Donald J. Kouri (July 25 1938 – February 9 2021) is an American physicist currently the Cullen Distinguished Professor at

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. He completed his PhD from

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in 1965.

Research interest

Donald J Kouri carries out research in the fundamental implications of the

Heisenberg uncertainty principle In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle (also known as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle) is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the accuracy with which the values for certain pairs of physic ...

and the resulting applications and also generalized

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. He has also pioneered the research in quantum theory of atomic collisions and molecular collisions. He has taught and carried out research in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

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, and participated in international conferences throughout the world.

Awards

* 2010: National Science Foundation’s Special Creativity Award * 1978:

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for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Works

* Kouri, Donald J (2015) ''Quantum Scattering Theory.'' World Scientific Publishing Company * Kouri, Donald J and Shi, Zhouoer (2001) ''Lagrange Wavelets for Signal Processing''. IEEE * Kouri, Donald J. (1991). ''Theoretical studies of molecular collisions''. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

References

1938 births Living people University of Houston faculty 21st-century American physicists American people of Lebanese descent University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni {{US-physicist-stub