Daniel L. Stein

Daniel L. Stein is Professor of Physics and Mathematics at New York University and an External Faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. From 2006-2012 he served as New York University (NYU) Dean of Science. Prior to coming to NYU, he served on the faculties at Princeton University and at the University of Arizona, where he was Head of the Department of Physics for a decade. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 1979.

His research is in the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics, with applications to problems in social science and biological physics. It focuses primarily on randomness and disorder in condensed matter systems, with an emphasis on magnetic materials and on stochastic processes leading to rare nucleation events. In addition, he has worked on topics as diverse as protein biophysics, biological evolution, amorphous semiconductors, superconductors and superfluids, liquid crystals, neutron stars, and the interface between particle physics and cosmology.

His awards include a Princeton University C.E. Proctor Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, University of Arizona College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award, Commission on the Status of Women Vision 2000 Award, election as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the U.S. Air Force Exemplary Civilian Service Medal, and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.

https://math.nyu.edu/people/profiles/STEIN_Daniel.html