Daniel S. Chemla was a French-American physicist born on July 21, 1940, in Tunis, and passed away on March 20, 2008. He studied telecommunications and earned his doctorate in 1972. Chemla led the nonlinear optics group at the French National Center for Telecommunications and later worked at Bell Laboratories, initiating research on semiconductor quantum dots and superlattices. He directed the Materials Science Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and was a professor at UC Berkeley. An accomplished karate expert, he contributed to both physics and martial arts, earning numerous accolades.
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Meaning of the name - Daniel
God is my judge
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Place of Birth: Tunis
Place of Death: Kensington, Kalifornien
Educated At: École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications | Universität Paris
Occupation: university teacher | physicist
Employers: University of California, Berkeley
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Physical Society | Quantum Electronics Award | R. W. Wood Prize
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on July 21, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for July 21, 2026 |
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| Sun | 28 Cancer 28 | 28 Cancer 40 | 21 Libra 54 |
| Moon | 21 Aquarius 45 | 28 Libra 18 | 11 Aries 54 |
| Mercury | 29 Cancer 45 | 16 Cancer 36 | 15 Scorpio 42 |
| Venus | 26 Gemini 56 | 12 Virgo 50 | 9 Virgo 43 |
| Mars | 11 Leo 26 | 15 Gemini 51 | 6 Libra 20 |
| Jupiter | 12 Taurus 26 | 4 Leo 38 | 12 Taurus 56 |
| Saturn | 13 Taurus 47 | 14 Aries 35 | 13 Taurus 1 |
| Uranus | 25 Taurus 27 | 4 Gemini 38 | 25 Taurus 23 |
| Neptune | 23 Virgo 20 | 4 Aries 21 | 26 Virgo 14 |
| Pluto | 2 Leo 22 | 4 Aquarius 25 | 4 Leo 15 |
| Rahu | 14 Libra 50 | 1 Pisces 30 | 10 Libra 16 |
| Ketu | 14 Aries 50 | 1 Virgo 30 | 10 Aries 16 |
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