Personal Data:

MÖSSBAUER, Rudolf Ludwig
born in Munich, January 31, 1929

Address:

Technische Universität München
Physik Department E 15
James-Franck-Straße
D-85748 Garching

Education:

Elementary School and Gymnasium (» High School)

1935 - 1948
Munich

Academic Studies:
Technische Hochschule München (later Technische Universität München)

Scientific Career

1955
Diploma in Physics - Technische Hochschule München

1955 - 1957
Doctoral Thesis work at the Max-Planck-Institut, Heidelberg

1958
Doctor Sci. - Technische Universität München

1958 - 1959
Research fellow - Technische Universität München

1960 - 1961
Research fellow and senior research fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA

1962 - 1964
Professor of physics - Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
1965 - 1971
Professor of physics - Technische Universität München

1972 - 1977
Director of the Institute Max von Laue-Paul Langevin (ILL), and the German-French-British High-Flux Reactor, Grenoble, France

1977 - 1997
Professor of physics - Technische Universität München

March 31, 1997
Professor emeritus - Technische Universität München

Visiting Professorships

Visiting professor of physics at the Californian Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA several months in each of the years 1964 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969, and 1971

Academic Honours – prizes & awards

1961
Research Corporation Award, New York, USA

1961
Life Fellow Member of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, USA

1961
Röntgenprize, Universität Gießen, Germany

1961
Elliot Cresson Medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, USA

1961
Nobel Prize for physics (jointly with Prof.Dr. Hofstadter)

1963
Doctor Sci. Honoris, Gustaphus Adolphus College, Minnesota, USA

1973
Doctor Sci. Honoris, University of Oxford, Great Britain (UK)

1973
Doctor Sci. Honoris, Université de Lille, France

1974
Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble, France

1974
Guthrie Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, London, UK

1975
Doctor Sci. Honoris of the University of Leicester, UK

1975
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Madrid, Spain

1976
Doctor Honoris Causa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

1984
Lomonossov Medal, Academy of Sciences, USSR

1985
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universität Saarbrücken, Germany

1986
Einstein Medal, Albert Einstein-Gesellschaft Bern, Switzerland

1989
Doctor Honoris Causa, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

1989
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Montreal, Canada

1996
Order pour le mérite for sciences and arts, Bundesministerium des Innern (Federal Ministry of Interior), Bonn, Germany

1998
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Birmingham, UK

1999
Honorary Doctor of Science, Democritos University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Memberships in Scientific Societies:

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft/DPG (German Physical Society), Member
American Physical Society, Fellow
European Physical Society, Member
French Physical Society, Honorary Member
Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte, Member
British Institute of Physics, Honorary Member
IBAME (International Board on the Application of the Moessbauer Effect), Honorary Member
Roland Eötvös Physical Society, Honorary Member
Member or Foreign Associate in Academies

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
German Academy Leopoldina, Halle/Saale, (then GDR) Germany
Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Rome, Italy
Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, Germany
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India
Academia Nazionale die XL, Rome, Italy
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Washington D.C.
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et Lettres, France
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
International Academy of Sciences/ICSD, Munich, Germany
Academia Europea, Oxford, UK
Academia Scientarum et Artium Europea, Salzburg, Austria