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Alex Zunger

Who

Alex Zunger · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; computational materials science and inverse band-structure design

When

1947

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Alex Zunger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; computational materials science and inverse band-structure design

How & why

Alex Zunger is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist and a leader in computational materials science, known for developing 'inverse band-structure design' — using computation to find materials with targeted electronic properties. Among the most cited physicists in his field, he works at the University of Colorado Boulder after decades at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He is Jewish and Israeli-born.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; computational materials science and inverse band-structure design

1947

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics