George Pickett (physicist)
| George Richard Pickett | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Institutions | Lancaster University |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Known for | Low Temperature Physics |
Professor George Richard Pickett FRS (born 1939) is Professor of Low Temperature Physics at Lancaster University.[1][2]
Life
Pickett was born in 1939 and educated at Bedford Modern School and Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1962; DPhil).[1]
Pickett was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and then Head of the Department of Physics at Lancaster University.[1] In the 1996 Nobel Prize citation of physicist David Lee, credit was given to Pickett and his research group for their work on 3He.[3]
In 1988, Pickett was elected a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.[4] In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[1] and in 2006 a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Who’s Who 2014, Published by A&C Black Limited, 2014
- ↑ "Professor George Pickett - Physics at Lancaster University". Physics.lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Science and Technology at Lancaster University". Lancaster.ac.uk=. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia". Acadsci.fi. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Science and Technology at Lancaster University - International Honour for Low Temperature Physicist". Lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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