Abram Ioffe

Abram Ioffe
Abram Ioffe
Абрам Иоффе
Born	Abram Fedorovich Ioffe; 29 October 1880; Romny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	14 October 1960 (aged 79); Leningrad, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology; University of Munich (Dr. phil.);
Awards	Stalin Prize (1942); Lenin Prize (1961); 3x Order of Lenin;
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University; Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute; Academy of Sciences of the USSR;
Thesis	Elastische Nachwirkung im kristallinischen Quarz (1905)
Doctoral advisor	Wilhelm Röntgen
Notable students	Abram Alikhanov; Matvei Bronstein; Pyotr Kapitsa; Igor Kurchatov; Lev Landau; Pyotr Lukirsky; Nikolay Semyonov;
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Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, IPA: [ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ]; 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 14 October 1960) was a Russian and Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1961) (posthumously). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes. He has been described as the "father of Soviet physics".