Friedrich Aumayr
Friedrich Aumayr (born August 16, 1959 in Linz ) is an Austrian physicist and university professor at the Technical University of Vienna .
Life
Friedrich Aumayr studied at the University of Linz and at the Technical University of Vienna. He received his doctorate in 1985 at the Technical University of Vienna " sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae " as a doctor of technical sciences. Research stays led him a. a. to the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Jülich Research Center , to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California or with an Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship of the FWF at the Princeton University in New Jersey. In 1991 he completed his habilitation in experimental physics and has since headed a working group at the Institute for General Physics at the Vienna University of Technology (since October 2009: Institute for Applied Physics ) that deals with basic research in the fields of atomic physics , surface physics and plasma physics. In 1997 he was appointed associate professor for experimental physics and in 2006 he was appointed deputy director of the Institute for Applied Physics at the Vienna University of Technology. In 2008 he was awarded the professional title of university professor. In January 2013 Friedrich Aumayr was appointed director of the Austrian fusion research program ( nuclear fusion ) (Head of Research Unit of the EURATOM- ÖAW association; renamed Fusion @ ÖAW in 2014). In 2015 he was appointed professor for ion and plasma physics at the Vienna University of Technology. Since January 2016 he has been head of the Institute for Applied Physics at the Vienna University of Technology as head of the institute.
Aumayr is married and has three children.
Awards (selection)
- 1985 PhD "sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae"
- 1988 Erwin Schrödinger scholarship from the FWF
- 1996 Röntgen Prize from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen
Publications
Aumayr has published more than 250 articles in international refereed journals.
Individual evidence
- ^ TU Vienna: Scientific Publications by Friedrich Aumayr
Web links
- Friedrich Aumayr on the website of the TU Vienna
- Scientist's HP
- Short film about the research activities of the scientist and his working group at the TU Vienna
- Fusion @ ÖAW (fusion research in Austria, formerly: Association EURATOM-ÖAW)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aumayr, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |