Rudolf Rieder
Rudolf Rieder (born January 2, 1940 in Vienna ) is an Austrian physicist .
Rieder studied physics at the University of Vienna from 1958 and received his doctorate in 1966. He then worked at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz with Heinrich Wänke until 1971 , then at the Rudolf Sacher Gesellschaft and Technicon GmbH in Vienna, and from 1986 again at the MPIC in Mainz in the cosmochemistry department. From 1986 to 1989 he worked on the Russian Phobos mission to Mars.
With Heinrich Wänke in Mainz he developed the APX spectrometer for the Pathfinder mission, which carried out the first chemical rock analyzes on Mars in 1997. 1997 were both Scientists of the Year in Austria.
Web links
- Entry on Rudolf Rieder in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
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| SURNAME | Rieder, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |