Background
Kaplan, Alexander Efimovich was born on June 9, 1938 in Kiev, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Efim S. and Anna A. Kaplan. came to the United States, 1979.
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Alexander Efimovich Kaplan
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Alexander Efimovich Kaplan, Ukrainian, American Physics educator, engineering educator. Achievements include patent in field Recipient Alexander von Humboldt award for senior United States scientists Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany, 1996. Fellow Optical Society American; member American Physical Society, Laser & Electro-Optic Society.
Education
Master of Science in Physics, Moscow Physical Technology Institute, 1961; postgraduate, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1963-1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, Gorkii State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967.
Career
Research scientist, Radio R & D Laboratory, Moscow, 1961-1963;
research staff member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, 1963-1979;
research staff member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979-1982;
professor electrical engineering school, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982-1987;
professor electrical and computer engineering department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1987. Consultant Bell Labs, Homdell, New Jersey, 1980-1981, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1981, Honeywell Research Center, Minneapolis, 1982. Guest scientist Max-Planck-Institute Quantenoptik, Garching, Federal Republic Germany, 1981.
Alexander-von-Humboldt professor quantum physics department U. Ulm, Germany, 1996.
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Membership
Fellow Optical Society American. Member American Physical Society, Laser & Electro-Optic Society.
