# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhores-alferov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:06:44.644Z

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name: "Zhores Alferov"
slug: "zhores-alferov"
description: "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov was a Russian applied physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. In 2000, Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics. He also became a politician in his later life, serving in the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party from 1999."
tagline: "Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019)"
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birthDate: "1930-03-15"
deathDate: "2019-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump