Ugo Fano

Ugo Fano
Fano in 1978
Born(1912-07-28)July 28, 1912
DiedFebruary 13, 2001(2001-02-13) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Turin
Known forLu–Fano plot
Feshbach–Fano partitioning
Fano resonance
Fano factor
Fano effect
Fano–Lichten mechanism
Beutler-Fano profile
Fano noise
AwardsEnrico Fermi Award (1995)
William F. Meggers Award (1989)
Davisson–Germer Prize (1976)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist and Biophysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Carnegie Institute
National Institute of Standards and Technology
University of Rome
University of Leipzig
Doctoral advisorEnrico Persico
Other academic advisorsEnrico Fermi
Werner Heisenberg
Doctoral studentsChris H. Greene
Notes
His father was Gino Fano, he is the brother of Robert Fano, and the cousin of Giulio Racah.

Ugo Fano (July 28, 1912 – February 13, 2001) was an Italian American physicist, notable for contributions to theoretical physics.[2]

  1. ^ Berry, R. S.; Inokuti, M.; Rau, A. R. P. (2012). "Ugo Fano. 28 July 1912 – 13 February 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 58: 55–66. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0030.
  2. ^ Clark, Charles W. (2001). "Obituary: Ugo Fano (1912–2001)". Nature. 410 (6825): 164. Bibcode:2001Natur.410..164C. doi:10.1038/35065786. S2CID 26743870.

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