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Janos Kirz
Born1937 (1937)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forX-ray microscopy
Zone plates
AwardsArthur H. Compton Award (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsStony Brook University
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Doctoral advisorLuis Walter Alvarez
Robert D. Tripp

Janos Kirz (born 1937) is a Hungarian-American physicist, Professor emeritusatStony Brook University, and pioneer of X-ray microscopy.

Biography

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Kirz was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the United States following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He studied physics at the University of California, Berkeley and after getting his PhD in 1963, he spent a year as a postdoc at CEAinSaclay. In 1968 Kirz took a position at Stony Brook University where he was appointed professor in 1973.[1] Kirz is the nephew of physicist Edward Teller. [2] [3]

Research

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Kirz's work has focused on Soft X-ray microscopy and the development and use of zone plates.

Awards

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Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Janos Kirz". Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  • ^ "Symposium reviews Edward Teller's varied contributions to science".
  • ^ Hargittai, István (2006). Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780199884414.
  • ^ "Sloan Research Fellows". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  • ^ "Janos Kirz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  • ^ "APSUO Arthur H. Compton Award - Past Winners". APS, Argonne National Laboratory. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janos_Kirz&oldid=1168285316"

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