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Zhores Alferov

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Soviet-Russian physicist (1930-2019)

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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.

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2015Order of Alexander Nevsky
2015Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal
2015Certificate of Honor of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
2013honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University
2011Officer of the Legion of Honour
2010Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
2009Order of the Friendship of Peoples
2008Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2005Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
2005Global Energy Prize
2004honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
2003Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
2003Honorary citizen of Vitebsk
2002SPIE Gold Medal
2002honorary doctorate from INSA Toulouse
2002honorary citizen of Minsk
2001Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
2001Order of Francisc Skorina
2001State Prize of the Russian Federation
2001honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg
2000Nobel Prize in Physics
2000Nick Holonyak Jr. Award
2000Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
2000Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
1999Alexander Popov Gold Medal
1999Demidov Prize
1999Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
1996The Russian Federation Power Engineer Award
1996Joffe Prize
1986Order of Lenin
1984USSR State Prize
1980Order of the October Revolution
1975Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1972Lenin Prize
1971Stuart Ballantine Medal
1959Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"

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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.

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Lived 1930 to 2019 · aged 88
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