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Efthimios Kaxiras

Greek-American condensed matter physicist and materials scientist

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About Efthimios Kaxiras

Efthimios Kaxiras was a Greek university teacher and physicist.

Efthimios "Tim" Kaxiras is a Greek-American condensed matter physicist and materials scientist, who is John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics at Harvard University. Known for his work in computational materials science, he and his research group have introduced the term "twistronics."

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Important facts

Occupation

University teacher, physicist

Nationality

Greece

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Zosimaia School, National Technical University of Athens

Employers

Harvard University, IBM Research, United States Naval Research Laboratory, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Awards

Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Fellow of the American Physical Society

Also known as

Kaxiras E, Tim Kaxiras

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Who was Efthimios Kaxiras?

Greek-American condensed matter physicist and materials scientist

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Efthimios Kaxiras was a university teacher and physicist.

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Efthimios Kaxiras was Greek.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Efthimios Kaxiras

· Wikidata: Q98302936

· DBpedia: Efthimios Kaxiras

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