Birth Date: | 7 March 1937 |
Birth Place: | Trenčianska Teplá, Czechoslovakia |
Death Place: | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Occupation: | Physicist |
Alma Mater: | Comenius University |
Discipline: | Physics |
Workplaces: | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra |
Tatiana Korcová. (7 March 1937 – 12 November 1997) was a Slovak physicist specializing in the study of solar winds.
Tatiana Korcová was born on 7 March 1937 in Trenčianska Teplá. She studied Physics and Chemistry at the Comenius University, graduating in 1959. Following graduation she briefly worked as a high school teacher in Trenčín. In 1963 she joined the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, where she spent her entire career.[1]
Korcová studied cosmic radiation and high-energy particles in close cooperation with Slovak Academy of Sciences. In 1985 she was awarded the Candidate of Sciences degree by the academy.[2] Korcová's habilitation thesis, which she passed in 1994, was on the issue of long-term solar wind variations.
Tatiana Korcová died on 12 November 1997 at the age of 60 in Bratislava.