Biography:Boris Yakovlevich Zeldovich
Boris Yakovlevich Zeldovich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 April 1944 |
| Died | 16 December 2018 (aged 74) |
| Citizenship | Russia , United States |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Awards | USSR State Award (1983) Max Born Award (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Non-linear optics Optical waveguides |
| Institutions | P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Branch of RAS University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics |
Boris Yakovlevich Zeldovich (Russian: Бори́с Я́ковлевич Зельдо́вич; 23 April 1944 – 16 December 2018) was a Russian-American physicist and a son of the famous Soviet physicist Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich. He was doctor of the Physical and Mathematical sciences (from 1981) and a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[1] Since 1994 Zeldovich worked as a professor at the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida.[2] During his lifetime he received a number of prestigious awards, including the USSR State Prize in 1983 and the Max Born Award in Physical Optics from the Optical Society (OSA) in 1997.[2][3]
The scientific interests of Boris Zeldovich lay in the fields of non-linear optics, optical waveguide theory and optical holography. He died on 16 December 2018 at the age of 74.[4][5][6][7]
References
- ↑ "Zeldovich, Boris Yakovlevich". Russian Academy of Sciences. http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-359.ln-ru. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dr. Boris Y. Zeldovich". CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics. https://www.creol.ucf.edu/person/boris-y-zeldovich/. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ V. S. Boge, ed (2001). "Zeldovich Boris Yakovlevich" (in Russian). Chelyabinsk. Entsiklopediya. Chelyabinsk: Kamennyi Poyas. ISBN 5-88771-026-8. http://www.book-chel.ru/ind.php?id=5889&what=card. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "Professor Boris Zeldovich passes away at age 74". CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics. 18 December 2018. https://www.creol.ucf.edu/newsevents/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=830. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Boris Zeldovich, 1944–2018". OSA: The Optical Society. https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/obituaries/2018/boris_zeldovich_1944-2018/. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Boris Zel'dovich". SPIE: The International Society for Optics and Photonics. 11 January 2019. http://www.spie.org/news/0111-boris_zeldovich_obit. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ Baranova, Nadia; Glebov, Leon; Kaplan, Alexander; Tabiryan, Nelson (1 March 2019). "Remembering Boris Zeldovich: 1944–2018". Optics & Photonics News (OPN) (The Optical Society). https://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_30/march_2019/departments/remembering_boris_zeldovich/. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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