Norbert Kroo#
| Membership Number: | 1462 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 and 1998 Director of the Solid State Physics Research Institute of the Central Physical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1991 Professor, Budapest University of Technology
- 1981 - 1998 Director of the Solid State Physics Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1980 Research professor, Eötvös Loránd University
- Presidential Advisor of the Wigner Physics Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Fields of Scholarship
- Surface plasmon optics
- Quantum optics
- Laser physics
- Neutron physics
- Solid state physics
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, full member 1990, 1999 Secretary general of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, confirmed in his position in 2002
- 2005 - 2011 Vice president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1991 - 1993 Vice-president of the European Physical Society, and then its president until 1995
- 1985 - 1990 President of the Hungarian Physical Society
- Wallis E. Lamb Award for Laser Physics and Quantum Electronics (USA)
- Commander of the Order of the Lion (Finland)
