Hannes Aiginger

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Hannes Aiginger

Hannes Aiginger , actually Johannes Aiginger , (born April 12, 1937 in Vienna ) is an Austrian scientist who has been responsible for Austrian research policy as a university professor at the Atomic Institute of the Technical University of Vienna even after his retirement in 2005, for example through the realization of the MedAustron Center for Protons and Carbon Ions Therapy, sustainably influenced.

Life

Hannes Aiginger studied at the Vienna University of Technology from 1956 and received his doctorate in technical sciences in 1963. In 1969 he completed his habilitation in the field of electron, X-ray and gamma radiation physics. From 1973 he headed the accelerator department of the Atomic Institute of the Austrian Universities. After serving as chairman of the study commission for technical physics, member of the Senate of the Technical University of Vienna and dean of studies, he retired as a full university professor in 2005.

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Hannes Aiginger dealt with the measurement of cross-sections of electron radiation and consequently also with X-ray and gamma radiation. He initiated the installation of a particle accelerator at the Atomic Institute of the Austrian Universities, studied at CERN in Geneva and pushed Austria's permanent cooperation with this world-leading institute. The peaceful application of atomic physics, with a focus on X-ray physics, radiation protection, medical physics and environmental analysis, are the focal points of his scientific and political science career.

Since 1970 he has been interested in the development of methods to improve the detection limit in X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), namely total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis (TRFA, TXRF) and XRF with polarized primary radiation (introduction of flat and curved Bragg polarizers). Both methods are now internationally recognized and are used particularly for the analysis of environmental samples, biological-medical samples, but also for surface examinations.

The technical-scientific, organizational and legal development of radiation protection in Austria is significantly shaped by the Austrian Association for Radiation Protection (ÖVS), a member organization of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). As a founding member (1966) and vice-president (1974 to 1992) of this association, Hannes Aiginger was primarily concerned with international contacts and the promotion of young talent, which led to the establishment of the Zakovsky Prize of the ÖVS.

As President of the Austrian Association of Academics, he helped to overcome post-war problems in politics through his liberal, cosmopolitan orientation. Hannes Aiginger was a member of the Viennese and Austrian management of the ÖVP and also in numerous non-partisan university commissions in which, among other things, he was instrumental in the instrumentation of the Study Act Tech-90 (study regulations, curricula) and as chairman of the Austrian General Study Commission for Technical Physics from 1988 Contributed.

A project that would not have come about without his initiative and network formation is the MedAustron Center in Wiener Neustadt, an interdisciplinary radiation and research center for radiation medicine, of crucial importance for cancer research and healing. He wrote the basic “Green Book” for this project and was involved in the first feasibility study in 1992 on membership in the Technical Advisory Board. Until it was commissioned in 2016, Hannes Aiginger was committed to the implementation of this major MedAustron project on a technical, political and scientific level.

Awards

  • 1969 Cardinal Innitzer Prize
  • 1991: Bunsen Kirchhoff Prize of the Society of German Chemists for "Analytical Spectroscopy"
  • 1996: "Outstanding Service Award" from the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) for organizing IRPA 9 World Congress as Scientific Secretary
  • Honorary member of the Austrian Association for Radiation Protection

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aiginger, Johannes: The polarization of Cerenkov radiation in isotropic media. 1963, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Aiginger, Johannes: electron bremsstrahlung cross sections in the energy range from 180 keV to 2040 keV. 1968, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Business card | TU Vienna. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Historical development and principles of total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis (TXRF) . In: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy . tape 46 , no. 10 , January 1, 1991, ISSN  0584-8547 , p. 1313-1321 , doi : 10.1016 / 0584-8547 (91) 80180-B ( sciencedirect.com [accessed December 27, 2018]).
  5. ^ Austrian Association for Radiation Protection: Homepage. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 60 Years of the Academics Association - Festschrift. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  7. ^ M. Regulator: The Early History of Med-AUSTRON. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Bunsen Kirchhoff Prize | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker eV Accessed December 27, 2018 .
  9. ↑ 1996 International Congress on Radiation Protection Proceedings. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  10. ^ Austrian Association for Radiation Protection: Awards. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Aiginger, Hannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aiginger, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna