Jaak Aaviksoo
Jaak Aaviksoo | |
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| Minister of Culture and Education | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Peeter Kreitzberg |
| Succeeded by | Rein Loik (as Minister of Education) Jaak Allik (as Minister of Culture) |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Ligi |
| Succeeded by | Mart Laar |
| Minister of Education and Research | |
| In office 6 April 2011 – 26 March 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip |
| Preceded by | Tõnis Lukas |
| Succeeded by | Jevgeni Ossinovski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1954 Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica |
| Spouse | Tiina Kaalep |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu |
| Occupation | Rector of Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) |
| Profession | Physicist |
Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
Aaviksoo has been the Estonian
Jaak Aaviksoo is the first rector in Estonia who is also an academician.
Education and career in science
Aaviksoo was born in
Politician and rector of University of Tartu and TalTech
From November 1995 to January 1996 Jaak Aaviksoo was
In 1998 he became the
In 2006 Jaak Aaviksoo announced that he would be leaving the post of rector of
In the elections he gained 4241 votes in his district and was elected to
In 2011 he was re-elected to parliament and he became the Minister of Education and Research in Andrus Ansip's third government. As the Minister he strongly supported school reform and separating primary schools from gymnasiums.
In March 2015 he gained 1405 votes at the parliament elections and became a member in Riigikogu. In the summer of 2015 he ran for the position of the rector of Tallinn University of Technology.
Since September 2015 Jaak Aaviksoo is the rector of Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
Personal life
Aaviksoo is married to Tiina Kaalep. He is a father of three, a grandfather of seven and a great-grandfather of one.
He speaks fluent English, German, Russian and French on an average level.
Works
Aaviksoo has publicized over 100 scientific articles and over 80 publicistic articles from 1976 to 2002. His more important publifications from the past decade are:[2]
- J. Aaviksoo, C. Gourdon, R. Grousson, P. Lavallard, "Photoluminescence quantum yield in GaAs/AlAs superlattices", Solid State Electronics (vol. 40, no 1–8, p. 687, 1996)
- J. Aaviksoo, C. Gourdon, P. Lavallard, "Power nonlinearities in the luminescence spectrum of GaAs/AlAs superlattices", Solid State Communications (vol. 99, no 6, p. 387, 1996)
- S. O. Kognovitskii, V. V. Travnikov, J. Aaviksoo, I. Reimand, "Light Scattering by electrons in the absorption region of GaAs" – Phys. Solid State (vol. 39, no. 6, p. 907, 1997)
- I. Reimand, J. Aaviksoo, "Exciton interaction with hot electrons in GaAs", Technical digest of X International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy, (Tartu, 1997, p. 82)
- J. Aaviksoo, "Estonian physicist: Active and productive", Science (vol. 275, no 5299, p. 463)
- J. Aaviksoo. Priorities for Higher Education in Central and Eastern European Countries. – Higher Education Management (vol. 9, no. 2, p. 19, 1997).
- I. Reimand, J. Aaviksoo, "Exciton interaction with hot electrons in GaAs", Phys. Rev. B 61, 2000, no 24, p 16653-16658
- J.Aaviksoo, J.Kuhl, K.Ploog, Observation of optical precursors at pulse propagation in GaAs. – Phys. Rev. A, 44, 25353–25356, 1991.
- I.Reimand, J.Aaviksoo, Surface polarization dynamics revealed by time-resolved resonant reflection of light. – Opt. Commun., 86(2) 142–146, 1991.
- J.Aaviksoo, I.Reimand, V.V.Rossin, V.V.Travnikov, Quenching of exciton luminescence by hot electrons in GaAs. – Fiz. Tverd. Tela, 33(8) 2408–2412, 1991. (in Russian).
- J.Aaviksoo, I.Reimand, V.V.Rossin, V.V.Travnikov, Kinetics of free exciton luminescence in GaAs. – Phys. Rev. B, 45(3) 1473–1476, 1992.
- T.Reinot, J.Aaviksoo, Propagation of polariton luminescence pulses in anthracene. – J. Lumin., 50(2) 259–264, 1991.
- J.Aaviksoo, T.Reinot, Ballistic propagation of luminescence pulses in anthracene crystal flakes. – J. Mol. Cryst. Liquid Cryst., 217, 147–151, 1992.
- J.Aaviksoo, I.Reimand, V.Rossin, V.Travnikov, Kinetics of exciton formation and relaxation in GaAs. – J. Lumin., 53, 423–426, 1992.
- J.Aaviksoo Estonian physicist: Active and Productive. – Science, 275, 463, 1997.
Honors
- Member of the Academy of Sciences of Estonia(1994)
- Order of the National Coat of Arms, class IV, of the Republic of Estonia (2000)[3]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2000)
- Medal of the University of Tokyo (2000)
- The Medal of the City of Tartu(2002)
- Honorary Doctor of the University of Turku (2003)
- Member of Academia Europaea (2004)
- Order of the White Star, class II, of the Republic of Estonia (2006)[3]
- Order of the White Rose of Finland (2006)
- Cross of Merit of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, III class (2007)
- Order of Merit of France (2007)
- Order of the Three Stars of the Republic of Latvia (2009)
- Estonian Defence League White Cross, I class (2011)
- Honorary Doctor of the University of Lapland (2012)
References
- Horisont. Vol. 2. 2007. Archived from the originalon 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Biography on the official website of the Estonian Ministry of Defense Archived 30 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Bearers of decorations". President.ee. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
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