Nihat Berker

Ahmet Nihat Berker (born 20 September 1949) is a Turkish scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT.

He is the son of a notable scientist and engineer Ratip Berker, who was deceased on 17 October 1997.

[5][6][7] His other son, Ratip Emin Berker, is an alumnus of Harvard and a PhD student in Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.

From 1999 to 2004, he served as a professor and dean of the School of Sciences and Letters at The Istanbul Technical University.

[1] Nihat Berker is best known for his research in statistical mechanics, especially on phase transitions applying renormalization group theory, with applications to surface physics and materials with defects.