Karl K. Rebane was an Estonian physicist.
Education
He studied at the Tallinn Technical University from 1947 to 1949, and graduated from Leningrad University in 1952. Rebane received a Doctor of Philosophy in Solid State Theory in 1955 from the Leningrad (Street St. Petersburg) University and a Doctor of Science degree in Theoretical Physics in 1964 from the Institute of Physics of the Belarusian AS at Minsk.
Career
He joined Tartu University in 1955 where he held both teaching and administrative positions, including Professor and Chair of the Experimental Physics Department (1958-1960), and Professor and Chair of the Joint Department of Laser Optics at the Institute of Physics and Tartu University (1974-1993). He was president of the Estonian Academy of Sciences from 1973 to 1990. 2006 - Order of the White Star Class III
He also had three brothers, Jaan, Toomas, and Jüri Rebane.
Membership
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Estonian Academy of Sciences.