Edward Ott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edward Ott

physicist

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1941

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: physicist, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edward Ott is an American physicist most noted for his contributions to the development of chaos theory. Ott was born and grew up in New York City.
He attended Stuyvesant High School, received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union, and his Ph.D.
in Electrophysics from The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Following receipt of his Ph.D.
he was an NSF postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Cambridge University.
He then joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University.
Since 1979 he has been a faculty member jointly in the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Maryland, with the current titles of Distinguished University Professor, and Yuen Sang and Yuen Kit So Professor.