Ernst Ruska | |
---|---|
![]() Ruska in 1986 | |
Born | Ernst August Friedrich Ruska 25 December 1906 |
Died | 27 May 1988 West Berlin, Germany | (aged 81)
Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin Technical University of Munich |
Known for | Electron Microscopy |
Relatives | Helmut Ruska (brother) |
Awards | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1970) Duddell Medal and Prize (1975) Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 1986) Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Fritz Haber Institute Technische Universität Berlin |
Doctoral advisor | Max Knoll |
Notes | |
Ernst Ruska constructed the first transmission electron microscope (TEM) with his mentor Max Knoll |
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː] ; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988)[1] was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.[2]