Jean-Pierre Blaser

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Jean-Pierre Blaser (1972)

Jean-Pierre Blaser (born February 25, 1923 in Zurich ; † August 29, 2019 in Schneisingen , Aargau ) was a Swiss physicist and university professor .

life and work

Jean-Pierre Blaser was a French mother tongue. His father Edouard Blaser took a position as a high school teacher in Zurich . That is why Jean-Pierre grew up in this city. He first studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Zurich , but then switched to the ETH Zurich to study physics and received his doctorate in 1952 under Paul Scherrer with a dissertation on proton-neutron reactions. This was followed by a research stay at the Carnegie Institute of Technology , Pittsburgh , USA. In 1955 he took over the direction of the Neuchâtel observatory and then taught astrophysics as an associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel . During this time he took part in research into the introduction of the standard time based on atomic clocks . In 1959 he succeeded his doctoral supervisor Paul Scherrer as a full professor for experimental physics at the ETH Zurich. He took over the physical education of electrical engineers from him and carried it on for generations of ETH engineers. From 1962 to 1970 he headed the ETH Laboratory for High Energy Physics.

Similar to Scherrer, Blaser was involved in various institutions and committees promoting the spread of nuclear energy in Switzerland. In particular, he wanted to have a new type of national cyclotron built in addition to the European CERN , which was based on preliminary conceptual work by Hans Willax . As a result of his efforts, the Swiss Parliament founded the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research SIN in 1968 , and was its director from 1969 to 1987. During this time a ring cyclotron for the acceleration of protons of the highest intensity was planned and implemented. He promoted research in pion and muon physics . In particular, charged particle radiation for cancer therapy through to practical application was developed under his leadership. Blaser also led the merger of the SIN with the Federal Institute for Reactor Research . This resulted in the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, whose director Blaser was until his retirement in 1990.

Blaser was married to Frauke Kuhlmann and has two daughters.

Honors

  • Honorary doctorate from the Universities of Lausanne, Friborg, Neuchâtel and Geneva
  • Honorary member of the Physical Society in Zurich
  • President (1963–1965) and honorary member of the Swiss Physical Society
  • Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 1977)
  • Award from the Swiss Cancer League
  • European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Prize
  • Foreign member of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Member of the Academia Europaea (since 1991)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Blaser's obituary notice. , NZZ, September 6, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019
  2. ^ Thierry Strässle: Jean-Pierre Blaser was a bustling and committed contributor to the Swiss research landscape. Badener Tagblatt, September 7, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019
  3. ^ Wolfgang Pauli et al .: Wolfgang Pauli and his work at the ETH Zurich: from the service files. ETH school council files: nominations for the successor to Paul Scherrer. vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 1997, page 313, 463 p., accessed on September 10, 2019
  4. ^ Andreas Pritzker: The Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research SIN. Books on Demand, Norderstedt, September 26, 2014, 188 pages, ISBN 978-3-7357-5069-3 , accessed on September 6, 2019
  5. ↑ Simon Koechlin: Far from being an old iron. Horizons No. 101, June 2014, accessed September 6, 2019
  6. ↑ Andreas Pritzker: A particle physicist from the very beginning. Obituary. NZZ, September 6, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019
  7. ↑ Former board members. Swiss Physical Society, accessed on September 10, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Blaser, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss physicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 29th August 2019
Place of death Schneisingen , Aargau