Abram Ioffe
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, IPA: [ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ]; 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 14 October 1960) was a prominent Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942), the Lenin Prize (1960) (posthumously), and the Hero of Socialist Labor (1955). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes.
Abram Ioffe | |
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| Born | Abram Fedorovich Ioffe 29 October 1880 Romny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 14 October 1960 (aged 79) Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Munich University (PhD 1905); Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (1902) |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1961) 3×Order of Lenin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | State Institute of Roentgenology and Radiology; Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Röntgen |
| Doctoral students | Nikolay Semyonov Pyotr Lukirsky Pyotr Kapitsa |
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