Moshe Shapiro
Moshe Shapiro | |
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| Born | October 1944 |
| Died | 3 December 2013 |
| Known for | Contributions in the field of coherent control |
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| Fields | Chemical physics |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Moshe Shapiro (October 1944 – 3 December 2013) was a chemist and physicist at the University of British Columbia.
Research
[edit]Shapiro's research focused on coherent control, laser catalysis, quantum computing, transition state spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and other areas.Shapiro published two fundamental papers in which he derives quantum mechanics from observed symmetries in the universe: "Derivation of the coordinate-momentum commutation relations from canonical invariance" PHYSICAL REVIEW A 74, 042104 (2006), and "Derivation of the relativistic 'proper time' quantum evolution equations from canonical invariance", J. Phys. A. Math. Theor. 41 (2008) 175303.[1]
Awards and achievements
[edit]Shapiro published more than 300 papers, and the book Principles of the Quantum Control of Molecular Processes with P. Brumer. He won a variety of prizes for his research.[1]
He was the Canada Research Chair Professor in Quantum Control. From 1993 to 2002, he was the Jacques Mimran Professor of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Department Mourns the Sudden Passing of Our Colleague Moshe Shapiro" (Press release). Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia. 2013.
External links
[edit]- University of British Columbia Chemistry website
- University of British Columbia Physics website
- Obituary for Moshe Shapiro, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 070402
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