Peter M. Rentzepis
Peter Michael Rentzepis (born December 11, 1934 in Kalamatis , Greece ) is an American chemist (physical chemistry). He is a professor at the University of California, Irvine .
Rentzepis attended Denison College with a bachelor's degree in 1958, Syracuse University with a master's degree in 1960 and received his doctorate in physical chemistry from Cambridge University in 1963 . In 1960/61 he was at the General Electric Research Laboratories and from 1963 to 1973 at the Bell Laboratories . In 1981 he became a professor at Yale University and in 1986 at the University of California, Irvine.
In 1989, he pioneered three-dimensional optical storage based on photochromism .
He received the Irving Langmuir Award , the Peter Debye Award , the Tolman Award, and the Cressy Morrison Science Award from the New York Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences . He is honorary doctor of the Technical University of Athens, Syracuse and Carnegie-Mellon University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the New York Academy of Sciences .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004.
- ^ Dimitri A. Parthenopoulos, Peter M. Rentzepis: Three-Dimensional Optical Storage Memory. Science, 245: 843-845, 1989.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rentzepis, Peter M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rentzepis, Peter Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalamatis , Greece |