Jerry Tersoff
Jerry Tersoff · Science & Medicine
Physicist (condensed matter and materials theory)
1945, United States
United States
Jerry Tersoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist (condensed matter and materials theory)
Tersoff is a condensed-matter and materials theorist at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, best known for the Tersoff potential, a widely used model for simulating covalent materials such as silicon and carbon. His work spans scanning tunneling microscopy theory, epitaxial growth and nanoscale devices, recognized by the APS Davisson–Germer Prize. Reference sources on Jewish scientists list him among Jewish physicists.
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Physicist (condensed matter and materials theory)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
