Background
Morawitz, Hans was born on February 6, 1935 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Son of Johann and Josephine (Dinda) Morawitz. came to the United States, 1955.
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Hans Morawitz
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Hans Morawitz, Austrian Physicist. Achievements include development of quantum-electrodynamics near metal surfaces, of theory of photochemical holeburning in polymers; proposition of orientational peierls transition in organic conductors, of strong coupling phonon and layer plasmon pairing as explanation for the high superconducting transition temperatures in the cuprate superconductors. E-mail: [email protected].
Education
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Stanford University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1963.
Career
Senior lecturer, Monash U., Melbourne, Australia, 1965-1966; research associate, U. Vienna, Austria, 1966-1967; staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Research Division, San Jose, California, 1963-1965, 67-. Visiting professor department physics Ulm (Federal Republican of Germany) U., 1982, 91, 92,96, 98, Institute for Advanced Study, National U., Canberra, Australia, 1984, Bayreuth (Federal Republican of Germany) U., 1986.
Achievements
Membership
President, board directors Ladera (California) Community Association, 1976-1979, Ladera Recreation District, 1980-1988, Committee for Green Foothills, Palo Alto, California since 1985. Member American Physical Society, European Physical Society.
Connections
Married Terry Lynn Langhorne, July 27,1963. Children: Werner, Peter, Dana.
