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