Zhores Alferov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zhores Alferov

Soviet and Russian physicist and academic

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Vitebsk, Belarus

Date of Death: 01-Mar-2019

Profession: politician, physicist, mathematician, inventor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (Russian: ????´? ???´????? ???????, [??'r?s ?'van?v??t? ??'f??r?f]; Belarusian: ????? ???´????? ???????; 15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics.
He shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics.
He also became a politician in his later life, serving in the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, as a member of the communist party since 1995.