Walter Kohn
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Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for revolutionizing quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics through the development of density functional theory.
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| Walter Kohn canonical | 3 |
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| instanceOf |
Austrian American
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Nobel laureate ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-04-19 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Julian Schwinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer |
Carnegie Mellon University
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University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
condensed matter physics
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materials science ⓘ quantum chemistry ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kohn–Sham equations
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contributions to condensed matter theory ⓘ density functional theory ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| migration |
emigrated from Austria to Canada
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emigrated from Canada to the United States ⓘ |
| name | Walter Kohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his development of the density-functional theory ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Kohn anomaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Lu Jeu Sham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Barbara, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara
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professor of physics ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | John A. Pople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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