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physicist

Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss Physicist. Co-recipient King Faisal International prize for science, 1984, Hewlett Packard Europhysics prize, 1984, Nobel prize for Physics, 1986, Cresson medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1987; International Business Machines Corporation fellow, 1986; named to National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1994.

Background

ROHRER, Heinrich was born on June 6, 1933 in Buchs, Saint Gallen.

Education

Diploma in physics, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1960; D. Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 1987; D. Science (honorary), Marseille (France) U., 1988; D. Science (honorary), Madrid U., 1988; D. Science (honorary), Tsukuba (Japan) U., 1994; D. Science (honorary), Frankfurt (Germany) U., 1996.

Career

Research assistant, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1960-1961; post-doctoral, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1961-1963; with, International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Zurich, 1963-1997; researcher, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, since 1997; researcher, Rikagaku Kenkyūsho, Waco, Japan, since 1997; researcher, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, since 1997. Visiting scholar University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974-1975.

Achievements

  • Heinrich Rohrer has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Microscopical Society (honorary 1988). Member NAS (foreign associate), Swiss Academy Technology Sciences, Swiss Physical Society (honorary 1990), Swiss Association Engineering and Architecture (honorary 1991), Zurich Physical Society (honorary 1992).

Connections

Married Rose-Marie Egger in 1961.

Spouse:
Rose-Marie Egger

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Awards

  • Co-recipient King Faisal International prize for science, 1984, Hewlett Packard Europhysics prize, 1984, Nobel prize for Physics, 1986, Cresson medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1987. International Business Machines Corporation fellow, 1986. Named to National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1994.