Roman Personov Explained

Roman Personov
Birth Date:	January 4, 1932
Birth Place:	Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Nationality:	Russian
Field:	Physics
Alma Mater:	Moscow State Pedagogical University
Work Institutions:	Institute for Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral Advisor:	Eduard Shpolsky
Known For:	Laser selective spectroscopy of doped solids

Roman Ivanovich Personov (January 4, 1932 – January 17, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, professor, doctor, one of the founders of selective laser spectroscopy of complex molecules in solids (frozen solutions).

Professional Accomplishments

Personov is credited with discovering site-selective spectroscopy in 1972^[1]

He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 1998.

Notes and References

Orrit . Michel . Vainer . Yu. G . 2004-05-01 . In Memory of Roman I. Personov . Journal of Luminescence . Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications . 107 . 1 . 1–3 . 10.1016/j.jlumin.2003.12.012 . 0022-2313 . Science Direct.