Prof. Dr. Jürgen Blum, Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik, Technische
Universität Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Jörg Büchner, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Christensen, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof. Dr. Stefan Dreizler, Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik, Technische
Universität Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Glatzel, Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Franz Kneer, Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kollatschny, Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Eckart Marsch, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof. Dr. Uwe Motschmann, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig
PD Dr. Dieter Schmitt, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof. Dr. Manfred Schüssler, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Prof Dr. Andreas Tilgner, Institut für Geophysik, Universität Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Blum is a full professor at the Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics of the Technical University of Braunschweig since 2003. He obtained his PhD from the University of Heidelberg in 1990 and did his habilitation at the University of Jena in 1999. From 1990 to 2003 he was employed at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington and the University of Jena. His research interests are planet formation, cosmic dust and dust agglomeration in laboratory and microgravity experiments.
[top]PD Dr. Jörg Büchner leads a group for space plasma simulation at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research since 1997. He obtained his PhD from Moscow State University in 1980. After that he moved to the Heinrich-Hertz Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics and in 1983 to the Astrophysical Institute in Potsdam. In 1990 he did his habilitation in Potsdam and became a visiting professor at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA - through 1991). After his return from the US in 1992 he started at the Berlin department of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and in 1997 to the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Lindau. In 1999 he became a Privatdozent at the University of Göttingen and worked as guest professor at Nagoya University. He has been involved as PI and Co-I in a number of space-based projects including INTERBALL, RELICT-2, EQUATOR-S and CLUSTER.
[top]Prof. Christensen is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research since 2002. He obtained his doctorate from the Technical University Braunschweig in 1980. From 1981-1992 he was affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and the Universities of Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Tempe (Arizona), supported by various postdoctoral positions, a Heisenberg stipend, and a Max Planck research position. He obtained the habilitation in 1985 from the University of Mainz and became a full professor of geophysics in Göttingen in 1992. He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz prize (1995) and was elected member to the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, member to the Gesellschaft für Naturforscher Leopoldina, and fellow to the American Geophysical Union. His main research interest is the internal dynamics of the Earth and other planets, including convection in the silicate mantles and magnetic field generation in the fluid iron cores, which he studies mainly by large-scale numerical simulations.
[top]Prof. Dr. Stefan Dreizler is a full professor of astronomy at the Observatory of the University of Göttingen. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1992, was a postdoc at the Bamberg Observatory (1992-1995), before becoming an assistent at the University of Kiel and, in 1997, at the University of Tübingen. He got habilitated in 2000, was a lecturer afterwards in Tübingen, and appointed to his current position in 2003. His research interests are stellar atmospheres, observation and modeling of time-resolved spectra, stellar pulsations, search for extra-solar planets and observation with robotic telescopes as well as instrumentation of large telescopes.
[top]Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Glassmeier is the director of the Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig since 1991. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Münster in 1985 and his habilitation from the University of Cologne. In 1990, he was awarded the Zeldovich medal of COSPAR for his contribution to the understanding of MHD waves in planetary magnetospheres. His main research interests are in space plasma physics, cometary physics, planetology and geomagnetism. He is co-investigator of the CLUSTER, CASSINI, and Double Star mission and principal investigator of the ROSETTA magnetometer experiment.
[top]Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Glatzel holds a position as "Akademischer Rat" at the University Observatory Göttingen since 1994. He received his PhD from the University of Göttingen in 1983. After several post doc positions at Göttingen observatory (1983-1984), the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, England (1984-1986), and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching (1986-1990) he returned to Göttingen and completed his habilitation in 1992. In 1998 he was appointed "Außerplanmäßiger Professor" at the University of Göttingen. His research interests are theoretical and numerical astrophysics, in particular astrophysical fluid mechanics, stellar structure, stability and evolution, and the physics of accretion discs.
[top]Prof. Dr. Franz Kneer is a full professor at the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen since 1986. He obtained his PhD from Freiburg University in 1970, holding a position as scientific assistant with the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik in Freiburg. He was visiting scientist at the High Altitude Observatory in Boulder/Colorado in 1974/75. In 1978 and 1982 he was lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires and at the University of Danzig. He was guest observer and adjoint scientist for several space missions, such as OSO 8, SMM, and SUMER/SOHO and is CoI of the Sunrise project. He is the responsible person in Göttingen for the German solar telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide/Tenerife and Co-I of the 1.5 m solar telescope GREGOR under construction. His research interests are in solar physics, stellar atmospheres and their (magneto-)dynamics, stellar activity, astronomical instrumentation, image reconstruction, and radiative transfer.
[top]Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kollatschny holds a permanent position as "Akademischer Rat" at the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen since 1986. He obtained his PhD in 1983 and did his habilitation at the University of Göttingen in 1991. He was visiting professor at the University of Erlangen and spent a year at the University of Texas in Austin. He was appointed "Außerplanmäßiger Professor" at the University of Göttingen in 1994. His main research interests are multi-frequency observations of galaxies and their modeling, galaxy interactions and clustering, galaxy evolution and the physics of active galactic nuclei. He performed many observing runs with satellites and the largest ground based telescopes of the world and is involved in a number of instrumentation and large-scale telescope projects.
[top]Prof. Dr. Eckart Marsch holds a C-3 position at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Kiel in 1976, after which he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching (1976-1980) and then at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Lindau (1980-present). He was a visiting scientist at MIT in Cambridge, USA (1981-1982) and the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, England (1989-1990), and a guest lecturer (1993) and guest professor (1995) at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He got his venia legendi in astronomy and astrophysis in 1990 from the University of Göttingen, where he became a research professor in 1996. He has taught courses in solar, heliospheric and space plasma physics. In July 1999 he was offered a C-4 professorship in extraterrestrial physics at the University of Kiel, but decided to stay at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. From 1997 until 2000 he was the chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extraterrestrische Forschung (AEF) in Germany. His research covers the physics of the solar corona and solar wind, and generally of space plasmas. He has been active in data analysis as well as theory and modelling. He has been co investigator of many experiments, among them the EUV spectrometer SUMER on SOHO and the SECCHI instrument on STEREO. He proposed the Solar Orbiter mission, which was selected by ESA to fly around 2014.
[top]Prof. Dr. Uwe Motschmann, is the executive director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig since 2000. He obtained his diploma and Dr. rer. nat. from the University in Jena in 1982, and his Dr. sc. nat. from the Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1990. He did his habilitation at the University of Potsdam in 1992. He was awarded the Werner Heisenberg stipend of the DFG in 1993-1998 with extended working visits to the Imperial College in London, Institute for Geophysics in Braunschweig, and DLR in Berlin. He was appointed professor of theoretical physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig in 1998. His main research interests are fundamental properties of space plasmas, computational plasma physics, unstable plasmas, plasma dust interaction, and pattern recognition by multi spacecraft missions. He lectured on all topics of theoretical physics and computational plasma physics in Braunschweig since 1998.
[top]PD Dr. Dieter Schmitt is the coordinator of the Solar System School. He obtained his PhD from the University of Göttingen in 1985, spent some postdoc years at the University Observatory and was a visiting scientist to the High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in 1989 and 1990. He returned to Göttingen as an assistent and did his habilitation in 1996 to become a lecturer on astrophysics at the University of Göttingen. Since 2001 he is a staff member of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. His research interests are cosmical magnetic fields, especially dynamo theory applied to planets, stars, accretion disks and galaxies.
[top]Prof. Dr. Manfred Schüssler is a senior research scientist (C3) at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and lectures regularly at the University of Göttingen since 1991 on astrophysical (magneto-)hydrodynamics and plasma physics. After he received his PhD in 1977, he worked as staff scientist at the University Observatory in Göttingen. In 1983 he joined the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, where he became head of the research group working on theoretical magneto-convection. He did his habilition at the University of Göttingen in 1991 and was awarded a professorship there in 1999. He joined the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in November 1999. His main research interests are astrophysical magneto-convection, dynamo theory, stellar activity, and theoretical as well as observational studies of the solar magnetic field. Prof. Schüssler received the Maier-Leibnitz prize for outstanding research in 1982 and held the Gauss professorship of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences in 1995.
[top]Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research since 1999. He obtained his doctorate from the ETH in Zürich in 1987, after which he did a 2-year post doc in St. Andrews, Scotland. After his return to Zürich he did his habilitation in 1992. He was appointed professor of astronomy at the University of Oulu in Finland in 1998. In 1999 he was Minnaert professor at the University of Utrecht, since 2001 he is honoury professor at the ETH and since 2003 also at the Technical University of Braunschweig. His main research interests are solar physics, the physics of cool stars, MHD simulations, radiative transfer and astronomical tests of theories of gravity. He is involved in a number of space-based projects, including SOHO and STEREO, and is PI of the Sunrise project.
[top]Prof. Dr. Andreas Tilgner is a full professor at the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Göttingen. He obtained his PhD from the University of Grenoble in 1991, was a postdoc at Princeton University (1991-1993) and an assistent at the University of Bayreuth from 1993 to 2001, when he was appointed to his current position. His research interests are geophysical fluid dynamics in general and, in particular, magnetic field generation and the dynamo effect, precession and core flow, as well as turbulent convection and double diffusive convection.
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