Dirk Dubbers (short for Dietrich Jochen Dubbers) (born 16 November 1943 in
Dresden) is a German physicist.
Biography
Dubbers studied physics at the universities of
Göttingen and
Heidelberg, received his
doctorate in 1972 in Heidelberg, then worked from 1972 to 1975 at the European
neutron source of the
Institut Laue–Langevin
The Institut Laue–Langevin (ILL) is an internationally financed scientific facility, situated on the Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France. It is one of the world centres for research using neutrons. Founded in 1967 and honouring the phy ...
,
Grenoble,
France in the field of nuclear condensed matter physics, and habilitated 1978 in
Heidelberg. From 1985 to 1990 he was senior scientist at ILL and investigated the role of neutrons in particle physics and cosmology. 1991 followed a professorship at the
Technical University of Munich. In 1993 he became full professor for experimental physics at
Heidelberg University. From 1998 to 2001 Dirk Dubbers was the director of ILL, from 2001 to 2003 the dean of The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy in Heidelberg, and
emeritus
''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...
since 2011.
Distinctions and awards
*1991
Stern-Gerlach Medal of the
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, together with Walter Mampe from ILL.
*2012
honorary doctor,
Vienna University of Technology.
Publications
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References
External links
Prof. Dirk Dubbers - Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg
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1943 births
Living people
21st-century German physicists
Heidelberg University alumni
20th-century German physicists
Academic staff of Heidelberg University