Amir Yacoby is a condensed matter physicist and professor at
Harvard University. In 1994 he obtained his PhD at
Weizmann Institute of Science under the supervision of professor
Moty Heiblum and was appointed as the Lazaridis Chair in Physics of
Institute for Quantum Computing in 2013. In March 2014, his group developed a
magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio wave ...
technology by which nanoscale images can be provided, that could enable researchers to peer into atomic structure of individual molecules. In 2014, Yacoby was named a
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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American physicists
Weizmann Institute of Science alumni
Harvard University faculty
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the American Physical Society
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