Herbert Kroemer

Herbert Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer
	Kroemer in 2008
Born	August 25, 1928; Weimar, State of Thuringia, Weimar Republic
Died	March 8, 2024 (aged 95)
Citizenship	Germany; United States (from 2003)
Alma mater	University of Göttingen (Diplom, Dr. phil.)
Known for	Drift-field transistor; Heterojunction bipolar transistor;
Awards	J. J. Ebers Award (1973); IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1986); Nobel Prize in Physics (2000); IEEE Medal of Honor (2002);
	Scientific career
Fields	Solid-state physics
Institutions	RCA Laboratories; Varian Associates; University of Colorado; University of California, Santa Barbara;
Thesis	Zur Theorie des Germaniumgleichrichters und des Transistors : Ausz. Mit 10 Fig. im Text (1953)
Doctoral advisor	Fritz Sauter

Herbert Kroemer (German: [ˈhɛʁbɛʁt ˈkʁøːmɐ] ^ⓘ; August 25, 1928 – March 8, 2024) was a German–American solid-state physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics." He was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research into transistors was a stepping stone to the later development of mobile phone technologies.