Paul Mark Goldbart (born August 1960 in Barnet, Hertfordshire,

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) is a physicist and author, and was the first director of the

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at the

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. His research ranges widely over the field of condensed matter physics, including soft matter, disordered systems, nanoscience and superconductivity. Goldbart was provost of Stony Brook University from March 2021 until January 2022. Prior to that he had served as Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, Dean of the College of Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and as the director of the

Career

Goldbart earned his Ph.D. at

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in 1985 under Professor David Sherrington. Goldbart is a trustee of and the former

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. He is a fellow of the

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and the American Physical Society.

Books

* M. Stone, P. Goldbart, "Mathematics for Physics: A guided Tour for Graduate Students" Cambridge University Press, 2009 * P. Goldbart, N. Goldenfeld, D. Sherrington, "Stealing the Gold: A Celebration of the Pioneering Physics of Sam Edwards (International Series of Monographs on Physics)" Oxford University Press, USA 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldbart, Paul 1960 births Living people People from Chipping Barnet University of Texas at Austin people English physicists 21st-century American physicists Alumni of Imperial College London Fellows of the American Physical Society