{{Infobox scientist | name = Roman Personov | image = | image_size = 180px | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|1|4|mf=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2002|1|17|1932|1|4}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | field = Physics | alma_mater = Moscow State Pedagogical University | work_institutions = Institute for Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences | doctoral_advisor = Eduard Shpolsky | doctoral_students = | known_for = Laser selective spectroscopy of doped solids |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = {{nowrap|Humboldt Prize (1998)}} |signature = }}
'''Roman Ivanovich Personov''' (January 4, 1932 – January 17, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, professor, doctor, one of the founders of selective laser spectroscopy of complex molecules in solids (frozen solutions).
== Professional Accomplishments == Personov is credited with discovering site-selective spectroscopy in 1972<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orrit |first=Michel |last2=Vainer |first2=Yu. G |date=2004-05-01 |title=In Memory of Roman I. Personov |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002223130300187X |journal=Journal of Luminescence |series=Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications |volume=107 |issue=1 |pages=1–3 |doi=10.1016/j.jlumin.2003.12.012 |issn=0022-2313 |via=Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 1998.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Personov, Roman Ivanovich}} Category:Moscow State Pedagogical University alumni Category:Russian physical chemists Category:1932 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Spectroscopists