Hendrik Schatz is a professor of Nuclear Astrophysics at Michigan State University. He earned his Diploma from the

University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

in 1993, and his PhD from the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

in 1997 after completing his thesis work at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

. He is one of the Principal Investigators for the

Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE) is a multi-institutional Physics Frontiers Center funded by the US National Science Foundation since 2014. From 2003 to 2014, JINA was a collaboration ...

and is a leading expert on nuclear astrophysics,. Schatz also serves the science advisory committees for the

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams The Facility for Rare Isotopes Beams (FRIB) is a scientific user facility for nuclear science, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), Michigan State University (MSU), and the State of Michigan. Michigan State Unive ...

and GSI. Hendrik's primary field of expertise is Type I

X-ray Bursts X-ray bursters are one class of X-ray binary stars exhibiting X-ray bursts, periodic and rapid increases in luminosity (typically a factor of 10 or greater) that peak in the X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum. These astrophysical sys ...

. His most notable contribution to this field is the discovery of the SnTeSb-cycle. Hendrik was featured in ''

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'' magazine November 22, 2002 for his work on experimental nuclear astrophysics. Hendrik has also contributed to ''

Physics Today ''Physics Today'' is the membership magazine of the American Institute of Physics. First published in May 1948, it is issued on a monthly schedule, and is provided to the members of ten physics societies, including the American Physical Society. I ...

''. His APS Fellowship citation is:

References

External links

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Profile

Scientists brew up 'missing link' isotope
* (talk given on March 4, 2015) * (presented by Hendrik Schatz) * 21st-century German physicists Michigan State University faculty Experimental physicists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German nuclear physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society {{Germany-physicist-stub