Anthony J. Leggett
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Emeritus,University of Illinois
Election motivation
For pioneering contributions to the theory of superfluid helium liquids and other strongly coupled superfluids, particularly in so-called “p+ip” Fermi superfluids.
Field of research
Condensed Matter Physics
Born
26 March 1938, London, United Kingdom
Main Honors
Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences