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He held the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research on elementary particles and physical cosmology was honored with numerous prizes and awards, including the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics and the 1991 National Medal of Science.
From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, [3] at the University of Texas at Austin. He is credited with identifying the Goodenough–Kanamori rules of the sign of the magnetic superexchange in materials, with developing materials for computer random-access memory and with inventing ...
In literature and journalism, UT Austin has produced Pulitzer Prize winners Gail Caldwell and Ben Sargent '70, as well as CNN anchor Betty Nguyen '95. Alumnus J. M. Coetzee also received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. UT Austin has produced several musicians and entertainers.
A UT professor from 1920 to 1932, Muller won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine because he was the first to show that radiation from X-rays could cause gene mutations.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Camillo Golgi: Physiology or Medicine 1906 University of Pavia: John B. Goodenough: Chemistry 2019 University of Texas at Austin: Clive Granger: Economics 2003 University of California, San Diego: Ragnar Granit: Physiology or Medicine 1967 Karolinska Institute: Paul Greengard: Physiology or ...
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 51,913 students as of fall 2023, it is also the largest institution in the system. [13]
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS (born August 24, 1942) is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. [2] She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair.
Presidential Citation Award from the University of Texas at Austin, 2006 [24] The first TWAS Prize in Physics awarded by the World Academy of Sciences, 1985 [25] Bose Medal, 1977 [citation needed] Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award from the Government of India, 1976 [26] C. V. Raman Award, 1970 [citation needed]