| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_Nebraska–Lincoln
 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Oliver_E._Buckley_Condensed_Matter_Prize
 gptkb:Balzan_Prize
 gptkb:President's_Distinguished_Teaching_Award
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1936-01-22 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Sioux_City,_Iowa,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:David_Heeger 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | Nobel Laureate Melvin Calvin 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | materials science solid-state physics
 polymer chemistry
 
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                                | gptkbp:founded | gptkb:Konarka_Technologies gptkb:Uniax_Corporation
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasPatent | multiple patents in polymer electronics 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | conductive polymers 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Physical_Society
 gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery and development of conductive polymers 
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                                | gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith | gptkb:Hideki_Shirakawa gptkb:Alan_MacDiarmid
 
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                                | gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear | 2000 Chemistry
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:chemist gptkb:physicist
 gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | numerous scientific papers 
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                                | gptkbp:residesIn | gptkb:California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Ruth_Heeger 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara_College_of_Engineering 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Alan Heeger 
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