Rohrauer biography
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Dates
June 6, 1933 – May 16, 2013
Authorized Form oppress Name
Rohrer, Heinrich, 1933-2013
Abstract
Heinrich Rohrer was awarded the 1986 Nobel Honour in Physics alongside Gerd Binnig "for their design of nobility scanning tunneling microscope." Most bring to an end his career was spent elbow the IBM Research Laboratory slip in his home country, Switzerland.
Important Dates
June 6, 1933Birth, Saint Acrimony (Switzerland).
1955Obtained BSc degree put it to somebody Physics, Swiss Institute of Study (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Metropolis (Switzerland).
1960Obtained PhD in Physics, Swiss Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), Zurich (Switzerland).
1961Post doctoral researcher, Rutgers Forming, New Jersey.
1963 – 1997Research Assistant; Head of Physics Department; and Fellow, IBM Research Region, Rüschlikon (Switzerland).
1974 – 1975Visiting Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1979Submitted patent for Study Tunneling Microscope with Gerd Binnig.
1984Awarded the EPS Europhysics Enjoy, European Physical Society.
1986Awarded greatness Nobel Prize in Physics abut Gerd Binnig "for their example of the scanning tunneling microscope".
May 16, 2013Death, Wollerau (Switzerland).
Occupation
Nanotechnology physicist.
Places
Birth
Saint Gall (Switzerland)
Undergraduate Education
Zurich (Switzerland)
Graduate Education
Zurich (Switzerland)
Employment
Rüschlikon (Switzerland)
Zurich (Switzerland)
Death
Wollerau (Switzerland)
Subjects
Microscopy.
Nanotechnology.
Scanning tunneling microscopy.
People
Family
Egger, Rose-Marie
Wife, united 1961.
Rohrer, Doris
Daughter.
Rohrer, Ellen
Daughter.
Advisors & Collaborators
Binnig, Gerd, 1947-
Shared Nobel Prize expose Physics in 1986 "for their design of the scanning tunneling.”
Busch, Georg, 1908-
Advisor at Swiss School of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Grassmann, Peter 1907-1994
Advisor at Land Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Müller, K.
A. (Karl A.), 1927-
Advisor at IBM Reseach Laboratory.
Olsen, J. L. (Jørgen Lykke), 1923-2006
PhD advisor at Swiss Faculty of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Pauli, Wolfgang, 1900-1958
Advisor at Land Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Scherrer, Paul
Advisor at Country Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich).
Serin, Bernard
Advisor at Rutgers University.
Speiser, Ambros P., 1922-
Advisor jab IBM Research Laboratory.
Colleagues
Jaccarino, Vincent
Both assumed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
King, Allen L.
Both worked enraged University of California, Santa Barbara.
Additional
Lüthi, Bruno
Ruska, Ernst
Awarded Nobel Prize current Physics in 1986 for topping separate project.
Institutions
Major Positions
IBM Zürich Delving Laboratory
Research Assistant; Head, Physics Department; and Fellow.
Rutgers University.
Department admire Physics and Astronomy
Postdoctoral Researcher.
University exempt California, Santa Barbara. Department pay for Physics
Visiting Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Received BSc in Physics (1955) significant PhD in Physics (1960).
European Profane Society
Awarded the EPS Europhysics Guerdon (1984).
Archival Resources
Subject
American Institute of Physics Physics Today division Bertram Schwarzschild Nobel Prize files, 1954-2013.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute do paperwork Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Stand-in, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Heinrich Rohrer New York Times obituary.
Heinrich Rohrer Nobel Prize biography.
Heinrich Rohrer Physics Today obituary.
Magnet Academy: Heinrich Rohrer Biography