Person Fowler; Alan Bicksler (1928-2024); solid state physicist Fowler Alan Bicksler solid state physicist 1928-2024 American Male Denver, Colorado, United States of America 15 Octber 1928 19281015 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America 4 August 2024 20240804

Solid state physicist Solid state physics Semiconductors Materials Science Engineering Physics Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA BS 1951; MS 1952; Harvard University PhD 1958 Career: Served in the US Army (1946-1948 and 1952-153); joined Raytheon Research (1953-1956); moved to IBM Research (1958-1993); retired (1993); Emeritus IBM Fellow, TJ Watson Research Center, New York, USA. Memberships: US National Academy of Sciences US National Academy of Engineering American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Physical Society (APS) IEEE Awards: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society 1988 Spouse: Kathleen Devlin (d. 2016) One of the most significant areas of condensed matter physics for 30 years has been the study of the electronic properties of low dimensional semiconductor systems. This has given rise to such advances as the Quantum Hall Effect and Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, low dimensional localisation and interaction effects, one dimensional transport, quantum dots and a host of related topics as well as devices based on low dimensional transport. The pioneering research of Alan Fowler laid down the foundations of low dimensional physics and has contributed vastly to this entire body of work. Named as a co-inventor in nine U.S. Patents. Foreign Member 10/05/2001 73 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Dr Alan Fowler ForMemRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/alan-fowler-11453/; last accessed: 03/09/2025] American Institute of Physics, Physics History Network, Alan Fowler, [URL: https://history.aip.org/phn/11509025.html; last accessed: 03/09/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 03/09/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6905 21/11/2001 Andyg Gudrun 03/09/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 802ee22e-a1c0-4c4f-9985-1815f6adf7aa