Juris Ekmanis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Juris Ekmanis
Ekmanis in 2012
Born	(1941-12-02)2 December 1941 Riga, Reichskomissariat Ostland (Now: Latvia)
Died	9 April 2016(2016-04-09) (aged 74) Riga, Latvia
Cause of death	Complications from a stroke
Alma mater	Riga Polytechnical Institute
Occupation	Physicist

Juris Ekmanis, (2 December 1941 – 9 April 2016) was a Latvian educator and physicist. He was the President of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 2004 through 2012. He was appointed Junior Research Associate at the Riga Polytechnical Institute from 1961-1986, and Professor from 1986-1994.

He was Visiting Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca), Iowa State University (Ames), University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1974 and at Manchester University in 1993.

In 1976 he became a Visiting Scientist at McGill University (Montreal). In 1990 he became the Director of the Institute of the Physical Energetics at the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

Ekmanis died of complications from a stroke in Riga, Latvia on 9 April 2016, aged 74.