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.
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