Günter Grieger

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Günter Grieger (born February 26, 1931 in Berlin ; † October 26, 2012 ) was a German nuclear physicist . He was a pioneer of experimental fusion research in Germany.

Career

Grieger received his doctorate in 1959 from the University of Munich and then worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching near Munich . From 1971 he was head of the experimental plasma physics division 2 and was a member of the institute's directorate from 1981 to 1993.

From 1994 until his retirement in early 1999, he was director of the establishment of the branch in Greifswald . From 1996 he was an honorary professor at the University of Greifswald . In 1993 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .

tomb

He is buried in the forest cemetery in Zehlendorf .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
  2. ^ Professor Günter Grieger is retiring , press release of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, January 19, 1999
personal data
SURNAME Grieger, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nuclear physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2012