Peter Young
Research Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, D. Phil., Oxford University, 1973.
Honors & Awards
- 2014 Martin-Gutzwiller-Fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
- 2012 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2012 Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Prize) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2009 Aneesur Rahman Prize of the American Physical Society (for Computational Physics)
- 2008 Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society (inaugural year of the award).
- 2004-2005 Outstanding Faculty Award of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
- 2003-2004 Excellence in Teaching Award of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1989, Fellow of the American Physical Society1985 Maxwell Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics, (with Alan Bray)
About
Professor Young is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research has focused on statistical physics, particularly in disordered systems such as spin glasses. Over the years, he has contributed significantly to understanding phase transitions in random systems and has employed numerical techniques like Monte Carlo simulations to explore these complex phenomena. As an educator, he taught an upper-division elective on Computational Physics, incorporating Mathematica as a core component of the course.