Prof. Dr. Chandra M. Varma

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics
KeywordsHochtemperatursupraleitung, Quantenphasenübergänge, Symmetriebrechung, korrelierte Elektronen

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityRiverside
InstitutionUniversity of California, Riverside
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter WölfleInstitut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Varma is one of the leading theoretical physicists in condensed matter physics. He has made important contributions to our understanding of collective behaviour of electrons in solids, in particular, convetional and unconvetional superconductivity and charge density waves.