Hans R. Griem
Hans Rudolf Griem (born October 7, 1928 in Kiel ; † October 2, 2019 ) was a German-American physicist who mainly dealt with experimental plasma physics.
Life
Griem graduated from high school in Kiel in 1949 and studied physics there until he received his doctorate in 1954. 1954/55 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Maryland , where he did research on the physics of the upper atmosphere.
From 1955 he was an assistant at the University of Kiel and from 1957 assistant professor for plasma physics at the University of Maryland. In 1961 he became an associate professor and in 1963 a professor. In 1967 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . From 1994 he was Professor Emeritus.
From 1976 to 1994 he was an advisor to the Los Alamos National Laboratory .
In 1991 he received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics .
Fonts
- Plasma Spectroscopy . McGraw-Hill, 1964
- Spectral Line Broadening by Plasmas . Academic Press, 1974
- Principles of Plasma Spectroscopy . Cambridge University Press, 1997
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans R. Griem, 1928-2019. University of Maryland, Department of Physics, October 4, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Griem, Hans R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griem, Hans Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd October 2019 |