Herbert Kroemer - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2000
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Herbert Kroemer

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2000
for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics
Together with: Jack Kilby, Zhores Alferov
Citizenship
GermanyGermanyUnited StatesUnited States
Languages
German, English
date of birth
8/25/1928
place of birth
Weimar
date of death
3/8/2024
Lived
95 years

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occupation
  • university teacher
  • physicist
field of work
  • semiconductor
  • high-frequency technology
  • theoretical physics
  • physics
  • electrical engineering
  • solid-state physics
educated at
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Jena
employer
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of Colorado Boulder
member of
  • National Academy of Engineering
    • start time: 1997
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2003
  • Academy of Science for Public Utility
  • American Physical Society
    • start time: 1972
  • European Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2004
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