User:Opto kitty/Eugene Mele

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Eugene Mele is a professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania, specialising in the theory of quantum electronic phenomena in condensed matter. In collaboration with Charles L. Kane, he predicted the quantum spin-hall effect and coined the term topological insulator, which was awarded the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.[1]


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  1. ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Winners of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

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