Mark Bowick

Mark John Bowick (born 1957) is a dual national, (United States / New Zealand), theoretical physicist in condensed matter theory and high-energy physics. Bowick is the Deputy Director[1] of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and a Visiting Distinguished Professor of Physics[2] in UCSB's Physics Department.

Mark Bowick
Born
Mark John Bowick

Rotorua, New Zealand (1957)
CitizenshipU.S. and New Zealand
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
(B.Sc. [Hons.])
California Institute of Technology (MSc) (PhD)
Known forCondensed Matter Theory and High Energy Theoretical Physics
AwardsGravity Research Foundation Essay Competition (1986)
Outstanding Junior Investigator (1987)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2004
Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement (2006)
William Wasserstrom Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Advising (2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Syracuse University
Yale University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education

Bowick was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, and earned his bachelor's degree, B.Sc. (Hons.), at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. In 1983, he received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the California Institute of Technology, where he held an Earle C. Anthony Graduate Fellowship. His thesis was entitled, Radiative Mass Structure in Unified Models and Fermions in the Desert.

Professional career

Bowick then spent three years at Yale University as the research associate of their Sloane Physics Lab's "Particle Theory Group,"[3] followed by a two-year postdoctoral position at the Center for Theoretical Physics, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He was awarded first prize in the 1986 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition.[4] In 1987, he joined the faculty of the Physics Department[5] at Syracuse University (SU), where he was granted an Outstanding Junior Investigator[6] award, from the United States Department of Energy, for the years 1987 to 1994. At SU, Bowick served as assistant and associate professor from 1987 to 1998, was promoted to full professor of physics in 1998, and went on to become Director of the Soft Matter Program[7] from 2011 to 2016.

SU honored Bowick with two commendations: the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement[8] in 2006, and the William Wasserstrom Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Advising in 2009.[9]

In August 2016, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invited Bowick to join as Deputy Director and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Physics.[1]

Since 2002, his career has been split between high-energy physics and condensed matter physics, with ongoing research support by the National Science Foundation.

He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society's Division of Condensed Matter Physics in 2004,[10][11] and joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.

Research

Bowick's research interests include the interplay of order and geometry, building blocks for supramolecular self-assembly, shaped structures, topological defects and common themes in condensed matter and particle physics.

Interests

In 2016, while director of Syracuse University's Soft Matter Program, Bowick commissioned composer Andrew Waggoner to write music for their Active And Smart Matter Conference: A New Frontier for Science & Engineering.[12] The world premiere of this new, eclectic composition, entitled Hexacorda Mollia,[13] was performed by the JACK Quartet on June 22, 2016.

Honors and awards

Selected publications

References

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  6. "Prior Year HEP Early Career Awar... | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)". science.osti.gov. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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  8. "University Archives | Syracuse University Libraries". library.syr.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  9. "William Wasserstrom Prize – Graduate – Syracuse University". graduateschool.syr.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  10. "Home – Unit – DCMP". engage.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. "2016 Active and Smart Matter". Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  13. Hexacorda Mollia by Andrew Waggoner - A Unique Commission, retrieved 2021-01-13
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