Inauguration to the Susan F. Gurley Chair in Theoretical Physics and Biology: Adventures at the Edge of Physics

Boris Shraiman, honored as the Susan F. Gurley Professor in Theoretical Physics and Biology, is currently a Permanent Member of the Kavli institute for theoretical Physics, and a Professor in the Department of Physics. Dr. Shraiman received his Ph.D. degree in physics from Harvard University in 1983 and after two years as a James Franck postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, moved to Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, where in 1987 he became a Member of the technical staff in the Theoretical Physics Research Department. Before joining KITP, Dr. Shraiman also was a faculty member in the Physics Department and the BioMaPs institute at Rutgers University from 2002 to 2004. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1997. Dr. Shraiman has broad research interests and has made significant contributions in a number of fields ranging from correlated electron systems to pattern formation and turbulence. His recent and current research uses physics ideas and approaches to study biological systems.