Stefan Huefner
Stefan Hüfner (born July 2, 1935 in Löwenberg , Silesia ; † January 17, 2013 in Saarbrücken , Saarland ) was a German solid-state physicist .
Life
Hüfner studied mathematics and physics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and the Technical University of Darmstadt . After receiving his diploma, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Technical Physics at the TH Darmstadt from 1960 to 1966. In 1963 he received his doctorate there . In 1966 he completed his habilitation in physics. He was visiting researcher at the Technical University of Munich and at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NY / USA. From 1967 to 1968 he was a private lecturer at the TH Darmstadt and the doctoral supervisor of Peter Grünberg , who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics .
In 1968 he received a call to the chair of Experimental Physics at the University of Berlin as successor to Professor Gerhard Simon son . In 1975 Hüfner switched to the professorship for experimental physics at the Saarland University . There he became the founding spokesman for the Collaborative Research Center “Interface-Specific Materials” in 1994. In 2001 he took over the position of university vice president for planning and strategy, which he held until the beginning of 2003. In September 2003 he retired .
For many years he was involved in the German Research Foundation (DFG) . Hüfner was involved in numerous research stays in the USA and in other European countries. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Freiburg (Switzerland) and the Free University of Berlin (2000).
As emeritus he was a member of the advisory board of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald and Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Munich and other advisory boards of the Max Planck Society . Since 2004 he has been a member and chairman of the engineering sciences committee of the Bavarian Elite Network . In 2006/2007 he was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
In addition to numerous specialist publications, Hüfner has also written several novels, including “Der Tote von Dresden” (Conte Verlag 2004, ISBN 978-3-936950-49-6 ) and “Article one. A novel of the future ” (Conte Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-936950-41-0 ).
Hüfner died on January 17, 2013 at the age of 77 in Saarbrücken.
Web links
- Literature by and about Stefan Hüfner in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV of Stefan Hüfner (PDF file; 61 kB)
- Saarland University: "New Vice President: Stefan Hüfner" , January 2001
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hüfner, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German solid-state physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Löwenberg , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 2013 |
| Place of death | Saarbrücken |