| Șerban Țițeica | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Resting Place: | Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest |
| Workplaces: | Politehnica University of Bucharest Alexandru Ioan Cuza University University of Bucharest |
| Thesis Title: | On the behaviour of electrical resistance of metals in magnetic field |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.unescochair-hhf.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/TiteicaCarteOnline.pdf |
| Thesis Year: | 1935 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Werner Heisenberg |
| Awards: | Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic, 2rd class |
| Father: | Gheorghe Țițeica |
Șerban Țițeica (– May 28, 1985) was a Romanian quantum physicist. He is regarded as the founder of the Romanian school of theoretical physics.[1]
The third and last child of mathematician Gheorghe Țițeica, he was born in Bucharest, where he attended Mihai Viteazul High School.[2] He then went to the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1929 with a degree in Physics and Chemistry and another in Mathematics. That year, he met Enrico Fermi, who gave three talks at his alma mater; upon Fermi's recommendation, he pursued his studies at Leipzig University from 1930 to 1934 under Werner Heisenberg, earning a doctorate in 1935, with thesis "On the behaviour of electrical resistance of metals in magnetic field".[3]
Țițeica taught at Politehnica University of Bucharest from 1935 to 1941 as assistant professor, and was then a professor at the University of Iași (1941–1948) and the University of Bucharest (1949–1977). He became a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1955, and served as its vice president from 1963 until his death in his native city.[2]
Țițeica was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. He was also the Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna (1962–1964), and a member of the Council of the European Physical Society (1970–1975).[2] In 1971 he was awarded the Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic, 2rd class.[4]
He is buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.