Bernard S. Meyerson
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Bernard Steele Meyerson (born June 2, 1954) is an American solid state physicist.
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| Born | June 2, 1954 New York, New York |
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| Occupation | Solid state physicist |
| Awards | J. J. Ebers Award (2000) |
Biography
Meyerson is a native of New York City, born on June 2, 1954.[1] After graduating from the City College of New York,[2] he completed a master's degree and doctorate at the City University of New York, and began working for IBM.[1][2]
Meyerson was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998, "for the invention of ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition and its application to low temperature silicon epitaxy, especially the fabrication of SiGe heterojunction bipolar integrated circuits for wireless telecommunications."[3] The APS awarded him the George E. Pake Prize in 2011.[2] Meyerson received the J. J. Ebers Award in 2000 from the IEEE Electron Devices Society.[4] In 2002, Meyerson became an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.[5]