Background
Tauc, Jan was born on April 15, 1922 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United States, 1969, naturalized, 1978. Son of Jan and Josefa (Semonska) Tauc.
Tauc, Jan was born on April 15, 1922 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United States, 1969, naturalized, 1978. Son of Jan and Josefa (Semonska) Tauc.
Ing.Dr. in Electrical Engineering, Technology University Prague, 1949. Doctor rerum naturalium, Charles University, Prague, 1956. Doctor of Science in Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1956.
Scientist microwave research Science and Technology Research Institute, Tanvald and Prague, 1949-1952. Head semiconductor department Institute Solid State Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1953-1969. Professor experimental physics Charles University, 1964-1969, director Institute Physics, 1968-1969.
Member technical staff Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1969-1970. Professor engineering and physics Brown University, 1970-1983, L. Herbert Ballou professor engineering and physics, 1983-1992, L. Herbert Ballou professor emeritus, since 1992, director material research laboratory, 1983-1988. Director E. Fermi Summer School, Varenna, Italy, 1965.
Visiting professor University Paris, 1969, Stanford University, 1977, Max Planck Institute Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 1982. United Nations Educational fellow, Harvard, 1961-1962.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Frank Isakson prize 1982, David Adler award 1988). Member National Academy of Sciences, European Physical Society (founding), Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (correspondent 1963-1971, 90-91, foreign 1991-1992, Hlavka medal 1992, de Scientia et Humanitate Optime Meritis medal 2003), Czech Learned Society (honorary), Washington State Academy of Sciences (founding member 2008).
Married Vera Koubelova, October 18, 1947. Children: Elena (Mistress Milan Kokta), January.