Michael Kosterlitz Age, Biography, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	John Michael Kosterlitz
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Physicist
Fields	Condensed Matter Theory
Thesis	Problems in strong interaction physics (1969)
Doctoral Advisor	Not Known
Awards/Achievements	• In 1981, awarded with the Maxwell Medal & Prize from British Institute of Physics. • In 2000, awarded with the Lars Onsager Prize from American Physical Society. • In 2016, awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
Weight	in Kilograms- 76 kg in Pounds- 168 lbs
Eye Colour	Grey
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	1942
Age (as in 2016)	74 Years
Birth Place	Aberdeen, Scotland
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Not Known
Nationality	German, Scottish
Hometown	Aberdeen, Scotland
School	Not Known
College/University	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK Brasenose College, Oxford, UK
Educational Qualifications	Ph.D. in high energy physics from Oxford University (1969)
Family	Father- Hans Walter Kosterlitz (British Biologist) Mother- Hannah Gresshorner Brother- Not Known Sisters- Not Known
Religion	Judaism
Ethnicity	British (father), German (mother)
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughters- Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Michael Kosterlitz

• Does Michael Kosterlitz smoke: Not Known

• Does Michael Kosterlitz drink alcohol: Yes

• Biologist Hans Walter Kosterlitz, Michael’s father, emigrated from Germany to UK in the 1930s, in order to escape the Nazis.

• In 1971, he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Birmingham, first as a lecturer & later as a reader. It was during this time at the university that he came in touch with fellow Nobel Prize recipient David J. Thouless.

• Over the years, Kosterlitz has been following many areas of research viz. condensed matter theory, electron localization, melting & freezing, spin glasses, phase transitions, etc.

• In October 2016, Kosterlitz along with physicists Duncan Haldane & David J. Thouless was bestowed with the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research towards theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter. He receives one-fourth of the total prize money; his share being $2,32,500.

• Kosterlitz is a Professor of Physics at Brown University, US, where he joined the faculty in 1982.

• Additionally, Kosterlitz is a visiting research fellow at Aalto University in Finland. Interestingly, he was in the underground parking lot of this university, when he received the call informing him about the prize.