Philip Phillips, associate professor of physics. "His bold work over the past several years on the 'random dimers' has successfully challenged a

materials and shows promise of being relevant to the 'conducting 
polymers,' novel plastics that can conduct electricity," said David K. 
Campbell, head of the department of physics. "More generally, we feel that
his strong background in chemistry will greatly benefit our efforts to 
understand the properties of the whole class of 'novel electronic 
materials,' including the conducting polymers and high-temperature 
superconductors." A native of Scarborough, Tobago, West Indies, Phillips 
has been a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 
1984. Teaching: quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics.
Education: BS (chemistry and mathematics), Walla Walla College; PhD 
(physical chemistry), University of Washington.