Abram Ioffe
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Abram Fedorovich[lower-alpha 1] 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.
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Born | Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880-10-29)29 October 1880[1] |
Died | 14 October 1960(1960-10-14) (aged 79)[1] |
Alma mater | Munich University (PhD 1905); Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (1902)[1] |
Awards | Lenin Prize (1961) 3×Order of Lenin[1] |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | State Institute of Roentgenology and Radiology; Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute[1] |
Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Röntgen |
Doctoral students | Nikolay Semyonov Pyotr Lukirsky Pyotr Kapitsa |
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