Alan J. Heeger
Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
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Heeger in 2013 | |
| Born | Alan Jay Heeger January 22, 1936 Sioux City, Iowa, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | SSH model |
| Spouse | Ruth (2 children) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000) Balzan Prize ENI award Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Thesis | Studies on the magnetic properties of canted antiferromagnets (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Portis |
| Doctoral students | Fan Chunhai (postdoc student) |
Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications.
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