Rostislaw Kaischew ( bg, Ростислав Каишев; February 29, 1908 – November 19, 2002) was a

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n physicochemist and a member of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...

. His most significant contributions to science were within studies of

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and

nucleation In thermodynamics, nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or structure via self-assembly or self-organization within a substance or mixture. Nucleation is typically defined to be the process that deter ...

. Kaischew graduated from

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

in 1930 and earned his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

at Technische Hochschule of Breslau,

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in 1932. His doctoral adviser was

Franz Simon Sir Francis Simon (2 July 1893 – 31 October 1956), was a German and later British physical chemist and physicist who devised the gaseous diffusion method, and confirmed its feasibility, of separating the isotope Uranium-235 and thus made a m ...

. In 1933, he was appointed an assistant professor at

, and in 1947 - a professor. At the

, Kaischew founded the Institute for Physical Chemistry, and held the position of director there from its creation in 1958 until his retirement in 1989. The Institute is named after him.

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* * Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgarian physical chemists Sofia University alumni Scientists from Sofia 1908 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Bulgarian scientists Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin Recipients of the Cothenius Medal {{Bulgaria-scientist-stub

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