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Herbert Kroemer

German-American physics (1928–2024).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Physicist
University Teacher

Place of Birth

Weimar

Country of Citizenship

Germany
United States

Date of Birth

8/25/1928

Instance Of

Human

Member Of

Academy of Science for Public Utility
National Academy of Sciences
(2003 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 2003
National Academy of Engineering
(1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
American Physical Society
(1972 - )
Start Time
: 1972
European Academy of Sciences
(2004 - )
Start Time
: 2004

Educated At

University of Göttingen
Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Given Name

Herbert

Award Received

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
(2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2000)
Together With
:
Zhores Alferov
Together With
:
Jack Kilby
Award Rationale
: för utvecklingen av halvledarheterostrukturer för höghastighets- och optoelektronik
Award Rationale
: for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics
Point in Time
: 2000
Prize Money
: 2,250,000 Swedish krona
J. J. Ebers Award
(1973)
Point in Time
: 1973
IEEE Medal of Honor
(2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Humboldt Research Fellowship
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Humboldt Prize
IEEE Fellow
IEEE Jack A. Morton Award
(1986)
Point in Time
: 1986

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Doctoral Advisor

Fritz Sauter
Richard Becker

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German
English

Name in Native Language

Herbert Krömer

Employer

University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado Boulder

Family Name

Kroemer

Field of Work

Electrical Engineering
Physics
Theoretical Physics
Solid-State Physics
Semiconductor

Influenced By

Friedrich Hund

Date of Death

3/8/2024

Interested In

Physics
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