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O. Leroy
Also published under: O. J. C. Leroy
Affiliation
Department Mechanical Constr. & Prod.
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Biography
Oswald Leroy was born in Passendale (Belgium) in 1936 and received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics at the Ghent University. His main fields of interest are Acousto-Optics and Physical Acoustics. His work has resulted in many scientific advances in the famous so called Belgian School of Acousto Optics (Founded by R. Mertens after WWII). He worked as an assistant at the Ghent University from 1966 until 1972 and has been Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) since 1972, where he established and directed the Physical Acoustics and Acousto-Optics Research Group at the Interdisciplinary Research Center. He was a Guest Professor at Université de Paris 7 and Université de Bordeaux in France, University of... Author's Published Works