James Eisenstein
James Eisenstein · Science & Medicine
Physicist of the quantum Hall regime; Wolf Prize (2025)
1952, United States
United States
James Eisenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist of the quantum Hall regime; Wolf Prize (2025)
An experimental physicist trained at Oberlin College and Berkeley, Eisenstein spent his career at Bell Labs and Caltech probing two-dimensional electron systems in strong magnetic fields, co-discovering exotic fractional quantum Hall states such as the 5/2 state. He shared the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics. His personal background is not publicly documented as Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize in Physics
Physicist of the quantum Hall regime; Wolf Prize (2025)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize in Physics
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