Walter Greiner#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2724 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Walter Greiner passed away October 5, 2016.
Positions Held
- Since 2003 Founding Director and Member of the Management Board, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
- Oct. 2001 - July 2002 Dean of the Physics Faculty of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
- Since 1976 Permanent Consultant to Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) Darmstadt
- Since 1964 Various offered professorships at Duke University, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, etc., declined
- Since Jan. 1965 Professor of Physics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics (-1995)
- August 1964 Acceptance of a chair for theoretical physics - Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
- May 1964 Research Associate, University of Freiburg
- 1962 - 1964 Assistant Professor - University of Maryland (3 months Florida State University)
- Spring 1961 Ph.D. - Freiburg/Brsg. Thesis: "Nuclear polarization in μ-mesic atoms"
- 1960 - 1962 Research Associate to Prof. H. Marshall Freiburg/Brsg., Germany
- January 1960 M.Sc. TH Darmstadt, Thesis: "Plasma-reactors"
- Spring 1958 B.Sc. - University of Frankfurt/Main
- 1956 - 58 F.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics) University of Frankfurt/Main
Fields of Scholarship
- Atomic physics
- Heavy ion physics
- Nuclear physics
- Elementary particle physics
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Lise-Meitner Award
- 2006 Chairman of the Program Advisory Board of the Flerov Laboratory at Dubna
- 2006 1st Degree Physical Medal, Czech Physical Society
- 2004 Fellow of Institute of Physics (FINSP), London
- 2001 Member of Accademia Gioenia di Catania
- 2001 Honorary Professor, Jilin University, China
- 1999 Officier dans l'Ordre Palmes Académiques
- 1998 Alexander von Humboldt Medal
- 1993 Honorary Membership of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest
- 1989 Honorary Member of Roland Eötvös Society of Hungary (Budapest)
- 1987 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), London
- 1986 First professor holding the "Frankfurt chair", University of Tel Aviv.
- 1982 Otto-Hahn Award, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 1974 Max-Born Prize and Medal awarded by Institute of Physics, London, and German Physical Society (DPG)
- Honorary Doctoral Degrees
- 1982 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg/South Africa
- 1990 Honorary Doctor Degree, University of Beijing, China
- 1990/91 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1991 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
- 1992 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Bucharest, Romania
- 1997 Honorary Doctor of Lajos Kossuth University at Debrecen/Hungary
- 2001 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université Nantes, France
- 2001 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City
- 2002 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2003 Doctor Honoris Causa, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Dubna (Moscow)
- 2003 Doctor Honoris Causa, Bogoliubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev (Ukraine)
