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Inta Muzikante (1951–2012), Latvian physicist

2016; De Gruyter Open; Volume: 70; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1515/prolas-2016-0015

2592-8848

Linards Skuja, Mārtiņš Rutkis,

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Inta Muzikante, full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (elected in 2008; corresponding member since 2006), was born in Valmiera, a town in the northern part of Latvia, on 8 January 1951.She attended school in Sigulda and high school in Riga.During her school years, Inta decided to study natural sciences.After graduating from high-school in 1969, she entered the physics section of the Physics and Mathematics Department of the University of Latvia and obtained her university degree in 1974.In parallel with University studies, Inta Muzikante started to work at Semiconductor Physics Research Lab at the University of Latvia.After graduating she was offered a position at the Institute of Physical Energetics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, in the laboratory of Prof. Edgars Siliòð, one of the internationally most known Latvian physicists.I. Muzikante started a research of electronic and photoelectric processes in organic crystals and thin films.This was a novel field, pioneered both internationally and in Latvia by professors E. Siliòð, O