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Tersoff, Jerry David was born on June 12, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Abraham and Karen Tersoff.
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Jerry David Tersoff
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Jerry David Tersoff, American Physicist. Achievements include pioneering theory of scanning tunneling microscopy; contributions to theory of heterojunction band offsets and Schottky barriers and theory of epitaxial growth. Recipient Peter Mark award American Vacuum Society, 1988. Fellow American Physical Society (Davisson Germer prize 1997); member MaterialsRsch. Society (medal 1996), American Vacuum Society.
Education
Bachelor in Physics, Swarthmore College, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1982.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1982-1984; member research staff, International Business Machines Corporation T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, since 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society (Davisson Germer prize 1997). Member MaterialsRsch. Society (medal 1996), American Vacuum Society.
Connections
Married Deborah Franzblau.
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