M. Brian Maple
M. Brian Maple is Distinguished Professor and Bernd T. Matthias Endowed Chair in the Department of Physics at UC San Diego. He leads a research group in experimental condensed matter physics that focuses on emergent phenomena in strongly correlated d- and f-electron quantum materials.
In addition to his academic appointments at UC San Diego, he has held visiting professorships and research positions at the University of Chile, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and Brookhaven National Laboratory, among many others. He served as chair of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics of the American Physical Society and chaired the famous “Woodstock of Physics” session on high-temperature superconductivity in New York City in 1987.
Maple is a member of the National Ƶ of Sciences and is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Alexander v. Humboldt Research Award and an Excellence in Teaching Award from UC San Diego. A first-generation college, Maple earned his Ph.D. in physics from UC San Diego.