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Gabriel Aeppli
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| Born | 25 November 1956 Zürich, Switzerland
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| Nationality | American Swiss |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD) |
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Gabriel Aeppli was born on November 25, 1956. He is a brilliant scientist from both Switzerland and America. He is an electrical engineer and a physicist. He helped start the London Centre for Nanotechnology. He is also a professor of physics at ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne in Switzerland. He leads the Synchrotron and Nanotechnology department at the Paul Scherrer Institute.
Dr. Aeppli has done important work on how magnets behave. He studies how tiny particles called quantum spins affect materials. His research helps us understand special types of superconductivity. He has received many awards for his discoveries. He has also published many scientific papers.
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About Gabriel Aeppli
His Early Life
Gabriel Aeppli was born in Zürich, Switzerland, on November 25, 1956. His father, Alfred Aeppli, was a mathematician. Soon after Gabriel was born, his family moved to the United States. Later, from 2002 to 2015, he lived in London, United Kingdom. After that, he moved back to Zürich.
His Education and Career
Gabriel Aeppli studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1978. He also received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering in 1983.
He worked as a research assistant at MIT. He also gained experience at IBM as a student. In 1982, he joined Bell Laboratories. By 1993, he became a distinguished member of their technical staff. From 1996 to 2002, he was a senior research scientist at NEC Laboratories in Princeton.
In 2002, he became a professor of physics at University College London (UCL). There, he helped create the London Centre for Nanotechnology. He was the director of this center until 2015.
Today, he focuses on how light science and nanotechnology can help with computers and health care. He is also a board member of Bio Nano Consulting. Currently, he directs the synchrotron radiation and nanotechnology department at the Paul Scherrer Institute.
What He Studies
Gabriel Aeppli's research explores complex topics in physics. He studies how materials behave at very small scales. His work helps us understand things like Kondo insulators. He also looks at Scale-free networks, which are special types of connections.
Awards and Honors
Gabriel Aeppli has received many important awards for his scientific work. Here are some of them:
- 2015: Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2012: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2010: Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2008: Nevill Mott Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics
- 2005: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society
- 2005: Majumdar Memorial Award
- 2003: Neel Medal (a magnetism prize)
- 2002: Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 1997: Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 1996: Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
He has also been a member and leader of many important scientific groups. These groups include ones sponsored by the USDOE and the American Physical Society.
Books He Wrote
Gabriel Aeppli has also written or co-written scientific books:
- "Neutron Scattering from Random Ferromagnets" (1982)
- "Quantum Phase Transitions in Transverse Field Models" (2015) - This book is about how materials change their properties at very low temperatures.
