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Philipp Kukura
Philipp Kukura FRSC (born 26 March 1978) is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He is best known for pioneering contributions to femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS), interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT) and the development of mass photometry. Education and early life He was born in Bratislava, then Czechoslovakia in a family of Slovak actor Juraj Kukura. In 1984 the family emigrated to Germany. In 2002 he graduated with a Master of Chemistry from the University of Oxford. In 2006 he completed his PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley College of Chemistry. Career and research After completing his PhD, Philipp Kukura moved to Zürich. There he worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral research assistant under the supervision of Professor Vahid Sandoghdar on nano-optics until 2010. He returned to Oxford in 2010 to work initially as an EPSRC Career A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Kukura
Juraj Kukura (born 15 March 1947, in Prešov) is a Slovak actor. Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). Since 1985, when he emigrated to West Germany, his films were banned in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until Communist ruled ended through the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Thanks to his charismatic personality he usually portrayed strong, leading characters. In 2004, he received DOSKY Award for performing ''Martin'' in ''The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?'' by Edward Albee. In 2003 he became managing director of Arena Theatre. Filmography Film *''Zbehovia a pútnici'' (1968) - Dominika - hrebenár *''Eden and After'' (1970) - Boris *''Zlozor'' (1971) - Slávo *''N. a pris les dés...'' (1971) *''Letokruhy'' (1973) *''Javor a Juliana'' (1973) - Musician *''Den slnovratu'' (1974) - Pavol Jurek *''Trofej neznámeho strelca'' (1974) - Salo *''Do zbrane kuruci!'' (1974) - Hamzík *'' One Silver Piece'' (1976) - Pitonák *''Koncert pre poz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |