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Published as SubjectManuel Cardona
Dates
July 9, 1934 – September 7, 2014
Authorized Form of Name
Cardona, Manuel, 1934-
Additional Forms of Names
Cardona, M. (Manuel), 1934-
Cardona, Manuel, 1934-2014
Biography
Abstract
Manuel Cardona was a Spanish physicist and his research interests included high temperature superconductors. In 1971, Cardona became director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany. His other institutional affiliations included Harvard University, RCA Laboratories, and Brown University.
Important Dates
July 9, 1934Birth, Barcelona (Spain).
1955Obtained Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas, University of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain).
1958Obtained DSc, University of Madrid, Madrid (Spain).
1959Obtained PhD in Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1959 – 1961Member, Technical Staff, RCA Laboratories, Ltd., Zurich.
1961 – 1964Member, Technical Staff, RCA Research Laboratories, Radio Corporation of America.
1963Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania.
1964Fellow, American Physical Society.
1964 – 1971Associate Professor of Physics (1964-1966) and Professor of Physics (1966-1971), Brown University, Providence (R.I.).
1965Obtained MA, Brown University, Providence (R.I.).
1971 – 2014Scientific Member and Director (1971-1999) and Scientific Member and Director Emeritus (2000-2014), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart (Germany).
1984Awarded Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society.
1987Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1988Miller Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1992 – 2005Editor-in-Chief, Solid State Communications, Elsevier.
2000Miller Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
2001Fellow, Institute of Physics, London.
2009Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.
September 7, 2014Death, Stuttgart (Germany).
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Cardona, Inge Hecht
Wife.
Colleagues
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Brown University.
Both employed at Brown University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brown University. Department of Physics
Obtained MA in 1965. Associate Professor of Physics and Professor of Physics.
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
Scientific Member; Director; and Director Emeritus.
Radio Corporation of America. Laboratories Division
Technical Staff.
RCA Laboratories
Member, Technical Staff (Zurich).
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Miller Visiting Professor.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Visiting Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow and received 1984 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids.
Elsevier Science Publishers
Editor-in-Chief, Solid State Communications.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Applied Physics.
Institute of Physics (Great Britain)
Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Royal Society of Canada
Fellow.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Obtained DSc.
Universidad de Barcelona. Departament de Física Teòrica
Obtained Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas in 1955.
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
Manuel Cardona Castro Physics Today obituary.
The history of physics in Cuba / Angelo Baracca, Jürgen Renn, Helge Wendt, editors.