page_title: Juris Ekmanis
hierarchical_section_title: Juris Ekmanis
caption_attribution_description: English: Juris Ekmanis in "Cicero" and "Murphy" awards presentation ceremony (2012)
context_page_description: Juris Ekmanis, was a Latvian educator and physicist. He was the President of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 2004 through 2012. He was appointed Junior Research Associate at the Riga Polytechnical Institute from 1961-1986, and Professor from 1986-1994.
  He was Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Iowa State University, University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1974 and at Manchester University in 1993.
  In 1976 he became a Visiting Scientist at McGill University. In 1990 he became the Director of the Institute of the Physical Energetics at the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
  Ekmanis died of complications from a stroke in Riga, Latvia on 9 April 2016, aged 74.
context_section_description: Juris Ekmanis, (2 December 1941 – 9 April 2016) was a Latvian educator and physicist. He was the President of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 2004 through 2012. He was appointed Junior Research Associate at the Riga Polytechnical Institute from 1961-1986, and Professor from 1986-1994.
  He was Visiting Professor at Cornell University (Ithaca), Iowa State University (Ames), University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1974 and at Manchester University in 1993.
  In 1976 he became a Visiting Scientist at McGill University (Montreal). In 1990 he became the Director of the Institute of the Physical Energetics at the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
  Ekmanis died of complications from a stroke in Riga, Latvia on 9 April 2016, aged 74.
caption: Ekmanis in 2012
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