Background
Kastner was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 20, 1945.
physicist university professor
Kastner was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 20, 1945.
He completed his Bachelor of Surgery in Chemistry in 1967, Master of Surgery in 1969 and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics in 1972 from the University of Chicago.
Currently he is President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance. Kastner was a Harvard Fellow from 1972 to 1973. He joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973.
He became Donner Professor of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989.
He was appointed Department Head in February 1998. He served as the Dean of the School of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2013.
Kastner was a researcher on amorphous semiconductors. His early research focused on the relationship between chemical bonding and the electronic structure of defects in glasses.
In 1990, his group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered the single electron transistor.
lieutenant is a device in which electrostatic fields confine electrons to a small region of space inside a semiconductor. Single electron transistors turn on and off again every time one electron is added. In an interview, he said that the discovery that a transistor could turn on and off again every time an electron was added to it was one of the most astounding and exciting experiences of his life.
His recent research focused on the electronic properties of nanometer-size semiconductor structures and on the physics of high temperature (Tc ) superconductivity.
National Academy of Sciences.