His methods have been accepted world-wide by government and industrial laboratories
Branko Leskovar 1930-2016, distinguished Croatian-American scientist
| Branko Leskovar July 2, 1930 – January 19, 2016 Born in Zagreb in 1930, Croatia, Branko Leskovar died on January 19th 2016. He was 85 years old. He started his early professional career as a brilliant student at the University of Zagreb, Croatia where he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. In 1965 he was offered a temporary appointment at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, where he remained until retirement. As Section Leader and a Principal Investigator at LBL, his group supported advanced research programs in physics, biology and medicine, orienting the research programs toward solving recognized problems in scientific instrumentation and the long term needs of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory departments and other Dept. of Energy Laboratories. Over the course of his long professional career, he directed programs that resulted in more than 100 publications widely cited in the scientific literature. His work in resolution studies of electro-optical devices has had profound benefits on development and manufacturing of new devices with significantly improved characteristics. He greatly improved the accuracy and range of measuring methods in device resolution studies. These methods have been accepted world-wide by government and industrial laboratories. Upon retirement, he served as Scientific Advisor to numerous universities and US government agencies. He was a fellow of IEEE and Sigma Xi societies. His outstanding scientific achievements earned him full recognition in his native country where he became a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. A man of his word, with an equal measure of brilliant intellect and integrity, he cherished his family and enduring friendships that sustained him in difficult times during post war time and again after his first wife, Ema, passed away. He is survived by his devoted wife, Ana; his son, Dr. Tomislav Leskovar, MD; and extended family in the US and Croatia. Interment will be held at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, CA on January 26th, 2016. Contributions in Branko’s name may be made to the Croatian Scholarship Fund, croatianscholarship.org. Published in San Francisco Chronicle on Jan. 25, 2016 Source www.legacy.com |
A huge collection of 162 scientific works by Dr Branko Leskovar, kept at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb.
A selection of his works is available via ResearchGate.
Many thanks to Mrs. Jadranka Lisek for kind help. A few titles of his works can be seen below.
A selection of his works is available via ResearchGate.
Many thanks to Mrs. Jadranka Lisek for kind help. A few titles of his works can be seen below.
A summary of one of the works by Dr Branko Leskovar.
Some of the papers by Dr. Branko Leskovar (and his coauthor C.C. Lo) cited in the monograph
Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, edited by Peter Hawks, Vol 60, Academic Press, 1983
Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, edited by Peter Hawks, Vol 60, Academic Press, 1983
| An extensive biography of Dr Branko Leskovar has been poblished by Croatian-American Society in Zagreb in the monograph Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 1 (1997), ISBN 953-97325-0-6: Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 1 (1997)
Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 2 (2004)
(ISBN: 953-97325-7-3) Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 3 (2006)
(ISBN: 953-97325-8-1) Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 4 (2008)
(ISBN: 978-953-97325-9-0) Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 5 (2010)
(ISBN: 978-953-7743-02-4) Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 6 (2012)
(ISBN: 978-953-7743-03-1) Distinguished Croatian Scientists in the World 7 (2014)
(ISBN: 978-953-97325-04-8) Source Croatian-American Society |
Professor Vladimir Naglić hosted by Dr. Branko Leskovar in his house in California, 1885.
Photo by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
Photo by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
Professor Vladimir Naglić and Dr. Branko Leskovar at the Grgich Hills winary in California, USA, 1995.
Photo by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
Photo by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
| Dr. Branko Leskovar, svjetski poznati elektrotehniear i dopisni elan Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) umro je 19. sijeenja u Kaliforniji u 86. godini, priopćeno je u eetvrtak naveeer iz HAZU-a. Glavna područja istraživanja dr. Leskovara bili su detektori zraeenja za akceleratore visokih energija, sigurnost nuklearnih reaktora i razvoj spektroskopskih metoda, Branko Leskovar rodio se u Zagrebu 1930., gdje je 1954. diplomirao, a 1963. doktorirao na zagrebaekom Elektrotehniekom fakultetu. Od 1954. do 1963. radio je u Institutu Ruđer Bošković, gdje je sa skupinom istraživača, postavio temelje razvoja i primjene suvremene elektronike i elektronieke instrumentacije u Hrvatskoj. Od 1963. do 1965. dr. Leskovar bio je izvanredni docent na Elektrotehniekom fakultetu u Zagrebu, a od 1965. do kraja aktivne karijere, 1994. godine, bio je istraživač na Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Kalifornijskog sveučilišta u Berkeleyu. Dopisni elan HAZU u Razredu za matematieke, fizieke i kemijske znanosti bio je od 1988. godine, naveo je Marijan Lipovac iz Ureda za odnose s javnošću i medije HAZU-a. Izvor HINA |
Fourth grade students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Zagreb, 1953. Photo taken in front of the present Mimara Gallery in Zagreb.
Branko Leskovar on the left, wearing dark glasses. Many thanks to professor Vladimir Naglić for this photo.
Branko Leskovar on the left, wearing dark glasses. Many thanks to professor Vladimir Naglić for this photo.
Branko Leskovar and Vladimir Naglić.
In the same group, we can find professor Branko Soueek, distinguished Croatian expert in
digital computer technology, as a student of the University of Zagreb in 1953.
Professor Soueek constructed the first Croatian digital computer already in 1958.
Photos by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
digital computer technology, as a student of the University of Zagreb in 1953.
Professor Soueek constructed the first Croatian digital computer already in 1958.
Photos by the courtesy of professor Vladimir Naglić.
| Doktorska disertacija Branka Leskovara Doktorska disertacija Branka Leskovara imala je naslov Koherentna detekcija elektriekih signala [PDF], 94 str. , a obranjena je dne 2. ožujka 1963. pred komisijom koju su činili sljedeći profesori:
U vrijeme obrane disertacije, B. Leskovar već ima jedan prihvaćen rad u easopisu Journal of Electronics and Control, 14 (1963), pod naslovom “The mean value of envelope of a sine coherent wave superimposed on the narrow-band Gaussian noise”. U uvodnom dijelu se posebno zahvaljuje Dr. ing. M. Konradu za pomoć prilikom izrade radnje. |
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