Geiss, Johannes
04 September 1926 (Stolp [now Slupsk] (Pomerania)) - 30 January 2020Description Area
- Education: Dr. Rer. Nat (PhD) Univ. Goettingen (1953); Diplom-Physiker (MS) Univ. Goettingen. - Positions held: 2003- Honorary Director; 1995-2002: Executive Director, ISSI, Bern; 1966-1991: Director; 1962-1966: Vice Director, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern; 1964-1991: Prof. Of Physics, 1960-64: Assoc. Prof.; 1957-1958: Reader, University of Bern; 1958-1959: Assoc. Prof. Marine Lab., University of Miami FL; 1955-1956: Research Assoc., University of Chicago; 1950-1954: Assistant, University of Goettingen & University of Bern. - Visiting Scientist: 1992-1994: Max Planck Institut Kernphysik, Heidelberg; 1990-1991: NAS Senior. Assoc. NASA/GSFC & JPL; 1975: University of Toulouse, France; 1968-1969: NAS Senior. Assoc. NASA MSC (JSC) Houston; 1965: NASA Goddard Inst Space Studies, New York; 1961: NASA/GSFC. - Chairmanship: 1982-1983: Rector, Univ. Bern; 1980-1986: Adv. Comm. ESA/SSD; 1979-1986: Space Sci. Comm. ESF; 1976-1982: Advis. Comm. Max-Planck-Inst. Chemie (Mainz) & Kernphysik (Heidelberg); 1975-1977: ESA Solar System Working Group; 1970-1971: Dean Faculty of Science, University of Bern; 1970-72: ESRO/ESA Launching Programme Adv. Comm.; 1968-1970: Planet. Interplanet. WG, ESRO; 1967-1979: Swiss Comm. Space Res. - Research Activities PI: Apollo 11-16 Solar Wind Composition Exp.; PI: Analyses Lunar Samples (1969-1990), Group Leader: Ion Mass Spectrometer on GEOS (ESA), Co-Principal Investigator: SWICS/Ulysses, IGE/LDEF. Co-Investigator: Celias&UVCS/SOHO, SWICS/ACE, SWICS/WIND, TIMAS/POLAR, IMS/Giotto, Plasma Comp./DE, Ion Comp/ISEE-1, Ion Comp./ISEE-3, Investigator on Several Sounding Rocket Exp. - Over 300 publications.
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Geiss, Johannes
04 September 1926 (Stolp [now Slupsk] (Pomerania)) - 30 January 2020Description Area
- Education: Dr. Rer. Nat (PhD) Univ. Goettingen (1953); Diplom-Physiker (MS) Univ. Goettingen. - Positions held: 2003- Honorary Director; 1995-2002: Executive Director, ISSI, Bern; 1966-1991: Director; 1962-1966: Vice Director, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern; 1964-1991: Prof. Of Physics, 1960-64: Assoc. Prof.; 1957-1958: Reader, University of Bern; 1958-1959: Assoc. Prof. Marine Lab., University of Miami FL; 1955-1956: Research Assoc., University of Chicago; 1950-1954: Assistant, University of Goettingen & University of Bern. - Visiting Scientist: 1992-1994: Max Planck Institut Kernphysik, Heidelberg; 1990-1991: NAS Senior. Assoc. NASA/GSFC & JPL; 1975: University of Toulouse, France; 1968-1969: NAS Senior. Assoc. NASA MSC (JSC) Houston; 1965: NASA Goddard Inst Space Studies, New York; 1961: NASA/GSFC. - Chairmanship: 1982-1983: Rector, Univ. Bern; 1980-1986: Adv. Comm. ESA/SSD; 1979-1986: Space Sci. Comm. ESF; 1976-1982: Advis. Comm. Max-Planck-Inst. Chemie (Mainz) & Kernphysik (Heidelberg); 1975-1977: ESA Solar System Working Group; 1970-1971: Dean Faculty of Science, University of Bern; 1970-72: ESRO/ESA Launching Programme Adv. Comm.; 1968-1970: Planet. Interplanet. WG, ESRO; 1967-1979: Swiss Comm. Space Res. - Research Activities PI: Apollo 11-16 Solar Wind Composition Exp.; PI: Analyses Lunar Samples (1969-1990), Group Leader: Ion Mass Spectrometer on GEOS (ESA), Co-Principal Investigator: SWICS/Ulysses, IGE/LDEF. Co-Investigator: Celias&UVCS/SOHO, SWICS/ACE, SWICS/WIND, TIMAS/POLAR, IMS/Giotto, Plasma Comp./DE, Ion Comp/ISEE-1, Ion Comp./ISEE-3, Investigator on Several Sounding Rocket Exp. - Over 300 publications.
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