Robert Nemanich

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Robert John Nemanich is an American physicist.

Nemanich attended the Northern Illinois University, where he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in physics, then continued studying the subject at the University of Chicago. [1] After completing his doctorate in 1977, [1] Nemanich began his teaching career at North Carolina State University, [1] [2] then moved to Arizona State University. [1] He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1993 "[f]or his contributions to the application of Raman spectroscopy to the study of atomic structure is semiconducting thin films and interfaces." [3] In 2016, Arizona State University awarded Nemanich a Regents' Professorship. [4]

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  2. "Robert Nemanich". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. St. George, Michele (17 November 2016). "3 ASU faculty named Regents' Professors for 2016–2017". Arizona State University. Retrieved 18 January 2022.