing reflects this accomplishment. As a distinguished member of the scientific community, Lee's work and achievements have not only propelled his reputation but also contributed to his net worth.

Biography/Timeline

1952

Lee was born and raised in Rye, New York. His parents, Annette (Franks), a Teacher, and Marvin Lee, an electrical Engineer, were children of Jewish immigrants from England and Lithuania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1952 and then joined the U.S. Army for 22 months. After being discharged from the army, he obtained a master's degree from the University of Connecticut. In 1955 Lee entered the Ph.D. program at Yale University where he worked under Henry A. Fairbank in the low-temperature physics group, doing experimental research on liquid He.

1959

After graduating from Yale in 1959, Lee took a job at Cornell University, where he was responsible for setting up the new Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics. Shortly after arriving at Cornell he met his Future wife, Dana, then a PhD student in another department; the couple went on to have two sons.

1970

The work that led to Lee's Nobel Prize was performed in the early 1970s. Lee, together with Robert C. Richardson and graduate student, Doug Osheroff used a Pomeranchuk cell to investigate the behaviour of He at temperatures within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero. They discovered unexpected effects in their measurements, which they eventually explained as phase transitions to a superfluid phase of He. Lee, Richardson and Osheroff were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for this discovery.

1976

As well as the Nobel Prize, other prizes won by Lee include the 1976 Sir Francis Simon Memorial Prize of the British Institute of Physics and the 1981 Oliver Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society along with Doug Osheroff and Robert Richardson for their superfluid He work.

2009

Lee moved his laboratory from Cornell to Texas A&M University on November 16, 2009.

2016

In the summer of 2016, Lee lost his wife, Dana, due to un-diagnosed health issues.

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