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Alan J. Heeger is an American physicist, chemist, and engineer who also works as a university teacher. Born in Sioux City in 1936, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy and speaks English. He has resided in Akron, Omaha, Sioux City, and California. His academic career includes positions at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Utah, and University of Geneva. He received his education at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of California, Berkeley.
Heeger has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Balzan Prize, and the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and American Physical Society. His work is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Chemistry collection. An oral history of his work is held at the Science History Institute.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2000
“for the discovery and development of conductive polymers”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sioux City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Geneva
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Heeger, Alan J. (1936).jpg
- Residence
- California
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- date of birth
- 1936-01-22
- member of
- National Academy of Engineering
- Commons category
- Alan J. Heeger
- Erdős number
- 5
- name in native language
- Alan Heeger
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- oral history at
- Science History Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
Heeger was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers and for pioneering work in making these novel materials available for technological applications.
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