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Chris Leighton

Chris Leighton is credited on 61 releases across 16 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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61

Pressings credited

16

Albums

6

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Christopher Leighton is a British physicist. He is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. Leighton holds a BSc in physics (1994) and a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics (1998) from Durham University. From 1998 to 2001, he was a postdoc in material physics at the University of California, San Diego. Leighton was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2012 and an IEEE Fellow in 2020. His research revolves around the electronic and magnetic properties of a wide range of novel materials, including complex oxides, oxide heterostructures, metallic spintronics, complex alloys, organic conductors, and photovoltaics.

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61 releases · 16 albums · active 1975–2025

  • Performance · 100
  • Production · 1

Studios: Legend Studios · The Music Farm · The Music Source · Bear Creek Studios

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