Thomas Greytak Explained

Thomas Greytak
Nationality:American
Field:Physics, especially condensed matter
Work Institutions:MIT
Alma Mater:MIT
Known For:Atomic physics
Doctoral Students:Julia Steinberger[1]

Thomas Greytak is the Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of research include experimental low temperature condensed matter physics and superfluid systems.[2] Currently, he is working with Daniel Kleppner on research concerning ultra cooled atomic hydrogen.

All of his academic degrees are from MIT (SB and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering (1963) and a PhD in Physics (1967)).

He was married to Elizabeth Bardeen, daughter of Nobel Laureate, John Bardeen.

Notes and References

  1. Progress towards high precision measurements on ultracold metastable hydrogen and trapping deuterium. mit.edu. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2004. PhD. en-US. Julia Steinberger. Julia Steinberger. 1721.1/28649. 655586822.
  2. Web site: Thomas J. Greytak '63 PhD '67 . MIT Department of Physics . 27 April 2021.