Case Western Reserve University: Polykarp Kusch (CSAS ’31, HON ’56)
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Polykarp Kusch
Polykarp Kusch was a German–American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Eugene Lamb for his accurate determination that the electron magnetic moment was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of and innovations in quantum electrodynamics.
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science · German–American physicist (1911–1993) · physicist · university teacher · also Polykarp Kusch, Kusch
Born 26 January 1911 · Died 20 March 1993 · Q184571
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2024· 1 entry
The Scientist: Clinical Chemistry Association's President-Elect Aims To Increase Viability Of The Organization; Polykarp Kusch
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2020· 1 entry
Published “Efficient light-emitting diodes from mixed-dimensional perovskites on a fluoride interface” in Nature Electronics — cited 217 times.
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2017· 2 entries
Published “Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus” in Genome Biology — cited 432 times.
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Published “<i>mlo</i> -Based Resistance: An Apparently Universal “Weapon” to Defeat Powdery Mildew Disease” in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® — cited 318 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Oligodendroglial NMDA Receptors Regulate Glucose Import and Axonal Energy Metabolism” in Neuron — cited 532 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “<i>Magical mystery tour</i>:<scp> MLO</scp> proteins in plant immunity and beyond” in New Phytologist — cited 214 times.
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2010· 1 entry
Published “Comparing exercise in Parkinson's disease—the Berlin BIG Study” in Movement Disorders — cited 205 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Acetylation by Tip60 Is Required for Selective Histone Variant Exchange at DNA Lesions” in Science — cited 558 times.
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Asymmetric Loading of Kar9 onto Spindle Poles and Microtubules Ensures Proper Spindle Alignment” in Cell — cited 228 times.
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1993· 2 entries
Died 1993-03-20.
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Kusch died on March 20, 1993, in Dallas at the age of 82.
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1981· 1 entry
Published “Cuticle of Caenorhabditis elegans: its isolation and partial characterization.” in The Journal of cell biology — cited 306 times.
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1978· 1 entry
Published “An analysis of the <i>B</i> 1Π<i>u</i>–<i>X</i> 1∑+<i>g</i> band system of Na2” in The Journal of Chemical Physics — cited 287 times.
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1972· 1 entry
Left Columbia to become a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, remaining there until his retirement in 1982
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1959· 1 entry
And the following year he married Betty Pezzoni
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1955· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1955).
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1939· 1 entry
Published “The Molecular Beam Resonance Method for Measuring Nuclear Magnetic Moments. The Magnetic Moments of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Li</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>6</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Li</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>7</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>and<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">F</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>19</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mprescripts/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>9</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow/></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>” in Physical Review — cited 355 times.
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1938· 1 entry
Published “A New Method of Measuring Nuclear Magnetic Moment” in Physical Review — cited 532 times.
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1937· 1 entry
Kusch moved to Columbia University, where he spent much of his career as a professor and served as its provost for one year in 1970–1971
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1935· 1 entry
Kusch married Edith Starr McRoberts, with whom he had three daughters
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1931· 1 entry
Kusch entered the University of Illinois, from which he received his M
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1912· 1 entry
Kusch and his family emigrated to the United States, where he naturalized as a U
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1911· 2 entries
Born 1911-01-26.
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In Blankenburg, Germany, the son of John Mathias Kusch, a Lutheran
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