50 years since the foundation stone of the ISSP UL building was laid

Ilmārs Vītols, the founder of the Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics in 1960.

In 1961, the Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics was established at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the State University of Latvia with Ilmārs Vītols as head of the laboratory, and in 1968 the Laboratory of Segnetoelectrics and Piezoelectrics Physics was headed by Voldemārs Fricbergs. In 1978, the Scientific Research Institute of Solid State Physics, State University of Latvia was established.

Voldemārs Fricbergs, the founder of the Laboratory of Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics Physics in 1968.

In 1961, the Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics was established at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the State University of Latvia with Ilmārs Vītols as head of the laboratory, and in 1968 the Laboratory of Segnetoelectrics and Piezoelectrics Physics was headed by Voldemārs Fricbergs. In 1978, the Scientific Research Institute of Solid State Physics, State University of Latvia was established.

In 2021, it's 50 years since the foundation stone of what we know today as ISSP UL was laid. The construction of the building at Ķengaraga Street 8 took place from 1971 to 1974.

The building of the ISSP UL is finished and furnished (1975)

In 1975, the State University of Latvia (SUL) Faculty of Physics and Mathematics (FFM) laboratory building was built on the bank of Daugava in Ķengarags. In 1978, the scientific research Institute of Solid State Physics of the State University of Latvia was established.

On December 27, 1977, a meeting of the Board of the State Science and Technology Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers takes place, during which the issue “On organization of the Scientific Research Institute of Solid State Physics of Pēteris Stučka State University of Latvia, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Latvian SSR“ is considered.
The Board decides to accept the proposal of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR, coordinated with the USSR Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education and the USSR Academy of Sciences, on the organization of the Scientific Research Institute of Solid State Physics of Pēteris Stučka State University of Latvia.
(Materials of the State Archive of Latvia)

Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR “On the Organization of the Scientific Research Institute of Solid State Physics, State University of Latvia”.

Materials from Latvia State Archives

On February 24, the LSU Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics Problems and the Laboratory of Problems of ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics became Solid State Physics Research Institute of P. Stučka State University of Latvia.
The status of the institute confirms higher scientific prestige, better experimental base, more skillful staff.

Padomju Students, Nr.21 (02.03.1978) http://periodika.lv/periodika2-viewer/view/index-dev.html?lang=fr#issue:/p_001_past1978n21|issueType:P

JURIS ZAĶIS - Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics during 1978 - 1984

ANDREJS SILIŅŠ - Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics during 1984 - 1992

Andris Krūmiņš - Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics during 1992 - 1999

Andris Šternbergs - Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics during 1999 - 2016

Mārtiņš Rutkis – the 5th director of the ISSP UL. Prof. Rutkis was elected director of the institute in 2016.

For ISSP UL, February is a significant month and not only because of the annual scientific conference, but also because the institute has its anniversary. In addition, this year marks 50 years since the foundation stone of the ISSP UL building was laid. Construction at Ķengaraga Street 8 took place from 1971 to 1974. In 1975, the new building on the bank of the Daugava River housed the laboratories of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics (FFM) of the State University of Latvia (SUL) (Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics founded in 1960 as well as the Laboratory of Segnetoelectrics and Piezoelectrics Physics founded in 1968). By merging the two laboratories, on February 24, 1978, the newly established ISSP UL or at that time - P. Stučka SUL Solid State Physics Scientific Research Institute was opened.

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