Merrill Brian Maple is an American scientist in the field of physics. He is a Distinguished Professor of Physics and holds the Bernd T. Matthias Chair in the Physics Department at the University of California, San Diego. He leads the Maple Group at the university's Center for Advanced Nanoscience. He has also served as the director of UCSD's Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences and its Center for Interface and Materials Science. His primary research interest is condensed matter physics, involving phenomena like magnetism and superconductivity. He has done important work in correlated electron physics, high pressure physics, nano physics, and surface science. He has authored or co-authored more than 900 scientific publications and five patents.
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