Peter B. Littlewood

Peter B. Littlewood PhD is professor and chair of Physics at the University of Chicago and a visiting Professor at the University of St Andrews. He was previously Director of Argonne National Laboratory, and before that a Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge and Head of the Cavendish Laboratory. He was the Founding Executive Chair of the Faraday Institution, UK’s independent centre for electrochemical energy storage science and technology, supporting research, training, and analysis. He began his career with almost 20 years at Bell Laboratories, ultimately serving for five years as head of Theoretical Physics Research. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences), and the NAS. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences (Physics) and a Doctorate in Physics, both from the University of Cambridge.