Professional History

Prof. Robert B. Laughlin
Department of Physics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

1989 - present Stanford University, Professor of Physics.
1981 - 2004 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Research Scientist.
1979 - 1981 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Postdoc.
1974-1979 Massachusetts Institue of Technology, PhD Physics.
1972 - 1974 Military Service.
1968 - 1972 University of California at Berkeley, AB Mathematics.
2004 - 2006 Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, President.
2004 - 2006 Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, President.
2002 - 2003 Science Foundation Ireland, Board Member.
1993 - 2007 Stanford University, Professor of Applied Physics (dual appointment with Physics).

Invited Talks

2005

Los Angeles, California March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Berkeley, California Cohen/Shen fest, University of California at Berkeley.
Baltimore, Maryland Brickwedde Lecture, Johns Hopkins University.
Singapore Looking to the Next 100 Years of Physics, Nanyang Technical University.

2004

Barcelona, Spain Conference on the Spectroscopy of Novel Superconductors.
Aspen, Colorado Conference on Emergent Matter.
Seoul, South Korea Gwanak Lecture, Seoul National University.
Kyoto, Japan Science and Technology Forum.
Sendai, Japan 4th International Workshop onf Novel Quantum Phenomena in Transition Metal Oxides.

2003

Austin, Texas March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Helsinki, Finland March Meeting of the Finnish Physical Society.
Shanghai, China NEDO Meeting on Cuprate Superconductivity.
Rio de Janiero, Brazil Seventh International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High-Temperature Superconductors.
St. Petersburg, Russia Symposium in Celebration of the First Annual Global Energy Prize.
Würzburg, Germany Symposium on Correlated-Electron Physics.
Stuttgart, Germany Quantum Hall Effect Symposium, Max Planck Institute.
Sendai, Japan International Conference on Slow Dynamics in Matter.
Sendai, Japan International Conference on Correlated-Electron Superconductivity.

2002

Cambridge, Massachusetts Halperin Fest, Harvard.
Berkeley, California Oppenheimer Lecture, University of California at Berkeley.
Waterloo, Ontario Perimeter Institute.
Murray Hill, New Jersey Buckley Prize Symposium, Lucent Technologies.
Princeton, New Jersey Science and Ultimate Reality: Celebrating the Vision of John Archibald Wheeler.
Boston, Massachusetts Edmunds Lecture, Boston University.
Kona, Hawaii CERC ERATO Meeting.
Beijing, China C. N. Yang Fest.
Hong Kong, China Croucher ASI Workshop, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Snowmass, Colorado Frauenfelder Fest.
Livermore, California Livermore Laboratory Anniversary Celebration.
Hsinchu, Taiwan Physics and Chemistry of Molecular and Oxide Superconductors 2002.
Hiroshima, Japan 23rd International Conference on Low-Temperature Physics.
Sendai, Japan International Workshop on Novel Quantum Phenomena in Transition Metal Compounds.
Pohang, Korea Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics - International Center for Theoretical Physics Joint Symposium.

2001

Santa Fe, New Mexico Workshop on Designing Emergent Matter.
Chicago, Illinois Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors.
Wailea, Hawaii Annual NEDO Workshop on Correlated Electron Systems.
Madrid, Spain International Conference: La Fisica en Los Albores del Siglo XXI.
Lijiang, Yunnan Workshop on the Mechanism of High-Temperature Superconductivity.
Lindau, Germany Meeting of Nobel Laureates.
Ann Arbor, Michigan Strongly-Correlated Electron Systems 2001.
Los Alamos, New Mexico Zackfest.
Los Alamos, New Mexico Workshop on the Future of Materials Physics.
Sendai, Japan Conference on Novel Quantum Phases in Transition Metal Oxides.
Anacapri, Italy Conference on Low-dimensional Field Theory at Work in Condensed Matter.
Kashiwa, Japan Workshop on Correlated-Electron Materials.
Santa Fe, New Mexico Schrieffer Fest.
Gothenburg, Sweden Jubilee Nobel Symposium on Coherence and Condensation.
Würzburg, Germany Symposium on Röntgen's Heritage.

2000

La Jolla, California Workshop on Quantitative Challenges in Genomics.
Houston, Texas Conference on Materials and Methods in Superconductivity.
Regensberg, Germany March Meeting of the German Physical Society.
Kona, Hawaii Annual NEDO Workshop on Correlated Electron Systems.
Los Alamos, New Mexico Conference on Sciences Affecting Our Future, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Lindau, Germany Jubilee Meeting of Nobel Laureates.
Aspen, Colorado Pagels Lecture, Aspen Center for Physics.
Santa Barbara, California Workshop on High-Tc Superconductivity, Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Los Alamos, New Mexico Workshop on Adaptive Behavior in Correlated-Electron Matter, Los National Laboratory.
Sendai, Japan Workshop on Correlated-Electron Matter.

1999

Atlanta, Georgia March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Toronto, Ontario Welsh Lectures, University of Toronto.
Kona, Hawaii Annual NEDO Workshop on Correlated Electron Systems.
Amsterdam, Netherlands Workshop on Topology and Gauge Fields.
Ottawa, Ontario Conference on the Physics of Compound Semiconductors.
Helsinki, Finland International Conference on Low-Temperature Physics.
Los Alamos, New Mexico Workshop on Mesoscopic Physics.
Seattle, Washington International Conference on Many-Body Theories.
Seattle, Washington Conference on Trends in Condensed Matter Physics.
Montreal, Quebec McPherson Lectures, McGill University.

1998

Lammi, Finland Symposium on Quantum Phenomena at Low Temperatures.
Mauterndorf, Austria Winter School on New Developments in Solid State Physics.
Pasadina, California Mini-Symposium on Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics, Caltech.
Kyoto, Japan Taniguchi Symposium.
Rome, Italy Stripes 98.
Trieste, Italy Third Trieste Conference on Statistical Field Theory.
Jerusalem, Israel International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors.
Tallahassee, Florida Physical Phenomena in High Magnetic Fields III.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Franklin Medal Lecture, University of Pennsylvania.
Stockholm, Sweden Nobel Lecture, University of Stockholm.

1997

Aspen, Colorado Winter Conference on Strongly Correlated Electrons.
Kansas City, Missouri March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Chicago, Illinois Pseudogap Workshop, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Trieste, Italy Miniworkshop on Open Issues in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.
Chia, Sardinia Fourth Conference on Common Trends in Condensed Matter and High Energy Physics.
Chicago, Illinois Symposium on Sonoluminescence, University of Chicago.
Falmouth, Massachusetts Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors.
Pohang, South Korea Workshop on Strongly Correlated Systems and Field Theory.

1996

Zichron Yakov, Israel Arkady Aronov Memorial Symposium.
Houston, Texas 10th Anniversary High-Temperature Superconductor Workshop on Physics, Materials, and Applications.
Seoul, South Korea Inauguration Conference of Asia-Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics.
Plymouth, New Hampshire Gordon Conference on Condensed Matter Physics.
Florence, Italy Workshop on Quantum Phase Transitions in Spin Systems, Superconductors, and Gauge Theories.

1995

Stanford, California Stanford Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors.
Copenhagen, Denmark Nordita Conference on Physics of the 2D Electron Gas.
Cargèse, Corsica Cargèse Summer School on Low-Dimensional Applications of Quantum Field Theory.
Chia, Sardinia Third Conference on Common Trends in Condensed Matter and High Energy Physics.
Dahab, Sinai Sinai Meeting on High Energy, Condensed Matter, and Environmental Physics.
College Park, Maryland Center for Theoretical Physics Distinguished Lecture, University of Maryland.

1994

Aspen, Colorado Winter Conference on High-Temperature Superconductors and Related Materials.
Argonne, Illinois Workshop on High-Temperature Superconductors: Pairing State and Mechanism.
Würzburg, Germany International Euroconference on Magnetic Correlations, Metal-Insulator Transitions, and Superconductivity in Novel Materials.

1993

Chia, Sardinia Second Conference on Common Trends in Condensed Matter and High Energy Physics.
Trieste, Italy Salamfest.

1992

Bodega Bay, California Workshop on Room-Temperature Superconductivity.
Wolfborough, New Hampshire Gordon Conference on Condensed Matter Physics.
Beijing, China Workshop on Frontiers in Low-Dimensional Condensed Matter Physics.
Taipei, Taiwan Lectureship on National Science Council of the Republic of China.
Santa Barbara, California Conference on Quantum Phase Transitions.
Columbia, south Carolina Conference on Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Theory.
Chia, Sardinia Conference on Common Trends in Condensed Matter and High Energy Physics.
Canberra, Australia Conference on Modern Perspectives in Many-Body Physics.

1991

Houston, Texas Workshop on the Physics and Mathematics of Anyons.
Florence, Italy Workshop on Anyon Superconductivity.
Trieste, Italy Conference on Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter Physics.
Keystone, Colorado Scientist-to-Scientist Workshop.

1990

Torino, Italy Workshop on High-Temperature Superconductors.
Norman, Oklahoma Beyond the Standard Model II.
Anaheim, California March Meeting of the American Physical Society.

1989

San Francisco, California Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Rochester, New York Eastman Kodak Lecture, University of Rochester.
Mt. Fuji, Japan IBM Japan Symposium on Strong Correlation and Superconductivity.
Santa Barbara, California Conference on High-Temperature Superconductivity.
Stanford, California M2S-High-Temperature Superconductivity Meeting.

1988

Beijing, China Workshop on Quantum Physics in Two-Dimensional Systems.
Grätåvallen, Sweden Workshop on Quantum Physics in Low Dimensional Systems.
Yorktown Heights, New York 2nd Resonating Valence Bond Workshop.
Hakone, Japan 2nd NEC Symposium on Fundamental Approaches to New Material Phases.

1987

Monterey, California Conference on the Physics of Chaos and Systems Far from Equilibrium.
Banff, Alberta NATO Summer School on Interfaces, Quantum Wells, and Superlattices.
Princeton, New Jersey 1st Resonating Valence Bond Workshop.

1986

Las Vegas, Nevada March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Philadephia, Pennsylvania Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Copenhagen, Denmark Conference on Fundamental Effects in Semiconductor Systems, NORDITA.
Kingston, Ontario Summer Institute in Theoretical Physics, Queens University.
Annendale, New Jersey Meeting of the Corporate Associates of the APS, Exxon Research Center.

1985

San Francisco, California 4th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories.
Kyoto, Japan 6th International Conference on the Physics of Two-Dimensional Systems.

1984

Moscow, USSR Workshop on Quantum Fluids.
Mauterndorf, Austria 3rd International Winterschool on New Developments in Solid State Physics.
The Hague, Netherlands European Physical Society Meeting.
Detroit, Michigan March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
San Francisco, California 17th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors.
Karlsruhe, West Germany 17th International Conference on Low-Temperature Physics.
Livermore, California Lawrence Award Lecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

1983

Los Angeles, California March Meeting of the American Physical Society.
Oxford, England 5th International Conference on Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems, Oxford University.
Kingston, Ontario Fall Symposium of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Queens College.

1982

Indianapolis, Indiana March Meeting of the American Physical Society.