Markolf Niemz

Markolf H. Niemz (* 1964 in Hofheim am Taunus ) is a German biophysicist .

Live and act

Markolf Niemz studied physics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (diploma) and then bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (Master of Science). It was founded in 1992 with a thesis on the construction of a pulse-compressed Nd: YLF laser to study the plasma-induced ablation of tissue to Dr. rer. nat. did his doctorate and then habilitated in physics in Heidelberg.

Until 1999, Niemz was head of the optical spectroscopy department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPM) in Freiburg . In 2000, he received a call to the chair of Medical / Biomedical Engineering at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, settled as a professor at the Medical Faculty Mannheim. Since then, Niemz has been director of Mannheim Biomedical Engineering Laboratories (MABEL), a joint venture between the University of Heidelberg and the University of Mannheim . He conducts research in the fields of laser-tissue interactions, laser medicine, electrical biosignals and patient monitoring. He was the first scientist in the world to use ultrashort laser pulses in dentistry to treat tooth decay painlessly.

Niemz also deals with a new branch of mortality research , so-called near- death research . With his science novel Lucy with c , he became known to a wide audience in 2005 by comparing near-death experiences with relativistic effects from Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Niemz teaches that eternity is in the light in which all distances have the value zero. It also offers a new, physical explanation for near-death experiences: If something of us is immersed in light while dying, the so-called searchlight effect allows us to perceive a dark tunnel with a bright light at the end. The light itself is a world memory and provides the review of life that the dying often report about.

Niemz's novel was the first self-published German non-fiction book to make it onto the Gong bestseller list. From the author's fee for his Lucy trilogy, Niemz founded the charitable and charitable foundation Lucy's Children . This foundation works to ensure that children from the poorest countries in the world also have access to love and knowledge.

Awards

• Karl Freudenberg Prize of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences 1995 for his work on "laser-tissue interactions".
• Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School 1995 with a grant from the German Research Foundation .

Publications

• Laser-Tissue Interactions - Fundamentals and Applications. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York 2019, 4th edition, ISBN 978-3-030-11916-4 .
• Lucy with c - into the afterlife at the speed of light. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 978-3-833-43739-7 .
• Lucy in the light - on the trail of the afterlife. Droemer / Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-27420-0 .
• Lucy's Legacy - The Key to Eternity. Droemer / Knaur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-426-27498-9 .
• Am I when I am no more A physicist decodes eternity. Kreuz, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-61046-2 .
• Sense - A physicist links knowledge with love. Kreuz, Freiburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-61181-0 .
• Lose yourself and win everything - a physicist reaches for the stars. Kreuz, Freiburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-61322-7 .
• Ichwahn - A physicist explains why demarcation is against our nature. Ludwig, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-28100-4 .
• How Science Can Help Us Live in Peace - Darwin, Einstein, Whitehead. Universal Publishers, Irvine 2018, ISBN 978-1-627-34247-6 .
• See the world with different eyes. A physicist encourages more spirituality. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2020, ISBN 978-3-579-06212-9 .

Web links

• Website of Markolf Niemz
• Lucy's Children Foundation
• Literature by and about Markolf Niemz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Niemz MH (1995): Cavity Preparation with the Nd: YLF Picosecond Laser. J Dent Res 74: 1194-1199.
2. ↑ Niemz MH (2005): Lucy with c - With the speed of light into the hereafter. Books on Demand, Norderstedt.
3. ↑ Niemz MH (2017): Ichwahn - A physicist explains why demarcation is against our nature . Ludwig, Munich, pp. 88
4. ↑ Niemz MH (2017): Ichwahn - A physicist explains why demarcation is against our nature . Ludwig, Munich, pp. 96.
5. ↑ Niemz MH (2017): Ichwahn - A physicist explains why demarcation is against our nature . Ludwig, Munich, p. 104.
6. ↑ https://www.lucys-kinder.de/