Yakov Frenkel

Yakov Il'ich Frenkel
Яков Ильич Френкель
Born	(1894-02-10)10 February 1894 Rostov on Don, Russian Empire
Died	23 January 1952(1952-01-23) (aged 57) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian, Soviet
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University
Known for	Frenkel defect Frenkel exciton Frenkel line Frenkel–Kontorova model Poole–Frenkel effect
Awards	Stalin prize (1947) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Condensed-matter physics
Institutions	Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University
Academic advisors	Abram Ioffe

Yakov Il'ich Frenkel (Russian: Яков Ильич Френкель; 10 February 1894 – 23 January 1952) was a Soviet physicist renowned for his works in the field of condensed-matter physics. He is also known as Jacov Frenkel, frequently using the name J. Frenkel in publications in English.