Dmitri Kharzeev

Professor

Department of Physics

Research Interests

I am a theoretical physicist working on quantum information, nuclear physics, quantum field theory, and condensed matter physics.

Education

• Ph.D., Theoretical Particle and Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 1990
• M.Sc., Quantum Statistics and Field Theory, Moscow State University, 1986

Experience

• 2026-present: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
• 2010-2026: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
• 1997-present: Various positions, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 1994-1997: Scientific Associate, Theory Division of CERN
• 1990-1993: Research Associate, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pavia, Italy

Professional Societies

• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1999-present: Managing Editor, International Journal of Modern Physics E (Nuclear Physics)
• 2001-2012: Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Physics

Honors

• 2021 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
• 2013 Humboldt prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation