Charles L. Kane

Charles Kane is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Kane is a theoretical condensed matter physicist who is known for his work characterizing quantum electronic states of matter, including quantum Hall states, Luttinger Liquids, carbon nanotubes and topological insulators. Recently his research has focused on the theory of topological insulators and their generalizations.

Kane's work on topological insulators has been recognized by several awards, including the Oliver Buckley Prize, the P.A.M. Dirac Medal, the Physics Frontiers Prize, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Chicago, a Ph.D. in physics from MIT, and did postdoctoral work at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.