Steven Jonathan Carlip (born 1953) is an American professor of physics at the University of California, Davis.
Carlip graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1975.
In 1987, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, with a Doctor of Philosophy under the direction of Bryce DeWitt.
After a post-doctoral period at Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, he has been teaching—since 1990—at the University of California, Davis.
Carlip was one of the recipients of the Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in the year 1991.