Zhores Alferov

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian 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.

Awards: USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, Nobel Prize in Physics, Stuart Ballantine Medal, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Education: Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, Belarusian National Technical University

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