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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectIvar Giaever
Dates
April 5, 1929 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Giaever, Ivar
Additional Forms of Names
Giaever, Ivar, 1929-
Biography
Abstract
Ivar Giaever is Founder and President of Applied BioPhysics, Inc. (1993-present). Other institutional affiliations include Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and General Electric Company. His research interests include semiconductors and superconductors.
Important Dates
April 5, 1929Birth, Bergen (Norway).
1952Obtained ME, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim (Norway).
1953Maintenance Engineer, Norwegian Army.
1954Patent Examiner, Government of Norway.
1954 – 1956Engineer, Advanced Engineering Program, Canadian General Electric Company.
1956 – 1988Applied Mathematician (1956-1958) and Researcher (1958-1988), Research and Development Center, General Electric Company, Schenectady (N.Y.).
1964Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1965Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1969 – 1970Guggenheim Fellow, Cambridge University.
1973Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Reona Esaki "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively".
1974Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1975Visiting Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
1988 – presentProfessor-at-large, University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo).
1988 – presentInstitute Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (N.Y.).
1993 – presentFounder and President, Applied BioPhysics, Inc, Troy (N.Y.).
Occupation
Condensed matter physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Giaever, Inger Skramstad
Wife, married 1952.
Advisors & Collaborators
Shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."
Colleagues
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Suits, C. Guy (Chauncey Guy), 1905-1991
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Webb, M. B. (Maurice Barnett), 1926-
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Additional
Harrison, Walter A. (Walter Ashley), 1930-
Josephson, B. D. (Brian David), 1940-
Awarded 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics for a separate project.
Institutions
Major Positions
Applied BioPhysics, Inc.
Founder and President.
Canadian General Electric Company
Engineer, Advanced Engineering Program.
General Electric Company. Research and Development Center
Researcher.
General Electric Company. Research Laboratory
Applied Mathematician and Researcher.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (1964). Institute Professor.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Visiting Professor.
Universitetet i Oslo. Department of Physics
Professor-at-large.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1965 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Norges tekniske høgskole
Obtained ME (1952).
University of Cambridge. Department of Physics
Guggenheim Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Video Interviews with Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, 2004-2006.
Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square
Vega Science Trust
Brighton BN1 9SB, England UK
Subject
Alfred Leitner collection on low temperature superconductivity and optics [motion pictures], 1963-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ceremonial session [sound recording], 1965 March 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Walter A. Harrison Tunneling into Physics, 2015.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA