Jan Tauc

Jan Tauc
Born	15 April 1922 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Died	28 December 2010 (aged 88) Washougal, Washington, United States
Nationality	Czech (until 1978) American (from 1978)
Alma mater	Czech Technical University in Prague
Known for	Tauc plot Tauc–Lorentz model
Awards	Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids (1982) David Adler Lectureship Award (1988)
Scientific career
Fields	Semiconductor physics
Institutions	Czech Technical University in Prague (1952–1969) Charles University in Prague (1964–1969) Bell Labs (1969–1970) Brown University (1970–1992)

Jan Tauc (/taʊts/; 15 April 1922 – 28 December 2010) was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids. Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he received citizenship in 1978,^[1] and worked for the rest of his life.