André Bandrauk

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André Dieter Bandrauk OC FRSC FCIC (born 20 May 1941) is a Canadian chemist and distinguished academic who is a professor of Theoretical chemistry at the University of Sherbrooke in Montreal.[1]

Born in war-time Berlin, Bandrauk immigrated to Canada with his family in 1951 and has been with the University of Sherbrooke since 1971.[2]

Bandrauk was awarded the status of Fellow[3] in the American Physical Society,[4] after they were nominated by their Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics in 2007,[5] for "pioneering theoretical contributions to elucidating intense laser interactions with molecules, including predictions of the existence of new molecules and of enhanced molecular ionization in intense laser fields, and of the usefulness of chirped pulses to control photochemical processes."

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2012.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Daoust-Boisvert, Amélie (25 October 2008). "De Sherbrooke à Berlin - Quand le temps se mesure en attosecondes". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Le lauréat André D. Bandrauk" (in French). Les Prix du Québec. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  4. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  5. ^ "APS Fellows 2007". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  6. ^ "Le professeur de l'Udes André D. Bandrauk nommé officier de l'Ordre du Canada". Sherbrooke Innopole (in French). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2017.