Trümper, Joachim
27 May 1933 (Haldensleben)Description Area
Prof. Dr. Joachim Trümper studied Physics in Halle, Hamburg and Kiel from 1953 to 1959. In 1959 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Kiel where he worked as Assistant Professor and Lecturer until 1969. After a Visiting Professorship at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching in 1969/70 and a Professorship at the University of Kiel, he served as Full Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Astronomical Institute at the University of Tübingen. In 1975 he accepted the offer to become Director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and Honorary Professor at the University of Munich. In 2001 he retired from both positions to become Emeritus Director and Emeritus Honorary Professor. His list of publications includes 690 articles (May 2010) and 8 books. From 1986 to 1988 he served as President of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and has been a member of the Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina since 1988 (as Senator from 2003 to 2006), the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea in Salzburg since its foundation in 1989, the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften since 1997 and the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2003. His awards and honours include the Federal Cross of Merit on a Ribbon (1986), the Ziolkowski Medal from the Cosmonautical Federation USSR (1987), the COSPAR Award for Outstanding Contributions to Space Science (1994), the Karl-Schwarzschild-Medaille from the Astronomische Gesellschaft (1994), the Stern-Gerlach-Medaille from the Germany Physical Society (1995), the Basic Science Award from the International Academy of Astronautics (2002) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam (2003). Joachim Trümper founded X-ray astronomy in Germany and headed several national scientific projects in the field, in particular ROSAT, which was launched by a Thor Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral in 1990. He also participated in the EXOSAT, MIR-HEXE, BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton satellite projects. Since 2001 he has served as Emeritus Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
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Trümper, Joachim
27 May 1933 (Haldensleben)Description Area
Prof. Dr. Joachim Trümper studied Physics in Halle, Hamburg and Kiel from 1953 to 1959. In 1959 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Kiel where he worked as Assistant Professor and Lecturer until 1969. After a Visiting Professorship at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching in 1969/70 and a Professorship at the University of Kiel, he served as Full Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Astronomical Institute at the University of Tübingen. In 1975 he accepted the offer to become Director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and Honorary Professor at the University of Munich. In 2001 he retired from both positions to become Emeritus Director and Emeritus Honorary Professor. His list of publications includes 690 articles (May 2010) and 8 books. From 1986 to 1988 he served as President of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and has been a member of the Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina since 1988 (as Senator from 2003 to 2006), the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea in Salzburg since its foundation in 1989, the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften since 1997 and the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2003. His awards and honours include the Federal Cross of Merit on a Ribbon (1986), the Ziolkowski Medal from the Cosmonautical Federation USSR (1987), the COSPAR Award for Outstanding Contributions to Space Science (1994), the Karl-Schwarzschild-Medaille from the Astronomische Gesellschaft (1994), the Stern-Gerlach-Medaille from the Germany Physical Society (1995), the Basic Science Award from the International Academy of Astronautics (2002) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam (2003). Joachim Trümper founded X-ray astronomy in Germany and headed several national scientific projects in the field, in particular ROSAT, which was launched by a Thor Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral in 1990. He also participated in the EXOSAT, MIR-HEXE, BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton satellite projects. Since 2001 he has served as Emeritus Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
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