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Biographical note
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 62 (2001) iii
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Biographical note Professor Warren E. Pickett
Warren Pickett obtained his BS and MS degrees in physics at Wichita State University before going to SUNY-Stony Brook, New York to complete his PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics in 1975. He had research appointments at the University of Bristol, England, at UC Berkeley, and at Northwestern University, where his research centered on the electronic structure of bulk metals and semiconductors, and on semiconductor interfaces. In 1979 he took a research scientist position at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. Early in his years at NRL, Warren increased his activity in large scale calculations of the properties of condensed phases, such as a study of the heavy fermion superconductor UBe13 (28 atoms/cell). At NRL he was awarded the E. O. Hulburt Award in 1990 and the Sigma Xi Technical Achievement Award in Pure Science in 1993. He was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989. In 1997 Warren took a professorship in physics at UC Davis, where he is a participant in an interdisciplinary program in
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nanophases as well as working in condensed matter physics research programs. His research focuses on moving toward a ®rst principles description of the properties of complex crystalline materials, and has begun collaborations with solid state chemists and chemical engineers. Recently his interest in materials has expanded to include magnetic materials that become superconducting, ferroelectric insulators that become ferromagnetic, and more generally novel magnetic and superconducting compounds that are of interest to both condensed matter physicists, solid state chemists, and materials scientists. He has over 250 publications in the primary scienti®c literature, and has active collaborations in Europe, South America, and across the USA. Warren approaches his appointment as the USAÐWest Coast editor of the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids as a challenge to maintain, and even enhance, the quality and breadth of scienti®c papers published in this journal.
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Biographical note Professor Warren E. Pickett
Warren Pickett obtained his BS and MS degrees in physics at Wichita State University before going to SUNY-Stony Brook, New York to complete his PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics in 1975. He had research appointments at the University of Bristol, England, at UC Berkeley, and at Northwestern University, where his research centered on the electronic structure of bulk metals and semiconductors, and on semiconductor interfaces. In 1979 he took a research scientist position at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. Early in his years at NRL, Warren increased his activity in large scale calculations of the properties of condensed phases, such as a study of the heavy fermion superconductor UBe13 (28 atoms/cell). At NRL he was awarded the E. O. Hulburt Award in 1990 and the Sigma Xi Technical Achievement Award in Pure Science in 1993. He was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989. In 1997 Warren took a professorship in physics at UC Davis, where he is a participant in an interdisciplinary program in
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nanophases as well as working in condensed matter physics research programs. His research focuses on moving toward a ®rst principles description of the properties of complex crystalline materials, and has begun collaborations with solid state chemists and chemical engineers. Recently his interest in materials has expanded to include magnetic materials that become superconducting, ferroelectric insulators that become ferromagnetic, and more generally novel magnetic and superconducting compounds that are of interest to both condensed matter physicists, solid state chemists, and materials scientists. He has over 250 publications in the primary scienti®c literature, and has active collaborations in Europe, South America, and across the USA. Warren approaches his appointment as the USAÐWest Coast editor of the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids as a challenge to maintain, and even enhance, the quality and breadth of scienti®c papers published in this journal.