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Peter Adalbert Wolff (November 15, 1923 – September 5, 2013) was an American physicist who is considered a pioneer in semiconductor research.[1][2] He earned his PhD in physics at UC Berkeley with Robert Serber as thesis advisor in 1951[3] and began his career at the Bell Telephone Laboratories the following year. Thereafter Wolff joined the physics department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1970, becoming head of the condensed matter and atomic physics division. Together with P. M. Platzman, he coauthored the textbook Waves and Interactions in Solid State Plasmas (1973). In 1976 he moved on to the directorship of the Research Laboratory of Electronics and then of the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory in 1981. Wolff left the director's chair in 1987 and retired from his faculty position in 1989 to become a fellow of the newly created NEC Research Institute at Princeton University. In 1994 he returned to MIT as the leader of the physics/industry forum for the physics department and remained a professor emeritus there until his death.
Peter Adalbert Wolff | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1923 |
| Died | 5 September 2013 |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Bell Telephone Laboratories Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Serber |
| Notable students | Cynthia Roberta McIntyre |
References edit
- ^ Wright, Sarah (October 2, 2013), "Semiconductor research pioneer Peter Wolff dies at 89", MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ^ Lee, Patrick (December 2013), "Peter A. Wolff", Physics Today, doi:10.1063/pt.5.6018
- ^ "Robert Serber". Physics Tree.
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