John Dimitris Joannopoulos

Background

Joannopoulos, John Dimitris was born on April 26, 1947 in New York City.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1968; Philosophy Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1974.

Career

Assistant professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1978; associate professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1983; professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1996; Francis Wright Davis chair professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1996.

Achievements

• John Dimitris Joannopoulos has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society (David Adler Lectureship award in the Field of Materials Physics 1997). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Materials Research Society.