Haerendel, Gerhard
24 December 1935 (Hamburg)Description Area
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haerendel studied physics in Tübingen and Munich, receiving his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Munich in 1963. In 1969 he became Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics and in 1972 Director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), both in Garching, and retired from the latter at the end of 2000. From 1992 to 1996 he was Director of the MPE’s Aussenstelle (external laboratory) in Berlin. In 1972 he was Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1987 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Technical University, Braunschweig. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa in 1988 and at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000. Since 1986 he has been Co-Director of the Skinakas Observatory in Crete. From 1982 to 1984 he was Chairman of the Council of the European Incoherent Scatter Radar (EISCAT). From 1989 to 2002 he was Vice-President of the International Academy of Astronautics and from 1994 to 2002 President of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). From September 2000 to September 2005 he was Vice-President and Dean of Engineering and Science at the International University Bremen. He remains affiliated with the Jacobs University in Bremen as Distinguished Professor of Space Physics. From January 2003 to spring 2007 he chaired the European Space Science Committee (ESSC) of the European Science Foundation.
He has more than 30 years of experience in space research, including the function of Principal Investigator on several international rocket and satellite projects such as PORCUPINE, Coloured Bubbles, AMPTE, CRRES, FREJA, and EQUATOR-S. The sounding rocket work pioneered the application of the barium plasma cloud technique to various aspects of plasma and magnetospheric physics, culminating in the creation of artificial comets in 1984 and 1985. He was one of the fathers of the CLUSTER mission. His theoretical work spans a wide range of topics in space plasma physics. He has more than 270 publications to his name and memberships of several professional societies and academies. His awards and honours include the Theodore von Karman Award (2002) and the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal (2010).
During his long-standing affiliation with ESRO and ESA, he served as chair or member of various advisory groups, in particular as chairman of the Ion Working Group, of the PLA Working Group, and as a member of the LPAC. From 2007 to June 2009 he chaired ACHME, the advisory committee of ESA’s Directorate of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration Programmes.
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Haerendel, Gerhard
24 December 1935 (Hamburg)Description Area
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haerendel studied physics in Tübingen and Munich, receiving his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Munich in 1963. In 1969 he became Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics and in 1972 Director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), both in Garching, and retired from the latter at the end of 2000. From 1992 to 1996 he was Director of the MPE’s Aussenstelle (external laboratory) in Berlin. In 1972 he was Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1987 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the Technical University, Braunschweig. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa in 1988 and at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000. Since 1986 he has been Co-Director of the Skinakas Observatory in Crete. From 1982 to 1984 he was Chairman of the Council of the European Incoherent Scatter Radar (EISCAT). From 1989 to 2002 he was Vice-President of the International Academy of Astronautics and from 1994 to 2002 President of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). From September 2000 to September 2005 he was Vice-President and Dean of Engineering and Science at the International University Bremen. He remains affiliated with the Jacobs University in Bremen as Distinguished Professor of Space Physics. From January 2003 to spring 2007 he chaired the European Space Science Committee (ESSC) of the European Science Foundation.
He has more than 30 years of experience in space research, including the function of Principal Investigator on several international rocket and satellite projects such as PORCUPINE, Coloured Bubbles, AMPTE, CRRES, FREJA, and EQUATOR-S. The sounding rocket work pioneered the application of the barium plasma cloud technique to various aspects of plasma and magnetospheric physics, culminating in the creation of artificial comets in 1984 and 1985. He was one of the fathers of the CLUSTER mission. His theoretical work spans a wide range of topics in space plasma physics. He has more than 270 publications to his name and memberships of several professional societies and academies. His awards and honours include the Theodore von Karman Award (2002) and the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal (2010).
During his long-standing affiliation with ESRO and ESA, he served as chair or member of various advisory groups, in particular as chairman of the Ion Working Group, of the PLA Working Group, and as a member of the LPAC. From 2007 to June 2009 he chaired ACHME, the advisory committee of ESA’s Directorate of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration Programmes.
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