Fred Jochen Litterst

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Fred Jochen Litterst (born December 9, 1945 in Göggingen ) is a German physicist ( solid state physics ). From 1994 to 2004 he headed the Institute for Metal Physics and Nuclear Solid State Physics , was Vice President from 1997 to 1999 and then President of the Technical University of Braunschweig until 2004 .

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Fred Jochen Litterst studied physics at the Technical University of Munich from 1965 to 1971 (diploma thesis with Rudolf Mößbauer ). He then worked at the physics department of the Technical University of Munich, where he received his doctorate in 1974 ( Georg Michael Kalvius ) and was a research assistant at the same institute until 1982, interrupted by visiting researcher stays in Moscow , the USSR and Strasbourg , France . After completing his habilitation in 1983, he received a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation . After research stays at the Argonne National Laboratory , USA and a visiting professorship in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , he was appointed to a Fiebiger professorship at the Institute for Metal Physics and Nuclear Solid State Physics in Braunschweig in 1989 and headed this institute from 1994.

After several years of membership in the Senate, he was Vice President from 1997 to 1999 and President of the Technical University of Braunschweig from 1999 to 2004. His predecessor as president was Bernd Rebe , his successor Jürgen Hesselbach .

The Consortium Technicum , the forerunner of the Lower Saxony Technical University, was founded on his initiative . He made a significant contribution to the introduction of the double degree course in electrical engineering with the partner university in Rio de Janeiro.

From 2005 to 2008 he was president of the International Society for Myonenspinspektroskopie (International Society for μSR Spectroscopy, ISMS). From 2009 to 2011 he was dean of the faculty for electrical engineering, information technology and physics at the TU Braunschweig. He has held a Lower Saxony professorship since 2011 , which enables him to continue his research beyond the retirement age.

Litterst received an honorary doctorate from the University of Nebraska , USA in 2004 and from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima ( Peru ) in 2016 .

Publications (selection)

  • more than 300 publications in professional journals

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release: Prof. Litterst new TU President. February 12, 1999, accessed April 19, 2018 .
  2. ^ Previous presidents of the Technical University of Braunschweig. November 3, 2017, accessed April 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Former President Prof. Dr. Jochen Litterst celebrates his 70th birthday. December 9, 2015, accessed April 19, 2018 .
  4. ^ Litterst elected President of the ISMS. August 20, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Prof. Dr. Jochen Litterst receives Lower Saxony professorship. July 20, 2011, accessed April 20, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Prof. Jochen Litterst appointed honorary doctor of the University of San Marcos in Lima. February 15, 2016, accessed April 20, 2018 .
  7. ^ Research Gate: Fred Jochen Litterst. Retrieved April 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Litterst, Fred Jochen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Litterst, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Augsburg-Göggingen