Rupert Huber (born 1973, in

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) is a German physicist and university professor. Huber is known for his research in terahertz technology and

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physics.

Career

Huber attended the

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where he majored in physics. He was awarded a PhD in 2003 from

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. In 2010 he became a professor at the University of Regensburg.

Awards

*2004: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation *2007: Emmy-Noether grant and DFG junior research group *2008: European THz Young Investigator Award from the European Optical Society *2009: Rudolf Kaiser Prize of the Donors' Association for German Science *2012: ERC Starting Grant (European Research Council) *2016: Prize for good teaching at the state universities in Bavaria *2019:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (german: link=no, Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), in short Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to ...

*2019: Appointment as Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)

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1973 births Living people 21st-century German physicists Technical University of Munich alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Academic staff of the University of Regensburg {{Germany-physicist-stub