Jainendra K. Jain

<p>Jainendra K. Jain, an Indian-American <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>, is the Evan Pugh University Professor, <a href="/facts/Erwin_Wilhelm_M%25C3%25BCller/wDM8hjTq">Erwin W. Mueller</a> Professor of <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">Physics</a>, and Holder of Eberly Family Chair of <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">Physics</a> at the <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_State_University/WMQagtjM">Pennsylvania State University</a>. He received the <a href="/facts/Oliver_E._Buckley_Prize/BsvcrbjT">Oliver E. Buckley Prize</a> of the <a href="/facts/American_Physical_Society/DCkkU6dD">American Physical Society</a> in 2002, was elected to the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a> in 2021, and was selected Foreign Fellow of the <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Science_Academy/SztzrCKk">Indian National Science Academy</a> in 2024. He is also the co-recipient of 2025 <a href="/facts/Wolf_Prize_in_Physics/qDA7Jcmn">Wolf Prize in Physics</a> along with <a href="/facts/James_P._Eisenstein/fk5Y38yy">James P. Eisenstein</a> and <a href="/facts/Mordehai_Heiblum/dRsTBhPd">Mordehai Heiblum</a>. Jain is known for his theoretical work on <a href="/facts/Many-body_theory/uoMIVD3E">quantum many body systems</a>, most notably for postulating particles known as <a href="/facts/Composite_fermion/V8z6EGcu">composite fermions</a>.
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Jainendra K. Jain