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Short CV |
| 1936 | Born in Unna, Germany |
| 1956-1962
| Study of physics at LMU München, TU München and ETH Zürich
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| 1964
| Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) in atomic physics at the Forschungsreaktor FRM,
TU München
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| 1965-1968
| Fellowship, then Research Associate AECL Nuclear Laboratories, Canada.
Research in nuclear physics at a Tandem accelerator
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| 1969-1973
| Wiss. Assistent, Habilitation, Wiss. Rat/Professor, Sektion Physik, LMU
München. Continued research in nuclear physics (FRM and accelerator)
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| 1973
| Full Professor, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg. Research
groups in nuclear and atomic physics at the Tandem accelerator at the
MPI Heidelberg and the UNILAC accelerator at GSI Darmstadt
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| 1983-2004
| Scientific Associate at CERN, Geneva, in one-year terms (1983, 1990, 2003)
Research in high-energy physics: ’Quark Matter’, with direct relevance for
the early universe. Experiments R807/808 at the ISR (member), NA34/2
and NA45-CERES (spokesperson) and NA60 (member), all at the SPS
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| 1992-1999
| Scientific Director of GSI, Darmstadt. Most visible impact: Tumor therapy
with C-ions, in cooperation with the Radiologische Klinik der Universität
and the DKFZ Heidelberg.
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| 1998
| Start of research in neuroscience related to the perception of music, together
with H.G. Dosch, ITP, and the Neurologische Klinik, Universität Heidelberg
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| 2000 | Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
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| 2004
| Professor Emeritus; continued research at CERN and in neuroscience |
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CERN Experiment NA60