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Barna, Peter B. was born on July 18, 1928 in Tata, Hungary. Son of Louis and Theresa (Hereghi) Barna.
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Peter B. Barna, Hungarian Physicist. Recipient Small Cross Order Hungarian Republic, 1992, Prize of Physics Hungarian Academy Sciences, 1994, Gold Medal of Physics and Chemistry Slovak Academy Sciences, 1995, Miculescu prize Romanian Academy Science, 1974. Member Hungarian Eotvos Physical Society (section chair 1978-1985, honorary chair 1985, Selenyi medal 1966), Hungarian Electronmicroscopy Society (board directors 1988-1994).
Education
Master of Science, Eotvos Lorand University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1964. Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999.
Career
Professor's assistant department physics Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, 1949-1959. Department head Research Institute for Optics, 1959-1961, Research Institute of Technology Physics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1961—2000. Science adviser Research Institute for Technology Physics and Materials Science, 2000—2005, professor emeritus, since 2005.
Director international workshop on thin films I International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1994, international workshop on thin films II, 1996, international workshop on thin films III, 1999. Director North Atlantic Treaty Organization ARW on Protective Coatings, Portimao, Portugal, 1996. Chairman 17th International Conference on Amorphous Semiconductors, Budapest, 1997.
Representative general assembly Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994-1998. Chairman Science Council Center Electron Microscopy, Halle/S, 1978-1980. Secretary thin film division IUVSTA, Brussels, 1979-1989.
Titular professor Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, since 1992. Member advisory board research institutes Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1995-1998.
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Membership
Member Hungarian Eotvos Physical Society (section chair 1978-1985, honorary chair 1985, Selenyi medal 1966), Hungarian Electronmicroscopy Society (board directors 1988-1994).
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Married Eva Puskas, May 13, 1974. Children: Daniel, Gabriel.
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1950
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1964
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1999
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1949 - 1959
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1959 - 1961
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1961
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Recipient Small Cross Order Hungarian Republic, 1992, Prize of Physics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994, Gold Medal of Physics and Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1995, Miculescu prize Romanian Academy of Sciences, 1974, Laureatus Academiae, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2002, Albert Nerken award American Vacuum Society, 2003.Recipient Small Cross Order Hungarian Republic, 1992, Prize of Physics Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994, Gold Medal of Physics and Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1995, Miculescu prize Romanian Academy of Sciences, 1974, Laureatus Academiae, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2002, Albert Nerken award American Vacuum Society, 2003.