Evert Ingolf Lindau (4 October 1942) is a Swedish physicist and professor emeritus at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Stanford University and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Lindau was awarded his PhD in 1971 at

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international leve ...

with his dissertation about photoemission and optical absorption studies of the band structure. After the dissertation, he began working at the Silicon Valley-based company

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between 1971-1972 before he was employed at Stanford University in 1972. In 1973 he obtained the first X-ray photoemission spectra of the 4''f'' levels of

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. In 1980 he became a professor at Stanford University for his research in electrical engineering and photonics. During his professorships he took a sabbatical at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion MAX Lab to expand its research facility. After his sabbatical ended he return to Lund University to become a professor for his research in synchrotron light physics. In 1991, Lindau succeeded Bengt Forkman as director of the Max Lab. As a director, he was in charge of the creation of the second accelerator for synchrotron radiation research in MAX Lab. His research has focused on studies of electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces and their boundary layers using synchrotron light. He has also contributed to the production and development of instruments used in synchrotron light systems, both at

SLAC SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Departme ...

and at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. He was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as the 1402th member.

References

Swedish physicists 1942 births Living people Chalmers University of Technology alumni Academic staff of Lund University Stanford University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society {{physicist-stub