Ctirad Uher
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Professor Ctirad Uher is a physicist at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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 in Ann Arbor. Born in the Czech Republic
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, he graduated from the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
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, Australia
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 in 1972 and earned his Ph.D. from there in 1979. He currently teaches in the physics department at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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 and does research in the field of condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics
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. In 1994, Professor Uher was made chair of the University of Michigan physics department. In 2004, he stepped down from that position http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/department/directory/bio.asp?ID=340.

Books

Thermal conductivity 25 : thermal expansion 13 : joint conferences, June 13–16, 1999, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA / Ctirad Uher, editor of proceedings ; Donald Morelli, co-editor of proceedings ; conference host, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Lancaster, Pa. : Technomic Pub. Co., [c2000] xiv, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 1566768063
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