Moshe Shapiro
Moshe Shapiro | |
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| Born | October 1944 |
| Died | 3 December 2013 |
| Known for | Contributions in the field of coherent control |
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| Fields | Chemical physics |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Moshe Shapiro (October 1944 – 3 December 2013) was a chemist and physicist at the University of British Columbia.
Research[edit]
Shapiro's research focused on coherent control, laser catalysis, quantum computing, transition state spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and other areas.[1]
Awards and achievements[edit]
Shapiro published more than 300 papers, and the book Principles of the Quantum Control of Molecular Processes with P. Brumer. He won a variety of prizes for his research.[1]
He was the Canada Research Chair Professor in Quantum Control. From 1993 to 2002, he was the Jacques Mimran Professor of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Department Mourns the Sudden Passing of Our Colleague Moshe Shapiro" (Press release). Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia. 2013.
External links[edit]
- University of British Columbia Chemistry website
- University of British Columbia Physics website
- Obituary for Moshe Shapiro, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 070402
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