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Kostas Soukoulis

Greek physicist (1951-2024) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 73

Costas M. Soukoulis was a Greek physicist, who was a senior scientist in the Ames Laboratory and a Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritus at Iowa State University. He received his B.Sc. from University of Athens in 1974.

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2024Died14 March 20242014Max Born AwardAward2013James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAward2011Honorary Doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit BrusselAward2005Descartes PrizeAward1951Born15 January 1951

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Max Born Award2014
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials2013
Honorary Doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel2011
Descartes Prize2005
Humboldt Prize
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Optical Society
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1978, under the supervision of Kathryn Liebermann Levin. From 1978 to 1981 he was at the Physics Department at University of Virginia. He spent three years (1981-1984) at Exxon Research and Engineering Co. and from 1984 was at Iowa State University (ISU) and Ames Laboratory. He was part-time Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete (2001-2011) and an associated member of IESL-FORTH at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, since 1984. He died on 14 March 2024, at the age of 73.

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United States
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Scientists
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Deceased
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Lived 1951 to 2024 · aged 73