Professor of Physics, 1937 - 1943
1937 AD hired
By the late 1930s, he realized that, as a Jew, he needed to get out of Europe. Bohr helped him find a position in the United States.
At UR, he met graduate student Esther Conwell, and together they formulated the Conwell-Weisskopf Theory, which describes the movement of electrons through semiconductors and led to a better understanding of integrated circuits, knowledge that became essential for modern computing.
Rochester, NY
Lattitude: 43.1655° N
Longitude: 77.6113° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 43.1655° N
Longitude: 77.6113° W
Region: North America

Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What hired?
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University of Rochester (U of R) Private research univers...
Objects To Whom or What was hired?
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Victor Weisskopf (Viki, Viktor) An Austrian-born America...
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