Peter Mauersberger
Peter Mauersberger (born September 10, 1928 in Zwickau ; † February 17, 2007 in Leer (East Friesland) ) was a German geophysicist and hydroecologist .
Life
As the son of a qualified mining engineer and graduate mark separator , he attended high school in Stollberg / Saxony from 1939 to 1944. School time was interrupted by the war in 1944/45 and work as a pipe fitter in 1945. In 1947 he passed his Abitur at the Stollberg High School .
He studied geophysics at the Bergakademie Freiberg (1947–1950) and at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU) (1951). Minor subjects: geology, meteorology and theoretical physics. His academic teachers were Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buchheim (Freiberg), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fanselau and Prof. Dr. Hans Ertl (Berlin). In 1951, Peter Mauersberger passed his diploma as a geophysicist at Humboldt University. From 1951 to 1957 he worked as an assistant at the Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics. In 1956 he obtained his doctorate with the thesis Application of the Hamilton-Jacobian theory in hydrodynamics .
At the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (later the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (AdW)) he started as a research assistant in 1957 and worked there until 1969 in the Institute for Physical Hydrography. In 1968 he was appointed deputy director of the institute. He obtained his habilitation in 1964 with his thesis On the Basics of Theoretical Magnetohydrodynamics in Geophysics at the HU.
From his time as an assistant until 1994, he taught at the Humboldt University in Berlin without interruption. In 1965 he received a part-time lecturer or honorary professor at the HU. In 1971 he was appointed professor at the AdW. The German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina Halle elected him a member in 1973. From 1976 to 1988 and 1990 to 1991 he headed the hydrology department at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology at the AdW.
From November 1990: Participation in the German National Academic Foundation as a liaison professor at the HU, at summer academies and selection seminars.
In 1992 he was the founding director of the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries . He retired on September 30, 1994 . Most recently he lived in Leer / Ostfriesland . His scientific work includes more than 140 publications.
With his work he has contributed significantly to the understanding of the earth's magnetic field; this work has also received international recognition.
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (February 22, 1999)
Research work
Over the years, Peter Mauersberger worked on the following research projects:
- 1951–1970 geomagnetism and other areas of geophysics
- 1955–1975 geophysical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics
- 1963–1991 groundwater movements, groundwater extraction and groundwater quality
- since 1972 hydrology / limnology
- since 1977 theory of physical-chemical-biological processes in aquatic ecosystems (surface water and underground water)
- since 1984 water and climate
- since 1992 theory of aquatic ecosystems
Fonts
- Considerations about the temporal change of the parameters of the geomagnetic field due to the existing potential developments , Berlin 1952
- Magnetic field , Berlin 1959
- Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - About the magnetic field originating from the Earth's interior, geomagnetism and aeronomy. Volume III with Otto Lucke, Robert Lauterbach and Friedrich Frölich, Berlin 1959
- Observation results over the main field and the secular variation , Berlin 1961
- About the magnetic field from the interior of the earth , Berlin 1961
- Theory of electromagnetic fields , Berlin 1964
- Water resources and their anthropogenic changes , Berlin 1977
- Irreversibility in hydrology , Berlin 1982
- Possibilities and limits of the prognosis of changes of aquatic ecosystems with changed usage , Berlin 1983
- Some simulations models for water quality management of shallow lakes and reservoirs and a co ntribution to ecosystem theory with Milan Straæskraba, in: William J. Mitsch, Milan Straéskraba, and Sven E. Jørgensen (eds.), Wetland modeling, Amsterdam 1988
literature
- Peter Nötzold: Mauersberger, Peter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Advertisement in “Die Zeit” from March 8, 2007
- Obituary from Forschungsverbund Berlin (PDF file; 1.00 MB)
- Peter Mauersberger: Curriculum Vitae, 1994. Personal records in the possession of Helga Mauersberger
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mauersberger, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geophysicist and hydroecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 2007 |
| Place of death | Leer (East Frisia) |