Alan R. Bishop
CNLS Executive Committee Member and Affiliate
Princaple Associate Director of Science, Technology, and Engineering (Acting)
Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation
ADTSC/CNLS
Office: TA-03, Bldg. 0123, Rm. 214
Mail Stop: B210
Phone: (505) 667-6645
Fax: (505) 665-4055
arb@lanl.gov
Alan Bishop is an internationally recognized leader in condensed matter theory, statistical physics and nonlinear physics. He has made major contributions in the areas of solitons, quantum complexity, structural and magnetic transitions, collective excitations in low-dimensional organic and inorganic materials and complex electronic materials with strong spin-charge-lattice coupling. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a recipient of the Department of Energy's E.O. Lawrence Award (citation), a Humboldt Senior Fellow, and a Laboratory Fellow.
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Education:
- Ph.D. in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Los Alamos Employment:
- Staff, Materials and Statistical Physics Theory Group, Theoretical Division
- Deputy Chairman, Center for Nonlinear Studies
- Group Leader, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Theoretical Division
- Leader, Theoretical Division
- Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation
Research Interests:
- Condensed Matter Theory
- Statistical Physics
- Nonlinear Physics
Selected Recent Publications:
- Olson Reichhardt CJ, Reichhardt C, Bishop AR (2007) Structure and fragmentation in colloidal artificial molecules and nuclei. Eur. Phys. J. E - Soft Matter 22, 11-15. [10.1140/epje/e2007-00003-4]
- Tretiak S, Kilina S, Piryatinski A, Saxena A, Martin RL, Bishop AR (2007) Excitons and Peierls distortion in conjugated carbon nanotubles. Nano Lett. 7, 86-92. [10.1021/nl0622000]
- Roder H, Zhang J, Bishop AR (1996) Lattice effects in the colossal-magnetoresistance manganites. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 1356-1359.
- Dauxois T, Peyrard M, Bishop AR (1993). Dynamics and thermodynamics of a nonlinear model for DNA denaturation. Phys. Rev. E 47, 684-695.
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