Citizenship American Alma mater Vrije Universiteit | Name Carolyne Vliet Notable awards Fulbright Program | |
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Institutions University of MiamiVrije UniversiteitUniversite de MontrealUniversity of MinnesotaFlorida International University Other academic advisors Hendrik CasimirJan Blok Doctoral students Francois M. KlaassenMichel CharbonneauPanagiotis VasilopoulosAyivi G. K. HuissoFarid BenamiraYuping ChenRonaldo S. DuranAndres J. Barrios Books Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics Fields Physicist, Electronic engineering | ||
Residence United States of America | ||
Carolyne Marina Van Vliet (1929 – 2016) was a Dutch-born American physicist notable for the theory of generation-recombination noise and for the theory of quantum transport in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, as well as for her many contributions to the foundations of Linear Response Theory. She was a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Education
Van Vliet obtained a BS in physics and mathematics, in 1949, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Then from the same university Van Vliet obtained an MA in physics, in 1953, and a PhD in 1956 for a thesis entitled Current Fluctuations in Semiconductors and Photoconductors, under Gerardus J. Sizoo.
Personal life
As a teeneager Van Vliet lived for 5 years in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. The name change from "K. M. van Vliet" to "C. M. Van Vliet" occurred in 1982.
Career
Van Vliet was first a Teaching Assistant (1949–1953) at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, then a NV Philips Research Fellow (1953–1956) at the same university. This was followed by an appointment as a Fulbright Fellow, at the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota (1956–1957), rising to assistant professor there. During 1958-1960, Van Vliet was appointed as 'Conservator' in the Department of Physics at the Vrije Universiteit and then was appointed at the University of Minnesota (1960–1970) rising to professor. In 1969-1995, Van Vliet was Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques of the Université de Montréal, then, during 1992-2000, became Professor at Florida International University in Miami. Her last position was as adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Miami.