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Leroy Chang

Experimental physicist and solid state electronics researcher and engineer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1936 to 2008 · aged 72

Leroy Li-Gong Chang was a Taiwanese-American solid-state physicist. Born in China, he studied in Taiwan and then the United States, obtaining his doctorate from Stanford University in 1963. As a research physicist, he studied semiconductors for nearly 30 years at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York.

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2008Died10 August 20081993Stuart Ballantine MedalAward1990IEEE David Sarnoff AwardAward1985James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAward1936Born20 January 1936

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Stuart Ballantine Medal1993
IEEE David Sarnoff Award1990
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials1985
Fellow of the American Physical Society
IEEE Fellow

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This period included pioneering work on superlattice heterostructures with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leo Esaki.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1936 to 2008 · aged 72

The same award as Leroy

James HillierBoth received IEEE David Sarnoff AwardClaudia FelserBoth received James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsNicola SpaldinBoth received James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsYasuhiko ArakawaBoth received IEEE David Sarnoff AwardJohn B. JohnsonBoth received IEEE David Sarnoff AwardHeinrich WelkerBoth received James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials